The Norfolk Youth Music Trust is also seeking your help - but what makes it such an excellent choice for your help?

By donating to our trust you will be encouraging and assisting in developing the technical and artistic skills of highly-talented young people leading to careers in music.

You will be encouraging and assisting in developing the technical and artistic skills of highly-talented young people leading to careers in music.

You will have the knowledge that, although the trust is locally managed and fully accountable, with its policies being determined locally, its trustees' experience of high national standards will continued to be applied.

The trustees have a proven track-record of over 29 years of helping and publicly-promoting talented young people, most of whom have either already made (or will go on to make) music their career, either as solo performers, ensemble members, or teachers.

The confidence that, with all trustees and trust officers living and working locally, they have a strong sense of the music requirements of young musicians living in the local community, as well as those they seek to help.

All trustees and trust officers give their services without charge, and the only costs incurred are those minimal ones which are necessary to administer the Trust, therefore.

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If you require any further information on this campaign, please contact the secretary at the trust's registered office.

Why donate?

Changes in government policy involving either the removal or reduction of the teaching of music as a core subject in state schools (the effect of which needs to be mitigated by the work of this trust, as well as other organisations) if the music education and public performance opportunities of our young people are not to suffer.

Locally, the county's education department has removed the subsidy from its Arts In Education Service. This has resulted in less music-teaching in schools, as higher contributions are required to be made by parents, and less public performance opportunities being made available for those with exceptional talent.

Most funding (if not all) is on a self-help basis, therefore.

Under these circumstances, the trustees believe that their response should be to offer whatever help and opportunities they can. Whilst some help has been received, the absence of medium- and long-term financial help continues to prevent the trust from fully meeting its objectives as well as the expectations of those who apply to it for help.

What are the benefits for donors?

First, the satisfaction that they will be helping both the musical development and encouragement of highly-talented Norfolk-based young people to become full-time professional musicians.

Second, with all trustees and officers of the trust giving their services freely, the knowledge that their contribution will be devoted fully to the purpose you intend.

What are the benefits for the public?

Music affects many aspects of a nation's life - in the home, on television and radio, in the cinema, in the theatre, and during public events.

Young musicians are the artists of tomorrow and the country's future, therefore.

These are important considerations, and the trustees believe that it is for the public good that the maximum help is offered to our young people to ensure that they achieve their full potential, and that their highest aspirations are met.

Thanks

The trustees would like to thank you for your consideration of this appeal, and for any help you feel able to give.

You may wish to consider either a one-off donation, or one spread over more than one year.

If you would wish your donation to be designated for a particular purpose, please do not hesitate to contact the Secretary first.

Please credit all payments to The Norfolk Youth Music Trust, and send them to the Secretary at the registered office of the trust.

All donations will be acknowledged in writing, and in the Annual Report and all publicity material, unless you would prefer otherwise.

If you are unable to respond at this time, but may be able to later, the trustees would like to let you know that the Appeal is on-going.   

If you would like to know more

If there is any further information which you believe would help you in your consideration of this appeal (including a copy of the last Annual Report to the Charity Commissioners) the Secretary will be delighted to provide it.

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