A leader in the international arts world, the Royal Opera House is the first arts organisation in the UK to build a significant Endowment Fund. This will help support, in perpetuity, the Royal Opera House’s ambition of continuing to perform the finest classic opera and ballet, safeguarding the rich cultural heritage for which it is renowned, and for commissioning new and innovative works which are critical to the ongoing development of the art forms. It will provide independent secure financial resources, bringing long-term stability to all areas of the Royal Opera House’s work, including the acclaimed education programme which reaches more than 140,000 people each year and is essential to the growth of future audiences. In times of economic uncertainty and when other sources of income may not always be guaranteed, this Endowment Fund, through the generosity of enlightened individuals, will secure forever the place of the Royal Opera House as a place of vision; a vital force across the globe in both opera and ballet, and a home for Britain’s cultural heritage for generations to come.