The Concertina Charitable Trust
The registered charity, Concertina makes grants to charitable bodies which provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly.
The charity is particular keen to support smaller organisations which might otherwise find it difficult to gain funding.
Since its inception in 2004, it has made grants to a wide range of charitable organisations nationwide in England and Wales. These include funds to many care homes for the elderly to provide musical entertainment for their residents.
Some of the charities that have received grants from the charity include Age Concern, Exmouth which received a grant for entertainments for the elderly in Exmouth and surrounding areas and Sue Ryder Care, Lancashire to fund access to music therapy workshops at Birchley Hall near Wigan and St Helen's.
The next application deadline is the 30th April 2010.
For more information, go to: http://www.concertinamusic.org.uk/
last updated on 5th March 2010