Concertna Music Grants for Older People
Notice of forthcoming deadline (30 April 2011)
The registered charity Concertina makes grants to charitable bodies which provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly.
The charity is particularly 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.
For more information on how to apply, go to: www.concertinamusic.org.uk/grants.php.
last updated on 21st February 2011