Charities
Each term the choir votes on a charity to support. A proportion of the profits we make from the shows, plus audience donations, go to our chosen charity. Below you can find out more about the charities we have supported so far.
Term 1
Sense was founded in 1955 by a group of parents and is the leading national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind.
They provide expert advice and information as well as specialist services to deafblind people, their families, carers and the professionals who work with them. They also support people who have sensory impairments with additional disabilities.
For more information go to http://www.sense.org.uk/
They provide expert advice and information as well as specialist services to deafblind people, their families, carers and the professionals who work with them. They also support people who have sensory impairments with additional disabilities.
For more information go to http://www.sense.org.uk/
Term 2
Street Kids International works to give street kids around the world a real and active chance at forging a better life for themselves. We do this by developing and disseminating innovative training and tools that equip young people living and working on the streets around the world with the knowledge, skills and opportunities to start and expand small businesses, to start saving money and to work towards a better future for themselves and their families.
We work with local partner organisations and invest in local youth workers, training them to train street youth in their own communities. This approach ensures that training is always locally relevant and that its delivery is sustained long after a particular project is complete.
For more information and to find out how you can support our work visit www.streetkids.org
Philippa Frankl (Adam Street Singer & Exectutive Director of Street Kids International)
We work with local partner organisations and invest in local youth workers, training them to train street youth in their own communities. This approach ensures that training is always locally relevant and that its delivery is sustained long after a particular project is complete.
For more information and to find out how you can support our work visit www.streetkids.org
Philippa Frankl (Adam Street Singer & Exectutive Director of Street Kids International)
Term 3
The Myfanwy Townsend Melanoma Research Trust aims to educate, prevent and help find a cure for melanoma - one of the most deadly forms of skin cancer.
The incidence of melanoma is growing, particularly here in the UK, but if diagnosed early enough there is a very high cure rate. By raising awareness about the darker side of the sun, this charity hopes to make diagnosis more easily available and eventually find a cure for this terrible disease.
For more information go to http://www.melanoma-fund.co.uk/
Liz Barnett (Adam Street Singer)
The incidence of melanoma is growing, particularly here in the UK, but if diagnosed early enough there is a very high cure rate. By raising awareness about the darker side of the sun, this charity hopes to make diagnosis more easily available and eventually find a cure for this terrible disease.
For more information go to http://www.melanoma-fund.co.uk/
Liz Barnett (Adam Street Singer)
Term 4
Streetwise Opera’s mission is to give homeless and formerly homeless people opportunities to further their personal development through participation in music making of the highest professional quality and to promote more positive attitudes towards homeless people.
Streetwise runs a weekly music Workshop Programme in 11 homeless centres around the country – we also stage bi-annual productions which give our performers the chance to star in quality shows where there are high-expectations, no compromise and no patronising.
For more information go to www.streetwiseopera.org
Streetwise runs a weekly music Workshop Programme in 11 homeless centres around the country – we also stage bi-annual productions which give our performers the chance to star in quality shows where there are high-expectations, no compromise and no patronising.
For more information go to www.streetwiseopera.org
Term 5
Samaritans is a confidential emotional support service. They work to alleviate emotional distress and reduce the incidence of suicide feelings and suicidal behaviour. Every 6 seconds someone contacts them, so 10 times a minute they can help someone turn their life around. This is made possible by their 20,665 volunteers.
For more information go to www.samaritans.org
For more information go to www.samaritans.org