Charities I am supporting

I constantly seek to better both my musical and sporting performances. I also want to set an example to others, to capture the imagination of children and inspire them to excel beyond what they thought possible.

I also try not to take it for granted that I can play the piano, run, swim, ride my bike, ski, and travel across the world unhindered. Many others are less fortunate and I would like to help empower them to lead a normal life and participate in activities which I am fortunate to enjoy on a daily basis.

My fund-raising target is 20K. I have chosen some of my favourite charities who support a combination of music, sport, children, and people with disability.

Please help me to help them by making a donation here on the Classic FM web-site.

	Classic FM Foundation Classic FM Foundation funds music education and therapy projects, working with some of the most disadvantaged children and adults across the UK. This year the Foundation will be working with Nordoff Robbins to provide over 4,000 music therapy sessions for children living with illness, disability, trauma or isolation.
	National Autistic Society Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to, other people. It also affects how they make sense of the world around them.There are over half a million people in the UK with autism - that's around 1 in 100. If you include their families, autism touches the lives of over two million people every day.We want a world where all people living with autism get to lead the life they choose.
	CLIC Sargent CLIC Sargent, a charity committed to helping children and young people with cancer and their families. Services offered to families include Homes from Home, where families can stay next to a hospital, Outreach Nurses, Social Workers Holiday Homes and Care Grants.
	Mayor of London's Fund for Young Musicians Mayor of London's Fund for Young Musicians is a registered charity established to support and benefit young musicians across the capital, especially those from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, through access to sustained, progressive instrumental tuition and the experience of working with professional musicians.
	Musequality Musequality was set up in 2007 to take music projects to some of the poorest children in the developing world. Their aim is not to produce professional musicians but to give vulnerable children the chance to learn skills that offer them a route out of poverty, lifting them off the streets and away from the risks of drug culture, violence and crime.
	Sistema Scotland has a mission to transform lives through music and is set up in the belief that children can gain huge social benefits by playing in a symphony orchestra. They use music-making to foster confidence, teamwork, pride and aspiration in the children taking part - and across their wider community. Sistema Scotland exists to develop orchestra centres on the ground in Scotland. These are known in the community as Big Noise.
	GetKidsGoing! Get Kids Going! is a National charity which gives disabled children and young people - up to the age of 26 yrs - the wonderful opportunity of participating in sport. They provide them with specially built sports' wheelchairs so they can do: athletics, marathons, tennis, skiing, rugby, sailing, boccia, basketball, sledge hockey, table tennis, fencing, shooting, archery, powerlifting and many more sports. Get Kids Going! inspires British disabled youngsters to compete in sporting events, from start to paralympic level, by giving them 'sports grants' to help with their; training, physiotherapy, travel, competition fees, design and development of sports' wheelchairs etc. With your help many can become world record holders and paralympic champions.