ALRA (The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts ) is recognised in the acting industry for producing highly professional actors who are passionate about their craft, and although we teach all aspects of live and recorded performance we are known for offering an exemplary training in screen acting. ALRA is an established member of the Conference of Drama Schools and it is our policy to nurture the students' strengths and individual qualities. The main source of funding for ALRA students is the Dance and Drama Award. These grants dramatically reduce tuition fees but are only available to 60% of the students. Those not in receipt of a DaDa are expected to find their tuition fees and living expenses independently, which can often make the course unaffordable. Another financial difficulty is that none of our students is eligible for student loans. As a result, most work at weekends and during holidays in an attempt to supplement their income. As it is extremely difficult to meet the costs of living in London they inevitably resort to taking out substantial bank loans. Financial pressure is an unwelcome distraction which causes students' work to suffer. You can help ALRA students to fulfil their dreams by making a donation today!

The Art Room offers art as therapy to children and aged 7-15 using art to raise their self esteem, self confidence and independence. Our aim is to avoid exclusion and help children 'learn and achieve through art' and to avoid exclusion and help re-engage back in to main stream school.

BHT promotes and conserves Bexley's heritage. It looks after two historic houses, Hall Place and Gardens and Danson House, both Grade I listed, and the Bexley museum collection. It runs events and exhibitions and an award winning education programme. It is fund raising to restore and develop Hall Place.

Bishop Grosseteste University College is an independent Anglican higher education institution offering courses at foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate level in education, arts, humanities and heritage. It is a registered charity raising funds to enrich the student experience, ensuring that they will benefit the communities in which they live and work.

Resourcing Churches and Christians to make the world a better place

Brighton Pride promotes equality and diversity, and advances education to eliminate discrimination against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community. It raises awareness by holding events including Winter Pride and Summer Pride. It makes grants and donations to a number of local causes and groups working within the LGBT community.

Bristol Old Vic is recognised as the oldest continuously working theatre in the United Kingdom. Producing and receiving some of the finest theatrical experiences since 1766, the grade one listed building is in desperate need of refurbishment. Save Bristol Old Vic everyone can play their part

It provides emerging singers, musicians and technical trainees with rehearsal and performance opportunities. The company offers training and professional development through an annual programme of workshops, masterclasses and two fully staged operas. These are led by a team of professionals with a wealth of experience and with a particular gift for nurturing and developing emerging talent.

Bukka is an urban and architecture research trust.

Established in 1990, Camberwell Choir School (CCS) is a music and arts project for children and young people aged 0-14 in inner-city south London. The emphasis is on having fun while learning musical skills - singing, playing and listening. Children, staff and volunteers all reflect the diversity of the local community, and we're proud to have as our patron world-famous bass-baritone Sir Willard White. We particularly aim our sessions at children and young people who would not otherwise have the opportunity to access high quality music tuition, through cost or social exclusion. We charge just £1 for our core sessions, and £2 for a group or individual instrument lesson on piano, violin, guitar and drums. By giving to us, you help open up the world of playing and performing to over 100 children and young people who - through lack of money or social exclusion - might not otherwise get a chance to experience the pleasure and personal growth that is possible through music - and, as if that’s not enough, there’s now evidence that learning music helps with wider schoolwork, too. And, of course, musical skills stay with them for life.

The Charles Hallé Foundation enables the Hallé to engage the best soloists and conductors in the world, perform for over a quarter of a million people each year and create opportunities for children to hear the sound of an instrument or full orchestra for the very first time.

It is Winchester's leading amateur drama centre, producing work to a high standard through the active participation of a membership open to all. It also maintains the wonderful medieval listed building that it occupies.

Chickenshed has a simple aim - to produce original and exciting theatre, working from the premise that the performing arts belong to everyone who wishes to get involved.

Community Focus is a charitable arts centre for people of all abilities based at the artsdepot, North Finchley. Our accessible facilities feature a fully equipped photographic studio and darkroom, computer suite and multi-purpose art/craft studio. Community Focus holds weekly workshops for people with physical disabilities, learning difficulties, mental health problems.

