Given the scale of our projects, funding is an important area for us. We currently pay for our projects using a variety of methods:

by seeking funds from local and national arts organisations such as the Westmorland Arts Trust, the National Foundation for Youth Music, Making Music and Arts North West

by bidding for local finance from South Lakeland District Council and Kendal Neighbourhood Forum

by asking participating singers to contribute

by inviting local businesses to support these community projects

by pricing tickets at a reasonable level and attracting large audiences

CCI is a Registered Charity No: 1102060

If you're interested in what we do and would like to get involved in our projects, but don't have the world's greatest singing voice, you can support us in other ways...

Come along to our concerts

Encourage all your friends to come along too

Sponsor our projects financially

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Cumbria Choral Initiative is affiliated to Making Music, which represents and supports amateur performing and promoting societies throughout the UK.

How does CCI pay for its projects?

About CCI

Cumbria Choral Initiative is a group of people who are committed to developing the rich heritage of one of England's and Cumbria's finest traditions: CHORAL SINGING. CCI initiates projects which help to maintain choral singing in Cumbria in a healthy and vibrant state.

Our aims are:

to encourage young people to take up or continue choral singing both at school and when they have left to provide a platform for young soloists and instrumentalists to perform in choral works.

to extend the repertoire and introduce to audiences and singers some of the many fine new or neglected choral works.

to encourage new ways of presenting choral music so that it is more accessible and audience friendly.

to seek new audiences for choral concerts in the area particularly by encouraging young people to buy tickets.