Trusts and Foundations

In 2024-26, Trusts have supported a wide range of work such as the following:

• The BSO’s Calleva Assistant Conductor programme – creating a career springboard for an extraordinary young artist
• Exciting programmes led by our artistic team, bringing new artists and repertoire to the stage
• Our Young Associates training programme for the next generation of music leaders
• Workshops, assemblies and Schools’ Concerts for pupils aged 5-11 – ensuring that young learners across the South West have access to interactive, high-quality music education and the thrill of a live concert
• The BSO’s programme of work with talented young disabled and non-disabled musicians through the National Open Youth Orchestra and at Special Educational Need and Disability Schools
• Our pioneering ‘Symphony from Scratch’ amateur orchestra, co-designed with young disabled musicians to be welcoming and inclusive for all abilities
• A major three-year residency in Boscombe
• Creative-health initiatives, including music-making on the wards of Dorset County Hospital, dementia-friendly Cake Concerts, and our Music in Mind programme in Cornwall.

Thank you to:

The Calleva Foundation, in memory of Jack Butt

The Pointer Family Trust

The Michael and Ilse Katz Foundation

The Valentine Charitable Trust

The Reed Foundation

The Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust

The Cressy Foundation

The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust

The Alice Ellen Cooper Dean Charitable Foundation

The Marchus Trust

The Woodward Charitable Trust

Rivers Foundation

The Duncreggan Trust

The Geoff & Fiona Squire Foundation

The Pitt-Rivers Charitable Trust

The Leonard Laity Stoate Charitable Trust

The VEC Acorn Trust

The Uncle Bill Trust

and two anonymous charitable trusts