Providing disadvantaged, socially excluded as well as those at risk of crime, plus bullied YOUNG PEOPLE with training, work experience and projects. Based in a Production Company so have access to fantastic facilities plus active industry professionals (CRB Checked). All courses are based on all the careers in the entertainment industry. We are a media related youth charity who through the commercial work of our media partners, Digital Holdings Ltd (www.thedigitalholdings.com) as Artists and a Production Company we have adapted a range of Digital Media accredited courses and youth led projects, geared towards improving the life, opportunities, and skills to vulnerable young people.

CoolTan arts exist to inspire the well-being, creativity and participation of a diverse range of people with mental distress through the production of quality art.

The Cutty Sark Trust is an independent charity which owns and runs the sole surviving tea clipper, Cutty Sark. The ship is the iconic Gateway to the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site. For over 50 years she has been the flagship of the area which now attracts over six million visitors a year. The Trust’s mission is to ensure that Cutty Sark is preserved for this and future generations as a rich cultural resource for all. The ship was undergoing a major conservation project when fire swept through her in May 2007. For more information please visit www.cuttysark.org.uk

Dance UK is the national voice for dance. On behalf of its members and the wider dance sector Dance UK aims to improve the conditions in which dance is created, performed and experienced. Dance UK's Healthier Dancer Programme is a leader in the promotion of the physical and psychological health and well-being of dancers.

For and on behalf of The Trafalgar School at Downton, its students and our community.

Evolution exists to provide affordable education in arts and health to the community of Brighton and Hove. Evolution offers: an ever-changing range of courses and workshops which enhance health and well-being; a complementary health clinic offering treatments from qualified practitioners; artists’ studios enabling practising artists to develop their work.

The Museum was created to house and protect the designated collections of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and make them accessible to the general public. Her Majesty The Queen is Patron to The Royal Artillery Museum.

It aims to preserve the house, contents and personal possesssions which belonged to William Morris, Lord Nuffield,car manufacturer and philanthropist, and his wife, Lady Nuffield and to allow public access to them. Now that the house is threatened with sale on the open market from October 2008 it intends to raise the money necessary to save the house and contents for the nation.

FOSH's supports the Strawberry Hill Trust in the restoration of Horace Walpole's 18th C gothic house and gardens.

The Gabrieli Consort & Players were founded by Paul McCreesh in 1982 and gained prominence in their first decade with mould-breaking reconstructions of music for the great historic occasions of the Baroque. Since then, they have captivated audiences with their bold interpretations of a wide range of masterpieces from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Goldsmiths, University of London has a reputation for innovative, interdisciplinary and challenging approaches to all its subjects; a particular strength in the creative and cultural dimensions of the arts, humanities and social sciences; and a strong record of widening participation in disadvantaged communities of south-east and east London.

Greyladyes Arts Foundation (GAF) was founded to preserve the Grade II listed Greyladyes Chapel in Bursledon, Hampshire and convert it into an exciting contemporary arts centre to serve the local and wider community.

Hall for Cornwall is a charity promoting the arts and education. It delivers world-class theatre, music and dance to the Cornish community, offers projects and workshops to people of all ages from across the county, and produces its own shows, creating new opportunities for talented local people.

It provides special needs children with holidays and day trips to various destinations across the u.k. The children we help suffer from mild to complex needs and in some cases a life limiting condition. They would not get to have a trip without your assistance. Please help.

HEADS is a community arts organisation, initiating visual and performing arts, digital media and creative writing projects across Calderdale. Since its formation in 1999, HEADS has been working with professional artists providing arts workshops for individuals, schools and groups, many of whom would not normally participate in creative arts activities.

The Heritage of London Trust is the only building preservation trust that covers all of London. The Trust offers grants towards the restoration of historic or listed buildings and monuments that are in community use. The Trust aims to promote and preserve London's unique heritage for everyone who loves London.

