We were VERY lucky. We lost our rehearsal room and the band secretary went on local radio to see if anyone could help. Lo and behold, along came Florence Colliery Miners Welfare Club - they offered us the Concert Room of the club for rehearsals together with a storage room. They wanted no rent, they paid well over half of the cost of new banners and uniform badges. They expected NOTHING in return - they just wanted a band that they could call their own. This all happened two years ago, and things run very smoothly. We do however do a concert for them free once a year.
Also - they were interested in a junior band being formed - they offered to meet the cost of the new instruments.
As I said - we were lucky.