The BSO’s 2025 Big Give Christmas Challenge is now CLOSED!

We are delighted to say that between 2 and 9 December 2025, we smashed our campaign target of £44,700 and raised an awe-inspiring £44,700.

Thank you to all who so generously donated to the campaign, and to our Big Give Pledgers and the Reed Foundation for making the matched funding possible.

Every pound donated will go towards Health and Harmony: taking music into hospitals. This programme will take a range of activity to hospitals in Dorset and Southampton, including bedside performances, mini concerts in public areas, group workshops, staff training, and instrumental coaching.

If you want to hear about how you can get involved with our future campaigns, including donating to our 2026 Big Give Christmas Challenge, please fill out the form below…

In the meantime, find out how you can join and support the BSO by clicking here to visit our ‘Support Us’ page.

“When the BSO come in, we see a real difference in how our patients react and act later in the day once the musicians have left. As soon as they see the instruments come out, immediately they’re engaged. And then, once the music starts, they join in, and it’s almost as if something comes back to them from their past”

Katie, dementia healthcare support worker