Archive: this appeal was for Giving Tuesday 2024.
Buxton Opera House and Pavilion Arts Centre appealed for donations for Giving Tuesday in 2024, highlighting community singing projects.
The 2024 appeal highlighted its Singing Together project, which brought people together through music.
Giving Tuesday is an international movement encouraging generosity and giving.
The original article named other arts charities taking part in the 2024 appeal.
It described community work in care homes, including activities that brought children and older people together to sing.
The appeal also highlighted the ABC (Affected by Cancer) singing group. The Opera House now lists groups in Buxton and Chesterfield; see its ABC Singing Club page for current details.
The original 2024 article included these comments about the singing projects:
“The ABC Choir is the highlight of my week. We laugh, we sing, we laugh some more. We drink tea, eat cake and sing again. We leave the group feeling stronger and happier knowing that we have a supportive group looking out for us. It’s a fabulous start to the weekend.”
“With our ‘Singing Together’ project, I have been honoured to experience the joy of watching older people, including older people with dementia, connect to music.”
“These projects really do make a difference to our communities, and your donation small or large will help this happen.”
The 2024 appeal said donations would help expand its projects. It gave the following examples of what contributions could support at the time:
- £10 would pay for song sheets to be printed for three singing sessions.
- £25 would pay for room hire for an ABC choir session.
- £100 would pay for a choir leader to lead a singing session.
- £250 would pay for a specialist practitioner to work for a day with older people using music to spark memory.
- £500 would pay for five sessions with schoolchildren exploring popular music from the past.
- £1000 would help pay for a small group of classical musicians to accompany the intergenerational singing.
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