Wolverton Light Orchestra has supported many local and national charities in the past including Willen Hospice, the Scanner appeal at Stoke Mandeville, the Leon Heart fund and the Gurkha Welfare Trust along with many others.
Last year we focused our support on local music. Firstly with tuition support for double bass lessons and in the Summer term, funding a very successful chamber music group through Milton Keynes Music Service. This group joined us in July for our informal get together where we got to hear what they had been working on, with them joining us for our final piece.
Below are some of the other charities we have supported in the past.
Supported Charities
The Hollie Foundation
Hollie, was diagnosed with Niemann Pick Type C (‘NP-C’) an extremely rare and devastating genetic condition which causes neurological decline and childhood dementia and for which there is currently no cure. Less than 50 children suffer from this condition in the UK. The charity supports the children and their families.
www.theholliefoundation.com
RemapUK
Remap custom-makes equipment to help disabled people live more independent lives.
www.remap.org.uk
Dementia UK
Admiral Nurses provide the specialist dementia support that families need. Our nurses work alongside the entire family, giving them one-to-one support, expert guidance and practical solutions.
www.dementiauk.org
Nordoff – Robbins
At Nordoff Robbins,the Uk’s leading independent music therapy charity, they celebrate the connection and joy music can bring to those with life-limiting illnesses, physical disabilities or emotional challenges.
www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk
Parkinson’s UK
Their local teams across the UK focus on working with the whole Parkinson’s community to get the right services and support to meet local needs.
www.parkinsons.org.uk
Bar Bar coffee shop
They use the arts as a means to reduce barriers and foster the development of creative communities. Among other things, they run a suspended coffee scheme
www.blacksheepcollective.co.uk
Other recently supported charities include Macmillan Cancer Support and CLIC Sargent (now called Young Live vs Cancer).
The orchestra seeks to help the community where possible and has offered tickets to local care homes in the past. This initiative has been assisted by funding from the mkcommunity foundation. The mkcommunity foundation has also provided a grant to the orchestra, which has been used to purchase new stands which were much needed given the state of our ageing stands. We thank them!