RONNIE SCOTT'S INSTRUMENT AMNESTY 2019

PLEASE NOTE: Frith Street will be closed on Saturday 20th of July as we will be holding our "60th Anniversary Street Party" on that day too! We recommend you arrive before 2pm - when the music start - to avoid any inconvenience.

Unless arranged in advance, parking in front of the club or in the street won't be possible. For large donation we might be able to arrange access up until 12pm at the latest, please email fatine@ronniescotts.co.uk asap to arrange this. If you have issues accessing the street, please call 07460809851. Thank you!

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Do you have a lonely clarinet in a cupboard? A bass guitar in the basement? Clear out your closets and look in your loft because we want your instruments that you don't!  

Donate your unwanted or unused instrument (in good condition) to the Ronnie Scott's Charitable Foundation Instrument Amnesty, and itwill go to a young person to help support their music education in the UK or abroad.

Since 2015, the initiative has donated 350 instruments to beneficiaries in need of instrument provision. Beneficiaries have included Play for Progress in Croydon, which delivers therapeutic and educational arts programmes for child refugees across London; Kinetika Bloco, a performance group in Tulse Hill, which engages South London Youth with creative arts; and In Place Of War in Manchester, a global organisation who empowers communities in places of conflict using creativity as a tool for positive change.

Rhythm and Blues legend Jools Holland, two-time Grammy award-nominated jazz trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, award-winning musician KT Tunstall and The Vamps’ lead guitarist James McVey helped us kick-start this year's campaign - watch the trailer below.

Trumpet player Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah (who played at the club back in March) is donating a Bach TR500 student trumpet.  He is joined by James McVey, lead guitarist of the British pop rock band The Vamps, and award-winning singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, who will also be donating instruments.

How do I donate?

Fill in the pledge form below and come to Ronnie Scott’s on Saturday 20^th July with your donation (you can donate more than one instrument if you wish!). On the day, we will give you a tracking number so that you can stay informed of the final destination of your donation(s). You can also make a monetary donation which will go towards the purchase of additional instruments.

Date & Timings:

Saturday 20^th July from 10am to 4pm at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, Frith Street, Soho.

Access:

IMPORTANT! Please note Frith Street will be pedestrian-only on the day of the amnesty as we will be holding our 60^th Anniversary Street Party. If you have several or large instruments to donate, please let us know in advance so we can arrange access and assist you on the day.

Instruments needed:

Brass, woodwind and string instruments, keyboards, any equipment (amps, mic stands, pedals, mixing desks, PA’s etc.), drum kits, steel pans, percussions and traditional instruments. See wish list below.

Beneficiaries: see below.

If you have any questions or for more information, please contact fatine@ronniescotts.co.uk

Make a pledge now

Make a monetary donation - here

The 2019 beneficiaries:

• World Heart Beat Music Academy (London, Wandsworth): https://worldheartbeat.org/
• Nucleo Project (London, North Kensington): https://www.thenucleoproject.org/
• Tri-Borough Music Hub (London, Hammersmith): https://www.triboroughmusichub.org/
• Wac Arts (London, Camden): https://www.wacarts.co.uk/
• Play for Progress (London, Croydon): http://www.playforprogress.com/
• Kinetika Bloco (London, Tulse Hill): https://www.kinetikabloco.co.uk/
• Music In detention (London): https://www.musicindetention.org.uk/
• Parkwood Primary School (Keighley, West Yorks): http://www.parkwood.bradford.sch.u
• Goresbrook School (Dagenham, London): https://www.goresbrookschool.org.uk/

• Cosmopolitan Arts (Leicester): https://cosmopolitanarts.wordpress.com/
• Mount Merrion Music Academy (Ireland, Belfast): https://www.facebook.com/mtmerrionmusicacademy/

• Brass for Africa (Kampala, Uganda): http://brassforafrica.org/
• In Place Of War (Manchester): https://www.inplaceofwar.net/
• Music Art Society (Nepal): www.musicartnp.org/
• DCMA (Zanzibar, Tanzania): http://zanzibarmusic.org/en/