Trusts and Foundations

Supporting the whole range of Opera North's work


Vital support for our future


Opera North places great value on the support it receives from charitable trusts and foundations. Their donations play a vital part in enabling the Company to produce work of the highest artistic standard, cementing its reputation for excellence.


The work that Trusts and Foundations support includes:

  • New commissions and new productions
  • Access to opera through surtitle provision, sign-interpreted and audio described performances
  • Education work in the community
  • Multi-media projects
  • Young singers and directors
  • Orchestral concerts


Opera North acknowledges the generous support of the following trusts and foundations towards its work:

Charles Brotherton Trust
A & S Burton 1960 Charitable Trust
The Butler Foundation
Carr-Ellison Charitable Trust Fund
The Coutts Charitable Trust
D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
J N Derbyshire Trust
The Emerald Foundation
The Emmandjay Charitable Trust
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation
The Kenneth Hargreaves Charitable Trust
The Holst Foundation
The Joicey Trust
The Sir James Knott Trust
The Leche Trust
The Linden Trust
The Paul Morgan Charitable Trust
The N Smith Charitable Settlement
The Thoresby Charitable Trust
The Whitaker Charitable Trust

 

If you would like to support Opera North through your charitable trust or foundation then contact our Trust Manager Evelyn Hazzard, by email: evelyn.hazzard@operanorth.co.uk

 


The Opera North Future Fund

 

The Future Fund is Opera North’s own endowment fund, created in 2008 to support and extend the work of the Company through outreach, education and the main stage. Through the generosity of individuals and Trusts and Foundations who have made gifts and pledges of over £4m in the Fund’s first twelve months, this ambitious and passionate independent charity is already making a positive difference to the lives of young people through music and opera.

 

Dare Cultural Fellowship in Opera Related Arts
Pettman Dare International Performance Scholarship
Young Offender’s Project 2010
National Opera Studio Residency 2010
The Ring

Fore more information email futurefund@operanorth.co.uk or call 0113 223 3553.