This year, in view of the fact we cannot collect at the Royal Albert Hall, the trustees have decided to concentrate our collecting efforts on our two core charities, Help Musicians (Registered charity No. 228089), and CLIC Sargent (Registered charity No. 1107328).

Help Musicians

This year our support for Help Musicians will go to their COVID-19 Hardship Fund. Most musicians get most of their work on a freelance basis, which has almost entirely dried up. Many have found that they do not qualify for the government support schemes, so have had to apply for Universal Credit or other benefits which may still leave them in considerable financial difficulties.

To make an online donation to Help Musicians associated with Promenaders’ Musical Charities, please go to this page on the JustGiving website that we have set up.

CLIC Sargent

With CLIC Sargent we will continue to fund their music therapy work with children and young people with cancer (and their families). Life with cancer is hard enough in normal times, but of course there are inevitably many more worries at the moment, and this is vital support to help those receiving treatment for cancer. Unfortunately this work had to be suspended in the early part of the pandemic, but these donations will help remobilise the service, potentially moving to online delivery, depending on what restrictions remain in place within hospitals.

To make an online donation to CLIC Sargent associated with Promenaders’ Musical Charities, please go to this page on the JustGiving website that we have set up.

Other ways to donate

Cheque

Please send cheques, payable to Promenaders’ Musical Charities, to our Treasurer:

Andrew Mills
36 Cranleigh Road
Merton Park
London
SW19 3LU

CAF Cheque

If you have a Charities Aid Foundation account, and normally make donations by CAF cheque, please make them payable to Help Musicians and/or CLIC Sargent (as we are not a registered charity in our own right) and send them to our Treasurer (details above).

Other charities and future collections

In recent years we have supported three additional charities each season beyond the two core charities. This year we had just carried out the shortlisting exercise when lockdown began. We currently anticipate that we will roll the shortlisted charities’ applications over to 2021, assuming that they are still looking for funding for the relevant projects. While there is obviously still much uncertainty as to how the situation will develop, this means that it is unlikely that the trustees will be seeking further applications for support from the 2021 Season collection.