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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pete Thomas" data-source="post: 553176" data-attributes="member: 1"><h3><a href="https://cafesaxophone.com/pages/payments/" target="_blank">How to donate, subscribe (Support membership) or pay Classified fees...click here</a></h3><h3>LATEST 2026: we are currently donating to <a href="https://joyofsound.org/" target="_blank">Joy of Sound</a></h3><hr />If you enjoy CafeSaxophone or find it a useful resource, there are many ways you can support us, with or without any kind of financial outlay.Transcriptions, downloads, learning materials, equipment reviews, product announcements. It's all useful.Part of our financial support comes from advertising. We prefer not to have too many distracting banners. However it is useful for any sponsors if the forum is an active place where saxophone players come to discuss stuff or maybe just chew the saxophone fat.CafeSaxophone forums is a non profit making organisation. All profits from account subscriptions, listing fees is donated. Advertising revenue goes towards running costs.We have raised over £98,000 in the last 10 years, for which I’d like to heartily thank everyone who has helped.<h3>Latest: We are currently donating to <a href="https://joyofsound.org/" target="_blank">Joy of Sound</a></h3>Recent projects2018 - 2025We have continued helping both Soco and Springwell. We donated £3000 and some equipment (including mixing desk and iMac). Our £5000 donation to Springwell will fund more equipment as well as collaboration with Doug Briggs (see below). We also donated to St.Annes Hospice, where colleague and CafeSaxophone Organiser Jeanette works.The donation to Soco has funded  Tales of the Young Persons Orchestra2017This year we have been supporting <a href="https://stayuplate.org/pete-thomas-taming-saxophone/" target="_blank">StayUpLate (Gig Buddies)</a>and Springwell School. Gig Buddies is an organisation involved with organising volunteers to take  disabled people out to events that they would otherwise not be able to see.<img src="https://tamingthesaxophone.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/springwell-music-room-300x225.jpg" alt="Springwell School Music Room" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable fr-fir" data-size="" style="" />Springwell is a primary school for children aged 4 – 11 years with complex learning difficulties. All the children have a severe level of learning difficulties and many have associated disabilities such as autism, speech and language disorders and challenging behaviour. The £2000 has gone towards the funding of music sessions which which are run by Southampton music charity <a href="http://www.socomusicproject.org.uk/" target="_blank">Soco</a>. Springwell is in need of help, as you can see from the picture of their only music room!This year we also seem to be branching out into conservation by donating towards a local hedgehog rescue center.2016We raised over £10000 for <a href="https://diverseabilities.org.uk/langside/" target="_blank">Langside School</a>, Poole, Dorset in order to buy a <a href="http://www.soundbeam.co.uk/" target="_blank">Soundbeam 5 Complete Kit</a> as well as paying for staff training and workshops.[ATTACH=full]8787[/ATTACH]I visited Langside and met with Chris Maund. Most of the pupils need one to one attention, the staff are totally dedicated, enthusiastic and dynamic.but sorely in need of funds. The staff are even having to bring in their own musical instruments to help with classes.2014-2015: Victoria School and Childrens’ HomeWe raised £10000 to buy an <a href="http://omi.uk/omivista-mobile/" target="_blank">Omivista Projection System</a> to help with special needs music education at <a href="http://www.victoria.poole.sch.uk/" target="_blank">Victoria School</a>, Poole.2013-2014: Heaton SchoolWe teamed up with <a href="http://www.omnimusic.org.uk/" target="_blank">Doug Briggs</a>. With Doug’s expertise in the area of assistive music technology we can effectively channel the proceeds of sales so we know it goes where it can do the most good. Currently we have been funding a music programme at <a href="http://www.heaton.stockport.sch.uk/" target="_blank">Heaton School</a> for children with severe learning disabilities. We are buying musical instruments, assistive music technology such as the Apollo system as well as funding a performance in 2014.For full details of past projects and donations see <a href="https://tamingthesaxophone.com/shop/fundraising-info" target="_blank">Fundraising at Taming The Saxophone</a>The forum is staffed by unpaid volunteers (thank you Jeanette and Aldevis, our wonderful moderators!)<h2>Past donations:</h2><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>April 2008</td><td>Band on the Wall</td><td>£2500</td></tr><tr><td>January 2009</td><td>Sax on the Web "Saxothon"</td><td>£211</td></tr><tr><td>March 2009</td><td>Band on the Wall</td><td>£2000</td></tr><tr><td>September 2009</td><td>Band on the Wall</td><td>£3000</td></tr><tr><td>December 2009</td><td>PRS benevolent fund</td><td>£500</td></tr><tr><td>December 2009</td><td>Sax on the Web "Saxothon"</td><td>£400</td></tr><tr><td>January 2010</td><td>Red Cross Haiti Appeal</td><td>£500</td></tr><tr><td>June 2010</td><td>Band on the Wall</td><td>£4000</td></tr><tr><td>June 2010</td><td>Leuka</td><td>£500</td></tr><tr><td>August 2010</td><td>Red Cross Pakistan Floods Appeal</td><td>£1000</td></tr><tr><td>February 2011</td><td>Band On The Wall</td><td>£6000</td></tr><tr><td>March 2011</td><td>Red Cross</td><td>£620</td></tr><tr><td>June 2011</td><td>Cancer Research</td><td>£20</td></tr><tr><td>June 2011</td><td>Leuka</td><td>£250</td></tr><tr><td>December 2011</td><td>Band on the Wall</td><td>£10000</td></tr><tr><td>March 2012</td><td>Gorton Education Village</td><td>£6000</td></tr><tr><td>June 2012</td><td>Leuka</td><td>£400</td></tr><tr><td>Sept 2012</td><td>Rose Road</td><td>£50</td></tr><tr><td>March 20134</td><td>Heaton School</td><td>£1095.60</td></tr><tr><td>Jan 2014</td><td>Heaton School</td><td>£2280</td></tr><tr><td>May 2014</td><td>Heaton School</td><td>£6000</td></tr><tr><td>March 2015</td><td>Red Cross Nepal appeal</td><td>£500</td></tr><tr><td>July 2015</td><td>Victoria School</td><td>£10000</td></tr><tr><td>CAFE SAXOPHONE LTD</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sept 2016</td><td>Langside School, Poole</td><td>£5339.10</td></tr><tr><td>Feb 2017</td><td>Springwell School, Southampton</td><td>£2000</td></tr><tr><td>April 2017</td><td>StayUpLate (Gig Buddies)</td><td>£5000</td></tr><tr><td>Oct 2017</td><td>Youcaring</td><td>£180</td></tr><tr><td>Dec 2018</td><td>Soco</td><td>£4596</td></tr><tr><td>March 2018</td><td>Springwell School</td><td>£5000</td></tr><tr><td>March 2018</td><td>St. Annes Hospice</td><td>£1000</td></tr><tr><td>March 2020</td><td>Soco</td><td>£5000</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>Springwell School</td><td>£5000</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>Help Musicians</td><td>£10000</td></tr><tr><td>March 2022</td><td>Soco</td><td>£10000</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>Omnimusic</td><td>£4800</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>StayupLate</td><td>£2500</td></tr><tr><td>"</td><td>Red Cross</td><td>£2500</td></tr><tr><td>April 2025</td><td>Big Give</td><td>£200</td></tr><tr><td>July 2025</td><td>Soco</td><td>£3300</td></tr><tr><td>March 2026</td><td>Joy of Sound</td><td>£1700</td></tr></table></blockquote>