The David Fletcher Bursary Fund was set up in memory of the Thames Valley Early Music Forum’s late Chairman, David Fletcher. 

This fund is not only for students but is aimed at anyone who finds the course fees difficult to afford, perhaps because they have retired or are unemployed. All applications will of course be treated in confidence. It is not a condition of receiving a bursary, but we hope recipients will give a little help at the course, perhaps by helping to set up the evening sessions, and will write a short account of their time on the course for the TVEMF newsletter, Tamesis. They can, if they prefer, remain anonymous.  

There is a subcommittee to decide who is awarded a bursary, consisting of the TVEMF Chair (Victoria Helby) and Treasurer (Ivan Viehoff), Jane Rothery who used to be Administrator of the Beauchamp course, and David Allinson who is one of the Musical Directors of the course.  

Money in the Bursary Fund comes from donations around the time of the David Fletcher Celebration workshop in 2023, from donations coming directly from people who attend the Beauchamp course, a growing sum from cancelled TVEMF workshop fees given to the fund in place of a refund, instrument sales, and the profits from the Beauchamp course informal bar takings.