The orchestra raises money for charities through around three orchestral concerts per year, tending to mix in smaller local groups that cannot attract large funding, with larger, urgent causes (for example, recent catastrophes).
Charities we have supported include:
Charities year by year
2026
Minstead Trust: www.minsteadtrust.org.uk
2025
Lyndhurst Community Centre: https://lyndhurstcomm.org
Honeypot children’s charity: www.honeypot.org.uk
New Forest Basics Bank: www.basicsbank.org.uk
2024
Minstead Trust: www.minsteadtrust.org.uk
Bramshaw Village Hall: https://hallbookingonline.com/bramshaw
Hamble Lifeboat: https://hamblelifeboat.co.uk
2023
Dentaid: www.dentaid.org
New Forest Trust: www.newforesttrust.org.uk
Wessex Cancer Trust: www.wessexcancer.org.uk
2022
The Milford-On-Sea Primary School Parent Friend Association (PFA) early reader project: www.mosps.hants.sch.uk/pfa
Youth and Families Matter: www.youthandfamiliesmatter.org.uk
DEC Ukrainian Humanitarian Appeal: www.dec.org.uk
2021
HASAG Asbestos Disease Support: https://hasag.co.uk
Bramshaw Village Hall trust (storm repair fund): https://hallbookingonline.com/bramshaw
2020
The Society of St James (Hampshire’s leading homelessness charity): https://ssj.org.uk