A NUMBER of organisations across South Gloucestershire and Gloucester have benefitted from donations after a community choir raised over £8000.
The Good Afternoon community choirs that have singing groups from Cheltenham to Falmouth give over 800 people each week the opportunity to ‘Sing in the Afternoon!’
Established 14 yeas ago, the choirs were started in Bath by music man Grenville Jones. Now there are twenty-five groups across the West Country.
There are no auditions to belong to a Good Afternoon Choir and the members themselves choose a local organisation to benefit from their fundraising and concerts.
The accent is on fun through music making with concerts and social events.
Following lockdown, the choirs started singing again in October and have so far raised over £8000 from their fundraising concerts.
Grenville said: “The members nominate and vote for the local charity or group they choose to support and with a number of concerts on the horizon I am hoping that by the end of this year, we will be able to distribute at least £15,000 to many deserving causes.”
A full list of who will benefit from the funds here:
Great Western Ambulance, Yate and Chipping Sodbury
Peggy Dodd Centre, Bath
A Life for a Cure, Bristol
The Space, Cheddar Valley
Sue Ryder, Cheltenham
Longfield Hospice, Cirencester and Stroud
Julia’s House Children’s Hospice, Devizes
Children’s Hospice South West, Falmouth and Truro
Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, Frome and Yeovil
Keynsham and Saltford Dementia Action Alliance and Mencap, Keynsham
Springboard Opportunity Group, North Somerset
Salisbury Hospice, Salisbury
Dementia UK, South Gloucestershire
Freewheelers Blood Bikes and Refugee Aid from Taunton (RAFT), Taunton GAC
JIGSAW Thornbury, Thornbury
Southwestern Ambulance Charity and Wells in Bloom, Wells
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