Our Funders

​GUO would like to thank our supporters and funders past and present. Without them our year round work would not be possible:

Charities Aid Foundation: we have received several generous donations through the CAF in the past, and we should particularly like to thank wholeheartedly the anonymous donor of £9999.99 in May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Arts Council England

East London Business Alliance

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

European Cultural Foundation

European Union Culture Fund

Garfield Weston Foundation

Hackney Learning Trust

Havering Borough Council

Idlewild Trust

John Lewis Partnership

MacRobert Trust

National Foundation for Youth Music

Paul Hamlyn Foundation

Rich Mix

Ronnie Scott's Charitable Foundation

St Johns on Bethnal Green

Sylvia Waddilove Foundation

THAMES - Tower Hamlets Arts & Music Education Service

The Mercers Company

Tudor Trust

Tower Hamlets Council

Wellcome Trust

Worshipful Company of Fanmakers

Worshipful Company of Musicians

Worshipful Company of Carmen

Worshipful Company of Tylers & Bricklayers

... and during 2014 - 2017, Grand Union received gifts of £5000, £5000, £10,000 and £10,000 from an anonymous donor via the Charities Aid Foundation - an astonishing, generous and welcome gesture for which we are deeply grateful.