Tait Memorial Trust
4/80 Elm Park Gardens
London SW10 9PD TaitFriendsBrochure_2025

• Set up a Standing Order to pay your membership fees annually, or use our Bank details to set up a Direct Debit. Download the form here

MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS

Tait Friend

• Cost: £75+
• Duration: Annual
• Description: TMT Friends £75+
  • Two tickets to annual drinks reception
  • 10% discount for Tait events

Tait Melba Supporter

• Cost: £250+
• Duration: Annual
• Description: Tait Melba Supporter £250+
  • — the above privileges plus:
    • Priority booking
    • Name listed on website

Tait Frank & Viola Friends

• Cost: £500+
• Duration: Annual
• Description: Tait Frank & Viola Friends £500+
  • — the above privileges plus:
    • Invitation for two to dinner with award recipients
    • Priority booking
    • Name listed on website

Adopt a Performer

The Adopt a Performer scheme allows a donor to directly support a young performing artist from Australia and New Zealand studying in the UK, annually for a three-year commitment. Please click here to learn how to actively involve yourself in the career development of a young artist.

Tait Helpmann Circle

• Cost: £1000+ p/a
• Duration: Annual
• Description: ADOPT A PERFORMER annually for a three-year commitment.
• Tait Helpmann Circle £1,000+ p/a
  • — the above privileges plus:
    • Award linked to individual awardee

Tait Bonynge Partner

• Cost: £3000+ p/a
• Duration: Annual
• Description: ADOPT A PERFORMER annually for a three-year commitment.
  • Tait Bonynge Partner £3,000+ p/a
    • — the above privileges plus:
      • You will be listed as a named sponsor
      • Regular progress reports about your awardee
      • Invitations to other special Sponsor Events

Tait Borovansky Partner

• Cost: £4,000+ p/a
• Duration: Annual
• Description: ADOPT A BALLET PERFORMER annually for a three-year commitment.
• Tait Borovansky Partner £4,000+ p/a
  • — the above privileges plus:
    • You will be listed as a named sponsor
    • Regular progress reports about your awardee
    • You will be invited to classe to see your awardee rehearse
    • Invitations to other special Sponsor Event

Tait Sutherland Benefactor

• Cost: £5000+ p/a
• Duration: Annual
• Description: ADOPT A PERFORMER annually for a three-year commitment
  • Tait Sutherland Benefactor £5,000+p/a
    • — the above privileges plus:
      • Named award at a UK institution
      • Invitation to a benefactor reception
      • Invitations to performances where your awardee may be performing
      • Opportunities to invite guests to some of these events
      • Grateful acknowledgment in the Trust’s Annual Report

Tait Grainger Patron

• Cost: £10000+ p/a
• Duration: Annual
• Description: ADOPT A PERFORMER annually for a three-year commitment.
  • Tait Grainger Patron £10,000+ p/a
    • — the above privileges plus:
      • Prominent listing as a major supporter in all event programs, press releases, and the Tait’s website.
      • Personalized acknowledgment in the annual report and during major events.
      • Custom curated experiences, such as a private dinner with our Chairman and some of our awardees.
      • Invitation to a private performance or rehearsal exclusive to Grainger patrons.

The greatest return, however, would be to see your awardee fulfill their true potential and, as they graduate to a professional career, the pleasure of knowing that you played an important part in making this possible.

Development Fund

In 2017, thanks to a generous gift from the Australian Charity Art Auction, we established the Tait Development Fund with an initial deposit of £10,000. This Fund is intended to provide a permanent and lasting legacy to support young Australasian performing artists for generations to come.

We have created a special category of supporter: the Tait Development Patron. This is open to anyone who donates or bequeaths £5,000 or more to the Development Fund. These donors are recognised in our records and, with their permission, listed publicly below.

Tait Development Patrons

Earl Cadogan KBE DL
Mrs Karen Goldie-Morrison
The Hon Sarah Joiner
Mrs Anne Longden
Mrs Barbara Ross
Mr Michael Whalley OAM

If you are considering a gift or bequest to the Endowment Fund and would like to discuss how it will be managed, or how your name can be added to our list of Endowment Patrons, please contact James at:

james@taitmemorialtrust.org     

Bequests
Mr John Crisp
Cavalier Richard Gunter
Mrs Peggy Haim
Mrs June Mendoza AM OBE
Viola, Lady Tait AM

Tait Grainger Patron £10,000+
Anonymous
Est. of Lady Mackerras*
Mrs Barbara Ross
Ms Eugenie White*

Tait Sutherland Benefactor £5,000+
Maestro Richard Bonynge AC CBE*
Mr John Frost AM*
Dr Alastair Jackson AM*
Mr Paddy Linaker
The Thornton Foundation *

Tait Endowment Patrons £5,000+
Earl Cadogan KBE DL
Mrs Karen Goldie-Morrison
The Hon Sarah Joiner
Mrs Anne Longden
Mrs Barbara Ross
Mr Michael Whalley OAM

Tait Bonynge Partner £3,000+
The Linbury Trust *
Mr David Norman *

Tait Helpmann Circle £1,000+
Mr Peter Andreae
Mrs Georgie Black
Mr & Mrs N. Heesom
The Hon Sarah Joiner
Mr Matthew Phillips

TMT Frank & Viola Friends £500+
Anonymous
Mrs Lorraine Buckland
Mrs Sandra de Monte
Mr Denzil How
Mr Anthony Jamison
Mrs Ana Stanic

Tait Melba Supporter £250+
Mrs Jacqueline Thompson
Mr Damian Walsh

TMT Friends £75+
Mr Julian Agnew
Mr David Baillieu
Miss Janina Bialoguski
Mrs Marjorie Bowden
Mrs Jenny Briscoe
Mrs Susanna Buckley
Mr & Mrs David Butter
Mr & Mrs Marcus Clapham
Mr James Coventry
Mrs Katherine Coventry
Mrs Nikki Coventry
Mr Daniel Crowley
Mrs Fay Curtin
Miss Leanne Cutler
Mrs Meredith Daneman
Mr Roger Davenport
Miss Celestine Ekerick
Mrs Fiona Hayward
Mr Patrick Kennedy
Mr Martin Kramer
Mrs Wendy Kramer
Mr Tim Layton
Mrs Marie-Jan Macleod
Miss Joanna McCallum
Miss Ellen Moloney
Mrs Lisa Orlov (Ferguson)
Professor Nico Postma
Mr Frederick Pyne
Mrs Sue Whitley
Mrs Maria Woodruff

Partners:
Aust. Charity Art Auction
Aust. Women’s Club, London
Australian High Commission UK
Australian UK Chamber
Britain-Australia Society
FANZA
New Zealand High Commission UK
Royal Over-Seas League
The Cook Society