After having announced the porchestra’s closure for the 1 September 2016, the European Union Youth Orchestra has launched a campaign to safeguard the future of the European Union Youth Orchestra. The press release says:
« If you would like to contribute to this campaign there are several ways to do so.
Firstly, you can write to the European Union to express your support for the EUYO.
The letter should be addressed to Mr Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport. This can be an email or sent as an attachment to: cab-navracsics-contact@ec.europa.eu + adrienn.kiraly@ec.europa.eu + alicja.herbowska@ec.europa.eu, copied to charlotte@euyo.eupresident
juncker@ec.europa.eu + martin.selmayr@ec.europa.eu + sandra.kramer@ec.europa.eu
martin.schulz@europarl.europa.eu + markus.winkler@ep.europa.eu + valerie.bryce@ep.europa.eu
Or by post to:
Mr Tibor Navracsics
European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
European Commission
Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Brussels
Secondly, if you wish to make a donation towards the European Union Youth Orchestra appeal fund, please email our Development & Communications Manager at charlotte@euyo.eu to receive details on how to go about this.
Alternatively, cheques can be posted to: Charlotte Hamilton, EUYO, 6A Pont Street, London SW1X 9EL. Please make cheques payable to: The European Union Youth Orchestra.
We are in the process of creating a dedicated website to receive online donations and will share this with you in the coming days – just as soon as it is activated.
Thirdly, please post the following messages on your social media sites:
We ask Mr Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport to find alternative funding from the EU to ensure the continuation of one of Europe’s greatest cultural endeavours – the European Union Youth Orchestra.Celebrating its 40th anniversary, the EUYO will cease operations on 1 September following a decision by the EU not to fund its pan-European project T2020. For detailed information and ways to show your support, please visit www.euyo.eu #SAVEEUYO
We ask @TNavracsicsEU @EU_Commission, @Europarl_EN, @EUCouncil to support #EU’s #orchestra @euyotweets. #EUYO to close in Sept. #SaveEUYO