The objectives of the Society are: 1) to advance the Hindu religion by the provision of facilities for the performance of religious ceremonies and rites relating to the Hindu faith and to promote and disseminate the articles of faith religion. 2) to promote for the benefit of the inhabitants and primarily the Hindu inhabitants of Coventry and the neighbourhood without distinction of sex or sexual orientation or race or of political or religious or other opinions by associating together the said inhabitants and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to: a) advance the education of the said inhabitants; and b) provide facilities for recreation or other leisure-time occupation for the said inhabitants in the interest of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life. 3) to establish or secure the establishment of a Community Centre and to maintain and manage the same (whether alone or in co-operation with any local or other person or body) in furtherance of the above objectives.

To advance, improve, develop and maintain public education in and appreciation of the arts and of music in all aspects

Hope for Tomorrow is a National Cancer Charity founded December 2003. It’s prime focus is to raise funds to build and provide mobile chemotherapy units – the concept provides cancer patients local treatment alleviating the need for traveling long distances and is operated by the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Impact Arts is a national community arts organisation. The main aim of Impact Arts is to use the arts as a catalyst for positive lasting change in peoples lives.

The Kathmandu Arts Centre is a project to create a world-class arts centre in Kathmandu. It is a unique opportunity to help contemporary artists in Nepal who, over decades, have become isolated by politics and geography. The charity (reg. no. 1121118) was founded in October 2007 to fund-raise for the project. Please visit www.kathmanduarts.org for further information.

Despite generating about half of our annual funding from ticket sales and shop and cafe surpluses, we still rely heavily on the genorosity of grant awarding bodies, charitable trusts and individuals; we are very grateful for your support, which allows us to concentrate on the important work of understanding the internationally important archaeology of Kilmartin Glen.

Kingston Philharmonia was formed in in 1973, and is now an established part of the Kingston-on-Thames amateur music scene. We are going to be playing all the Beethoven Symphonies on July 19th in Kingston-on-Thames Parish Church to raise money for the Young Kingston Charity, and for Kingston Philharmonia to help fund future programmes and soloists.

The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is one of the most prestigious drama schools in the world. Widely recognised for providing high quality training for young actors, stage managers and theatre technicians, its success derives from the ability to create an environment that nurtures each student's individual skills and talents.

The Life Science Trust aims to explore the relationship between humans and nature through art and science. It aims to build a life science centre in southern Scotland for research and education, to encourage people to learn to live in harmony with the natural world.

By providing pictures that can be “felt”, with audio commentary, Living Paintings enables people who cannot see to enjoy a wide range of visual treats: popular children’s books, science, history, well known art, nature, city tours, gardens, or architecture. And every item in this charity’s library is distributed for free.

It aims to preserve and restore historic buildings in and around Llanfyllin, especially Y Dolydd, the former Union Workhouse, to make their history known and to use them for the benefit of the community.

The LSO aims to provide the finest music to the greatest possible audience. The LSO Endowment Trust supports its work, including LSO Discovery, the Orchestra's music education and community programme, based at LSO St Luke's.

mac is the most visited arts centre in the Midlands, with over 500,000 visitors a year who come to enjoy theatre performances, music, comedy, plays for children, literature and poetry events, courses, magical family shows, films and free exhibitions.

Making Music is the UK's largest association supporting the work of amateur and voluntary musical organisations.

Primarily it aims to advance the education of the public in particular young musicians in the musical arts from any country in the world through public performances, msical programmes, workshops, bursaries, grants, etc. It also raises money to aid Marie Curie Cancer centres bring comfort to those with terminal cancer.

The MGS Trust provides funds to support means-tested bursaries at The Manchester Grammar School and manages funds raised for building improvements.

Music for Alice (MfA) was set up in memory of Alice Macgill, a talented musician who died in the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 aged 23. MfA gives financial support to musicians to further their music development.

The Nailsea Tithe Barn Trust has been established as a Charity to secure the restoration of a Grade II* Listed Tithe Barn dating back to the 1480's for use as a community facility. The £1m project has secured £750,000 to date (including £500,000 from Heritage Lottery Fund) and we need to raise a further £250,000 within the next year. All contributions are very gratefully received. - The Trustees

The National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain provides musically-talented children aged 7 - <14 with the training and opportunity to play together in full symphony orchestras. Talent, musicality and excellence at audition are the sole criteria for entry; no talented child is ever denied a place for lack of funds.