Promenaders’ charities announced for 2026 BBC Proms
Howard Lake | 18 May 2026 | News
The musical charity beneficiaries for the public fundraising collection at this year’s BBC Proms season have been announced.
The trustees of the trust that runs the regular collections for musical charities at the BBC Proms met on 10 May to make the final choice of charities.
As usual the collections will raise funds for Help Musicians and Young Lives vs Cancer.
This year’s additional charities will be:
- English Touring Opera – to fund their sensory opera for children and young people with learning difficulties. ETO is aiming for 30 performances and to reach 1,800 people.
- National Youth Choir – to fund 10 bursaries for participants in their residential courses and concerts
- Irene Taylor Trust – to fund their Lullaby Project, introducing people in or leaving prison to classical music whilst enabling them to build bonds with their children by writing and recording songs.
The announcement of beneficiary charities coincided with the opening of ticket sales for the 2026 BBC Proms.
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- Promenaders Musical Charities distributes £80,000 from 2022 BBC Proms season (16 December 2022)
- BBC Proms charity collections move online for 2020 season (15 July 2020)
- Royal Albert Hall launches urgent public appeal in wake of COVID 19 (8 September 2020)
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.