Arts Charities

Yorkshire Dance champions the value of dance and its development in Yorkshire. We raise standards, increase understanding around dance and its impact and foster creativity and innovation. We support talent development, facilitate programmes of community dance for underrepresented groups which address critical issues in health, community cohesion and social isolation and provide sector leadership.

The Big Issue North Trust supports the homeless and vulnerably housed people who sell Big Issue North magazine in the North West, Yorkshire and the Humber. From providing financial aid during periods of hardship, to funding education and training courses, to projects such as breakfast clubs and home furnishing packages, it exists to help vendors to change their lives and achieve their goals.

The provision of regular public worship; the provision of sacred space for personal prayer and contemplation; pastoral work including visiting the sick and bereaved; teaching Christianity through sermons and small groups; taking of assemblies in schools; promotion of Christianity through staging of events and services and literature; promoting the whole mission of the Church in Wales.

EFN brings together trusts, foundations, family offices and individual donors. Our activities take place in the UK and include convening, research, publications and newsletters to foster more effective environmental philanthropy and encourage more support for environmental causes. Separately, we convene fundraisers and others in the sector to help them collaborate and learn from one another.

Education in a Christian school for children aged 2 to 4 years and 5 to 18 years living in London and its outskirts. Promoting healthy, moral, positive character development and Christian principles. Develop the academic capabilities, competencies and skills in drama, sport and music to enhance learning. Use after school activities to raise self-esteem.

Siobhan Davies Dance celebrates, values and seeks to strengthen the role of choreography within contemporary culture. It explores diverse ways of presenting work, supporting the work of founder Siobhan Davies, the work and development of other artists, hosts exhibitions, talks and workshops at its Studios and furthers creativity for children and young people through engagement programmes.

We are a mentoring charity working with children in deprived communities to help them grow in competence and character. We improve self-confidence and develop numeracy, literacy, communication and memory skills, whilst reinforcing our core values of fairness, self-control, good judgement and staying power. We do this through 1 to 1 mentoring with positive role models and team activities.

Promote and provide for the advancement of education upon principles indicated by the late Dr Rudolf Steiner; principally by operating parent and child groups, Kindergartens and a school, also by lectures, activities, study groups, festival celebrations and similar.

Design and implement projects to reduce maternal and child mortality, and improve children's numeracy and literacy.

- Music, arts and wellbeing lessons and activities to schools across Herefordshire.- Music, arts and wellbeing activities for children and young people outside of school e.g. bands, orchestras, popular music groups.- Music, arts and wellbeing activities for adults e.g. choirs and music groups.- Training/CPD for school and freelance artists.

Brass for Africa uses music and music education to empower, support and uplift disadvantaged young people and struggling communities. Operating in Uganda and Liberia

Support teachers in promoting literacy in all forms. Develop & disseminate active approaches to learning. Initiate and resource innovative approaches both in the established English & Media curriculum and in the new literacy technologies. Relate English & Media teaching to the wider curriculum. Offer direct support to students. Carry out action research projects.

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN BY THE PROVISION CHILDCARE AND PLAY RELATED SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT AND EDUCATING PARENTS AS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY.

The welfare charity of the book trade, providing financial support and accommodation for people who have worked in the UK book trade, in publishing, distribution or bookselling, for more than one year. Housing at Kings Langley, Herts, provides a range of subsidised accommodation in 36 dwellings; the average age of residents is about 64. Grant support, regular or one-off can be offered across UK.

To provide a heritage and visual arts service for the people of Woking and the wider region.

Ex Cathedra is a leading UK choir and Early Music ensemble. It exists to enrich lives by means of historically-informed and contemporary performance excellence, research, education and training.

The advancement of music education of young people in the UK, including but not limited to, the provision of:i) musical instrumentsii) tuitioniii) funding specifically for music - related student endeavours,for children in state (non fee paying ) primary and secondary education. Aim achieved through granting of funds directly to schools who fit the eligibility criteria.

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Dreams Come True is a national charity that brings joy to terminally and seriously ill children and young people by making their treasured dreams come true. Since it was founded in 1988 it has brought joy to more than 5,000 children across the UK. Dreams include meeting a favourite sports or pop star, swimming with dolphins, starring in a rock concert, equipment and holidays.

The charity is established to promote and advance the Christian faith in sympathy with the ethics and teachings of Saint Anthony of Padua by distributing educational material, specifically a magazine, and making grants to charitable projects in England, Wales and all over the world with the aim to relieve poverty and advance health, education and community development.

Triangle Arts Trust is an international network of artists and arts organisations that promotes exchange of ideas and innovation within the contemporary visual arts. Through artist-led workshops, residencies, exhibitions and outreach events, the network generates peer-to-peer learning, professional development for artists and the dissemination of emerging international art practices.

Promoting the arts, particularly music, through the presentation of public recitals and concerts.

Theatre & Performing Arts

The charity runs Doorstep Library projects sending volunteers to homes of children in disadvantaged areas to help them enjoy reading, read well, and to lend books. Parents are encouraged to contribute to their children's education, they are supported to access local services designed to help them and their children. The charity runs Doorstep Libraries in London.

From its base in Brighton works across the South East and beyond. Our vision is a world where every body can create, take part in and enjoy dance in all its forms. We support people to discover their relationship with dance, working with them to create the kind of activities they want. And we work with artists who take creative risks and challenge perceptions of what dance is and can be.