Our VoxCommunity Charity Show is BACK!!
Its been 4 years and we couldn't be happier to bring you the cream of local talent and ALL of our amazing choirs, solo artists & singing groups, performing under one roof at The Harlington Fleet on Sunday 11th June 2023!
This year we are proud to be raising funds for mental health and well~being in our local community, with our mission to touch more lives thought the power of singing/music and bringing people together.
Doors 4pm
Show 4:30pm
Raffle
Bar
6:30pm Finish
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Adult ticket: £10.00
Children under 12 years £5.00
* We are humbly accepting donations however small, to help us fund our latest community music project for mental health & wellness, Inspiration Singing Group (ISG).
https://www.gofundme.com/manage/inspiration-singing-group
More info about our latest project April 2022 - April 2023
Inspiration Singing Group Church Crookham Funded by Innovation NHS Frimley Health
Our story begins with a small seedling of an idea back in 2021 which we pitched to NHS Frimley Health, telling them about previous community music projects we had run for Carers, Housing residents, those living with dementia/Alzheimers, mum and baby groups and The Nepalese community and we wished to run a brand new project with the wonderful prospect of the country opening up again.
We found a few obstacles initially, of trying to find a suitable venue to accommodate several people from our local community, needing extra support after the Covid pandemic.
The government still had not given the go ahead for singing groups to safely sing together again, so our plan B was to try and find an outside ‘Green space’.
We attended an online zoom council meeting called ‘Here For Hart’ and we put the feelers out to wider connections and heard from the folks at Hart Voluntary Action and The Green Garden - and Wala! our plans began to take shape!
In Februaury of 2022, we posted out flyers and information into the community, telling them all about our exciting new project, and inviting people who may be having a struggle or living with low mood/other mental health issues, to fill out a referral form or speak to their GP to help them complete this and send to us. We voiced that this singing/social group would offer help, even though people didn’t need to be able to sing, but rather use it as a platform to help them integrate and recover from the past trauma and the past 2 years during Covid.
Though small and sweet initially, just a few of us kicked off the ‘ISG’ inside the shelter of a polytunnel provided by Harts Green Garden and their volunteers helped assist us and the members, also providing a got drink and snack in the break. We covered physical, breathing & vocal exercises and mental health exercises designed to lower blood pressure and release endorphins – the smiles grew and grew during the session and the laughter became infectious.
As the weeks went by, new members heard about the ISG group and joined and stayed and then, we moved from the polytunnel, to outside under the canopy when the weather got more warm and beautiful. We saw and watched the garden take shape and flowers bloom and more of us joined over time, we even did our first performance for Harvest festival in September, very well received by the public.
During our summer break, in time for September term, we again promoted ISG and opened it up to new members needing support and we were lucky enough to be able to secure a new venue at The WI Hall Church Crookham, which meant everyone could stay warm and dry during the winter months. We also changed our meet up day from a Friday to a Monday and surprisingly this worked extremely well and members commented on how much it just gives them such a good and uplifting start to their week and for some gets them out of bed and out the door to a safe and inviting place of compassion and caring and fun.
We invited ISG to perform with VoxChoir for one of our Christmas performances at Hartland Village for the local community, which they loved and drew great experiences from people singing along with us and this has really helped to impact people’s confidence and growth in their lives.
The New Year came in and we have spent the last term shaping up our songs and during this past term members have grown in their abilities to interact with one another, giving a positive flow to the running of the group, so where as someone may have sat in the background before and not spoken or interacted, now people were becoming pro-active, doing and getting involved – actually being the drivers rather than the passengers!
We set up a kitchen rota for the break, each week various people helping by making a Tea/Coffee register, collecting contributions into the kitchen kitty of £1 per drink/snacks and working together to organise the making of beverages, setting up and clearing away. Everyone helps and plays their part, even helping to hand out lyrics, give lifts to those less mobile or who don’t drive and volunteering with lifting any music equipment such as speakers or setting/clearing chairs/tables..
The group started with 5 members and we now have 21 thriving members attending every week (less illness etc).
Our plan going forward is to double our numbers, with the goal being to help more of our local people feel part of their community and impact their health and wellness in a hugely positive way, opening their lives to new opportunities and possibilities. We are trying to gain new funding for another year or two and so are applying where we can to hopefully attain this and also accepting kind donations to keep it running and flowing beautifully. ‘YOU ARE THE VOICE & YOU ARE THE INSPIRATION! ‘ISG Leader -Victoria Beebee Vox Community
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