£10,624.42 was raised by Community Choir and its supporters in 2017
Autumn 2017 ~ Bloodwise ~ £2,658.33 raised
bloodwise.org.uk
Blood cancer is the third biggest cancer killer and it’s growing – it takes more lives every year than prostate or breast cancer. Blood cancer doesn’t discriminate – it can affect people of any age, gender or race and is the most common cancer in children and young adults. Bloodwise is the UK’s specialist blood cancer charity and they have invested over £500 million into research since 1960. They fund world-leading research and offer expert information and support to anyone affected by one of the 137 different types of blood cancer. They fund pioneering research taking place right on our doorstep in Edinburgh. They fund the research that benefits patients most and have made great progress with many major cancer medicine advances coming first from blood cancer research. Their mission is to stop people dying from blood cancer, to make patients’ lives better, and to look for ways to stop blood cancer happening in the first place.
Summer 2017 ~ Love Music Junior Choir ~ £6,865.09 raised
juniorchoir.lovemusic.org.uk
In summer 2017, we focused on raising funds for our new Junior Choir, which aims to be inclusive and to offer half of the places for free to families who can’t afford to pay to take part. Various activities were held through the term and on concert night, including a ceilidh and raffle. Most memorably, there was a marvellous effort from our director Stephen who had a very striking Mohican cut in just before the start of the concert, to tie in with our Punkit performance!
Spring 2017 ~ Music in Hospitals Scotland ~ £1,101 raised
www.musicinhospitalsscotland.org.uk
Funds raised will be used to support a number of regular concerts at a mental health care unit in Edinburgh.
Music in Hospitals Scotland is an Edinburgh-based charity which arranges live musical performances in care units across Scotland. Around 70 line-ups of professional musicians give on average 1,700 concerts each year in hospitals, care homes, day centres, additional support schools, hospices and sheltered housing schemes, reaching people of all ages from babies to centenarians. The musicians are selected through a rigorous audition process to ensure that they are not only highly talented musically but also have outstanding communication skills and a flexible approach. Concerts can be arranged with specific styles of music or celebrations in mind, and give service users and staff the opportunity to enjoy a social occasion together, in addition to experiencing the well-documented therapeutic benefits live music can have, particularly for people in care.