The Grand Opera Raffle 2010 is organised by Concertina, a charity which provides the elderly with access to music and music therapy. In these times of hot debate about the quality of life provided to the elderly and the terminally ill, Concertina has provided genuine life enhancement even in Alzheimer's patients: it's a really wonderful cause.

For the moderate price of £10 a raffle ticket, you get the chance to win tickets to some of the best opera that's around: Glyndebourne, The Royal Opera and plenty more listed below. We're definitely buying some tickets and we think you should too (which is why we've donated this space to Concertina).

To buy tickets, click on www.justgiving.com/thegrandoperaraffle or on the panel below.

In case you're in any doubt as to the value of the cause, here are some stories from Concertina's work:

One of our patients has recently been bereaved and critically ill herself and at times lost the will to live. At the end of the concert she whispered to me. “I wouldn’t have missed this for the world.”

The residents in a home, who all had Alzheimer’s, were given a concert and afterwards it was quite overwhelming that the level of communication had just transcended anything it had been before the music. One lady insisted on hugging the musician tightly and whispered in her ear, “Could you stay forever, then I wouldn’t need pills.”

And if you're feeling hard-headed: Concertina are hoping to raise £10,000, with a list of some of the prizes shown below. You do the maths.

Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Two tickets + an invitation to the Green Room for pre-performance champagne + complementary Festival programme. Performance to be announced in January 2010.

English National Opera
Two tickets, ‘Best seats in the house’ for Bizet’s’ The Pearl Fishers’ at a date to suit the winner, subject to availability.

The Royal Opera House
Two tickets in the stalls for any performance of the winner’s choosing, subject to availability. A voucher redeemable for all performances subject to availability will be sent to the winner.

Scottish Opera
Two tickets for the 2010 season. A voucher will be sent to the winner.

Opera Holland Park
Two tickets to Bizet’s ‘Carmen’. Tickets will be sent to the winner when the specific performance has been booked.

Welsh National Opera
Two tickets, ‘Best seats in the house’ for any production in the 2010 summer season, subject to availability. A voucher will be sent to the winner.

English Touring Opera
Two tickets for any production, in any venue, of the winner’s choosing + a year’s free membership of the English Touring Opera. A voucher will be sent to the winner.

Longborough Festival Opera
Two tickets for any production within the festival programme subject to availability. A voucher will be sent to the winner.

Buxton Festival Opera
Two tickets to Verdi’s ‘Luisa Miller’. Tickets may be exchanged for an alternative production, subject to the winner’s choice and availability. Tickets will be sent to the winner.

Clonter Festival Opera
Two tickets for Rossini’s ‘La Cenerentola’ on either 27th or 29th July as the winner prefers. There is a dinner interval on 29th but not on 27th. We will advise the winner of relevant logistics and the additional aspects Clonter Opera’s generosity in donating these tickets.

Grange Park Opera
Two tickets for any mid-week performance of the winner’s choosing + a gift package of famous Grange Park picnic plates, a CD and complementary glass of Champagne. We will connect the winner with the management team at Grange Park who will finalise details.

British Youth Opera
Two tickets for any performance of any production in the 2010 season, season details to be announced. We will connect the winner directly with the management team at BYO.