# Promenaders’ charities announced for 2026 BBC Proms

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2026/05/18/promenaders-charities-announced-for-2026-bbc-proms/
- Published: 2026-05-18T09:33:50+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**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.
A PayPal donation link can be found on the [2026 season page](https://promenadersmusicalcharities.wordpress.com/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=1c9397ce952fe15579eaa629c76d74af6fb2f18dee2bdccf3b24a90f131d0f2e&blog_id=146755224&post_id=3397&user_id=154198&subs_id=290252&signature=37273633a378cd9ff248d1a66638d45a&email_name=new-post&user_email=hlake@fundraising.co.uk&encoded_url=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wcm9tZW5hZGVyc211c2ljYWxjaGFyaXRpZXMuY29tLzIwMjYtc2Vhc29u&email_id=73d9e24d66ccd892897b93b91b50922e).

 * **[Promenaders Musical Charities distributes £80,000 from 2022 BBC Proms season](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/12/16/promenaders-musical-charities-distributes-80000-from-2022-bbc-proms-season/)(
   16 December 2022)
 * **[BBC Proms charity collections move online for 2020 season](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/07/15/bbc-proms-charity-collections-move-online-for-2020-season/)(
   15 July 2020)**
 * **[Royal Albert Hall launches urgent public appeal in wake of COVID 19](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/09/08/royal-albert-hall-launches-urgent-public-appeal-in-wake-of-covid-19/)(
   8 September 2020)**

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