On Friday 18th January 2019 at the Helping Hands Gateway Cafe in Smith Street Warwick , Kevin Sumner from Village Voices presented Lianne Kirkman CEO of Helping Hands Community Charity with a cheque for £1,300, from funds raised at our concert on 1st December 2018. This brought our total raised for them during 2018 to £2,650. This will help fund the amazing work done to turn around the lives of local people. As Paddy Kirkman said speaking at the concert about their work they aim to “provide a hand up not a hand out. ”
Funds raised at our concert on 24th March 2018 were presented to Helping Hands by choir members. The concert took place at Warwick (Northgate) Methodist Church, raised funds from sales of tickets and programmes, refreshments and general donations. Manager, Gary Matthews and Support Volunteer Callen from Helping Hands spoke at the concert about their work.
The money was presented to Charlotte Temple by Kevin Sumner on behalf of the choir. On receipt of the cheque for £1,350 Charlotte said that she was very grateful to the choir for choosing the Helping Hands Community Project to benefit from this year’s concerts. The monies will help fund on-going work in the local community.
Information about the Helping Hands Community Project can be found at Helping Hands.