# BBC Proms collection is back in person

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/07/18/bbc-proms-collection-is-back-in-person/
- Published: 2022-07-18T12:30:21+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The 2022 BBC Proms season got underway last Friday, and so did the Promenaders’
Musical Charities collection.**

Now that the full season is once again taking place in person, after two years during
which they were limited by the COVID-19 pandemic, the volunteers are expecting to
boost the total they raise significantly.

In [2021 the collection was only possible online](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/07/15/bbc-proms-charity-collections-move-online-for-2020-season/).
It raised £7,727.52 for Help Musicians and £3,290 for CLIC Sargent (now operating
as Young Lives v Cancer).

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This season, with the return to normal operations, they are aiming to raise **more
than £110,000**, based on previous seasons.

## Yellow buckets and card readers

![A pile of Promenaders' collecting buckets at the Royal Albert Hall](https://wfay6x.
infiniteuploads.cloud/2021/06/promenaders-collecting-buckets-albert-hall-proms.jpg)

A pile of Promenaders’ collecting buckets at the Royal Albert Hall in 2019.

The yellow collecting buckets are being used, but they are being accompanied for
the first time by card readers on the main doors.

The buckets themselves feature a QR code which takes you to the [2022 Season](https://promenadersmusicalcharities.com/2022-season/)
page which itself links to the group’s PayPal donation facility.

## 2022 charities

This year the [Promenaders’ Musical Charities](https://promenadersmusicalcharities.com/)
will support **Help Musicians** and **Young Lives v Cancer** as usual. With the 
return of the bucket collection they are also adding **Brass for Africa** and **
Lost Chord**.