The Otakar Kraus Music Trust are taking part in the Big Give Arts for Impact Campaign to raise £13,500 in just 1 week! - https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000AdNqEYAV

These funds will go towards OKMT's OK Music School, to help it flourish and grow.

OK Music School is a project for 80 children and young people with disabilities, who are often excluded from mainstream activities and have low self-esteem, are taught to play a musical instrument or sing, and perform with pride in annual concerts. The project helps reduce isolation, increases representation and enhances confidence, communication and mental wellbeing, with some young people aspiring to a career in music or the arts. But OKMT desperately need funds to continue this life-changing project enabling children and young people with disabilities to thrive through music and engage more fully in the community.

Donations to OK Music School will be generously be matched by Big Give's Champions!

"Our non-verbal daughter can show the world that she is more than her diagnosis. She loves performing and her ability to read music and play piano surprises many people and makes her feel valued." - parents of girl at OK Music School

Clare Lawrence, Director of the Otakar Kraus Music Trust: "This year we're looking to raise a total of £13,500. We hope everyone will give generously this year to help us reach our target and enable us to carry on the work we all feel so passionately about. Music really can help change people's lives".

How can you get involved?

Visit BigGive.org and make a donation from mid-day on Tuesday 17^th March 26. The campaign will close at mid-day on Tuesday 24^th March 26.

Set a reminder and add our campaign page: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05WS00000AdNqEYAV so you remember not to miss your chance to double your donation!

About The Otakar Kraus Music Trust

OKMT is a charity based in Richmond upon Thames, which provides music therapy for vulnerable people, from toddlers with communication delays to elderly people with dementia, enhancing communication and emotional well-being.

About The Big Give

Big Give is a registered charity (1136547) that runs match funded campaigns for charities and special causes at key moments across the year. By connecting charities to match funders (like philanthropists, foundations or corporates) and the public, Big Give helps them double their donations. And, in doing so, makes an extraordinary difference to the world's biggest challenges. It has raised more than £280m for charities to date.

Big Give campaigns have been promoted by celebrities including Leonardo DiCaprio, Emilia Fox, Dame Judi Dench and Stephen Fry, among others.

It's a simple idea - when the public donates to a charity through a Big Give campaign, it asks funders to match that donation. So, £50 from a member of the public becomes £100 for a good cause!

Big Give has supported more than 5,500 charities and worked with some of the biggest names in UK philanthropy and charitable grant-making, which provide match funding, including DCMS, John Spiers, founder of Bestinvest and B Corp registered EQ Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation, The Reed Foundation, The Waterloo Foundation, The Hospital Saturday Fund, The Childhood Trust and others including high-net-worth individuals such as Julia and Hans Rausing.