NOEL Funders

NOEL is building stronger, healthier and more cohesive communities through the power of music irrespective of age, background and circumstances – and with a sense of tremendous fun and enjoyment.

As a registered charity, NOEL could not continue to develop its reputation for providing first class music education throughout Yorkshire without the financial help of our supporters and our Patrons. Every donation is greatly appreciated.

Our most grateful thanks to the following, without whom our work would not be possible;

  • Angus Allnatt Charitable Foundation
  • Catlow Civil Engineering
  • Community Foundation for Calderdale – The Gartland Family Trust
  • Community Foundation for Calderdale – The Pliny Barrett Fund
  • Constance Green Foundation
  • Cragg Vale Community Association
  • Ernest Cook Trust
  • Garfield Weston Foundation
  • Halifax Rotary Club
  • HSBC in the Community
  • Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society
  • Ovenden and Mixenden Initiative
  • Percival Whitley Educational Trust
  • Sovereign Health Care Charitable Trust
  • The Audrey and Stanley Burton Charitable Trust
  • The Bearder Charity
  • The A M Fenton Trust
  • The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust
  • The Concertina Charitable Trust
  • The Coutts Charitable Trust
  • The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
  • The Evan Cornish Foundation
  • The Golsoncott Foundation
  • The Holbeck Charitable Trust
  • The Idlewild Trust
  • The John Thaw Foundation
  • The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation
  • The N Smith Charitable Settlement
  • The Sir George Martin Trust
  • The Sir James Reckitt Charity
  • The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust
  • The Skinners’ Company Lady Neville Charity
  • Warley Community Association
  • West Yorkshire Grants
  • Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation

Plus numerous donors who wish to remain anonymous

We would like also to thank our loyal volunteers who help with courses, concerts and festivals. If you are interested in volunteering for NOEL, please contact the office. 



About NOEL

Northern Orchestral Enterprises Ltd (NOEL) is a non-profit organisation committed to providing music-based activities and opportunities for all to enjoy and appreciate, whatever their age or level. Formed in 1996 by John Pryce-Jones & Barry Collarbone and based at Dean Clough in Halifax, NOEL is passionate about music as a unique form of communication with intellectual, social and physical benefits!

Our projects, run on the principles taught by Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály, include a series of workshops to help teachers and musicians bring this accessible and enjoyable form of methodology into their classrooms, choirs and communities.

NOEL is reliant on funding from an annual, but by no means guaranteed, grant from West Yorkshire Grants as well as a matrix of sponsorship and donations from the business community, private trusts and charities.

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