Charity
All proceeds from our concerts go to charity.
The charities are decided by the choir at the beginning of each year.
Over the years, we have raised more than £20,000.
If there was any disappointment to be had, it was that the evening finished too soon!
songs we love to sing, 2019
2022 & 2023
Our charities are:
- The North Devon Hospice
- St. Margaret’s Hospice
- The Calvert Trust
The charities we have supported previously include:
2019
- Home-Start West Somerset – offers support, friendship and practical help to families at home with children under seven from Minehead to Watchet and from Porlock to Dulverton
2018
- revenue from this concert went primarily to choir expenses and rebuilding reserves
2017
- Somerset Sight – an independent, self-funding local charity reaching out to sight impaired people in both the towns and villages of Somerset with a range of services and activities
- C.L.O.W.N.S. – “Creating Learning Opportunities in WesterN Somerset” – well known to many of us through the Playbus, but C.L.O.W.N.S. is much more than that. Sadly, this charity is once more struggling for funds to keep these services running
2016
- the choir donated £3,500 to its designated charity, St Margaret’s Hospice, Taunton
2015
- the two Air Ambulances serving the area, Dorset & Somerset Air Ambulance and The Devon Air Ambulance Trust
2014
2013
2012
- the Exmoor Community Youth Club (ECYC), a registered charity which opens its doors to children for games, crafts, sport, fun and fellowship
- the Dulverton & District Young Peoples Project
2011
- the Dulverton Congregational Church is the choir’s for urgently-needed repairs
- the Dulverton & District Young Peoples Project
- the Calvert Trust Exmoor aims to enable people with disabilities to achieve their potential through the challenge of outdoor adventure in the countryside
2010
- Reaching the Unreached (RTU)
PRIOR TO 2010
- The Samaritans
- St Margaret’s Hospice
- the Children’s Hospice
- BIBIC – a national charity based in Langport, Somerset, that delivers therapeutic programmes to children and young adults with developmental and neurological difficulties
- Macmillan Cancer Support
- Marie Curie