The YMC Bursary Fund was officially launched at our summer concert on 13th July 2019 at the Hampstead Garden Suburb Free Church.
We are delighted to announce that the internationally renowned violinist Gyorgy Pauk has become our Patron.
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For the last 56 years the guiding objective and purpose of the Youth Music Centre has been to provide a wonderful musical education to large numbers of children from many different backgrounds. We have been particularly proud to be able to carry on that tradition by offering assisted places to students who would otherwise have been unable to benefit from YMC’s activities, and we are delighted that the number of such assisted places has grown in recent years
As part of our fundraising activities we are setting up a Sponsors, Supporters and Friends Scheme. This will offer a number of different ways in which you can support us. As a Sponsor, we would invite you to pledge a sum of between £250-£500 a year for a period of 3 years. As a Supporter, we would invite you a pledge a sum of between £100-£250 for the same term and likewise, as a Friend a sum of between £75-£100. Of course, we would also welcome one-off donations, or pledges for lesser amounts or for shorter periods, to support the scheme. YMC can benefit additionally from all such pledges and donations through Gift Aid. In all cases we would like, if you are agreeable, to include your name in all our future programmes and on our website.
Your generosity will be greatly appreciated and will enable YMC to continue to do in the future what it has done so successfully over so many years.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and for your generosity.
Yours,
STEPHEN WARNER
Chair of Trustees
Sponsors









Tilly and Eric Beinhocker
Tony Burch
Bill & Judith Bollinger
The Brian Mitchell Charitable Settlement
Dr Amanda Craig
Nigel and Tanja Goldberg
Boris Karloff Charitable Foundation
Gillian Stern and David Leibowitz
Professor Sir Michael and Lady Marmot
Wendy Max
György Pauk
The Headley Trust
Mr and Mrs Sharpe
Stephen Warner
Supporters
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João Cardoso & Denise Santos
Bryan Cheng
Robert and Rachel Cohen
Jeremy and Lee Dein
Rachel Douglas
Maria Gartner
Patricia and Pascal Herberling
Michael Hurwitz
Christina Li
Niaz Maleknia
Maureen Smith
Su Ping Tan
Hovig, Sharon & Hratch Tchilingirian
Peter Vergo
Amy Yau
Friends
Maria Barosso
Penny Driver
Sebastian Kolin
Isabela Lima
Thomas Edward Longstaff
Desiree Mayr
Caroline Palmer
Shital Patel
Jo Shooman
Jane Smith
Marion Warner

The Youth Music Centre is very grateful to the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust for sponsoring the YMC Concerto Prize for the last five years.