Over its first decade of operation, Three Monkies Trust built up some experience and awareness of appropriate organisations to fund. It therefore no longer responds to unsolicited proposals or approaches.
The charity does fund certain other activities close to the passions of the Trustees, including affordable housing projects.
In recent years Three Monkies Trust has funded around 200 charities.
Below are examples of some of the activities funded:
Aurora Orchestra
Series of Far, Far Away productions/workshops for children in Camden and Westminster
Dash Arts
Community outreach and participation activities
Foundation for Young Musicians
Bursary fund
Garsington Opera
Learning & participation programmes
London Sinfonietta
Composition Challenges’ project for 3 state schools in Camden
London Youth Choirs
Outreach projects working with young singers
Multi-Story Orchestra
Programme focused on enabling professional musicians and young people to create and devise performances
Kiln Theatre
Youth & Pathways Programme
Kings Place Music Foundation
Gabrieli Roar project for 850 young people to develop ensemble singing skills
Pimlico Musical Foundation
In-Schools programme
Rodolfus
Bursary fund for young singers to attend residential choral course
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Youth theatre bursaries
Royal Northern College of Music
RNCM Engage – flagship programme to boost the provision of music education and engagement for under 18s
Sadler’s Wells
NYDC School Workshops programme
Samling Institute for Young Artists
Samling Futures Workshops/singing schools
Sound and Music
Summer school for young composers
Studio Wayne McGregor
New creative network for young people in Hackney and Newham Boroughs – participation in a series of dance workshops
Tenebrae
Learning & Connection programmes
The Place
Choreodrome: two-week-long residencies, to research new ideas or further develop existing projects for artists
Promoting Music and Performing Arts Education
We know that young people in the UK, especially the most disadvantaged, face enormous barriers to achieving their potential. The Three Monkies Trust wants to help to reduce the disadvantages in young people’s lives by providing small grants to support activities which support them in developing skills and knowledge for life particularly in the performing arts.
Affordable Housing
Affordable, decent housing is a pre-requisite to good physical and mental health and wellbeing. Those employed in key health, education and other social services are adversely affected in multiple ways by lack of access to affordable housing in the vicinity of their places of work.