{"id":18,"date":"2021-12-27T20:52:03","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T20:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/voicesofexmoor.co.uk\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-04-11T20:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:30:39","slug":"charity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/voicesofexmoor.co.uk\/index.php\/charity\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">All proceeds from our concerts go to charity. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-black-color has-text-color\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">The charities are decided by the choir at the beginning of each year. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">Over the years, we have raised more than \u00a325,000. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color:#19570a\" class=\"has-inline-color\">If there was any disappointment to be had, it was that the evening finished too soon!&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/p><cite>songs we love to sing, 2019<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2>2025 &#8211; 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Our charity is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Exmoor Search and Rescue<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>2024 &#8211; 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Our charity was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Slideaway &#8211; Charity no. 1136331<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>2022 &amp; 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">Our charities were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><li>The North Devon Hospice<\/li><li>St. Margaret&#8217;s Hospice<\/li><li>The Calvert Trust<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/voicesofexmoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-20231212-WA00042-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voicesofexmoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-20231212-WA00042-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voicesofexmoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-20231212-WA00042-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voicesofexmoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-20231212-WA00042-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voicesofexmoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-20231212-WA00042-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/voicesofexmoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-20231212-WA00042-1.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/voicesofexmoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-20231212-WA00063-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voicesofexmoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-20231212-WA00063-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/voicesofexmoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-20231212-WA00063-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/voicesofexmoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-20231212-WA00063-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/voicesofexmoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-20231212-WA00063-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/voicesofexmoor.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-20231212-WA00063-2.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\">The charities we have supported&nbsp;previously include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homestart-westsomerset.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Home-Start West Somerset<\/a> &#8211; offers support, friendship and practical help to families at home with children under seven from Minehead to Watchet and from Porlock to Dulverton<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><li>revenue from this concert went primarily to choir expenses and rebuilding reserves<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.somersetsight.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Somerset Sight<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; 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<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clownsws.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C.L.O.W.N.S<\/a>. &#8211; &#8220;Creating Learning Opportunities in WesterN Somerset&#8221; &#8211; 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<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>2016<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><li>the choir donated \u00a33,500 to its designated charity,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.somerset-hospice.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St Margaret&#8217;s Hospice<\/a>, Taunton<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>2015<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><li>the two Air Ambulances serving&nbsp;the area,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsairambulance.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dorset &amp; Somerset Air Ambulance<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.daat.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Devon Air Ambulance Trust<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>2014<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishlegion.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Royal British Legion<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>2013<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><li> <a style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clownsws.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C.L.O.W.N.S<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>2012<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><li>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exmoormagazine.co.uk\/exmoor-community-youth-club-at-exford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Exmoor Community Youth Club<\/a> (ECYC), a registered charity which opens its doors to children for games, crafts, sport, fun and fellowship<\/li><li>the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ddypp.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dulverton &amp; District Young Peoples Project<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>2011<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><li>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exmoorher.co.uk\/Monument\/MSO10841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dulverton Congregational Church<\/a> is the choir&#8217;s for urgently-needed repairs<\/li><li>the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ddypp.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dulverton &amp; District Young Peoples Project<\/a><\/li><li>the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.calvert-trust.org.uk\/exmoor\/exmoor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Calvert Trust Exmoor<\/a> aims to enable people with disabilities to achieve their potential through the challenge of outdoor adventure in the countryside<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>2010<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtu.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reaching the Unreached<\/a> (RTU)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2>PRIOR TO 2010<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaritans.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Samaritans<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.somerset-hospice.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St Margaret&#8217;s Hospice<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chsw.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Children&#8217;s Hospice<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/bibic.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BIBIC<\/a> &#8211; a national charity based in Langport, Somerset, that delivers therapeutic programmes to children and young adults with developmental and neurological difficulties<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.macmillan.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Macmillan Cancer Support<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariecurie.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marie Curie<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All proceeds from our concerts go to charity. 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