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SINGING
TO IMPROVE HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Motiv8
Thornhill, a project jointly funded by Thornhill Plus You
and Southampton City Council, have teamed up with Sing For
Your Life Ltd to run music activities called the ‘Silver Song
Club', for older people and their carers, every month at Fairfax
Court in Thornhill.
Over
50's and their carers, come together for a fun singing session
and a social get together. The sing-along, with the enthusiastic
efforts from the people with varying abilities, the facilitators
and volunteers, achieves a very high level of participation.
Sessions are led by trained facilitators and supported on
a voluntary basis by Botley Choral Society and the Thornhill
Health and Wellbeing Project.
Motiv8
Thornhill and Sing For Your Life Ltd were successful in achieving
funding from the Thornhill Community Health Fund at the beginning
of the year. Together, the organisations have been able to
fund the Silver Song Club for a number of sessions, with free
transport to and from the club included. Kirsty Ball from
Motiv8 Thornhill commented: “The Silver Song Club is proving
to be very successful amongst residents in Thornhill. The
sessions are a wonderful way to exercise the mind, soul and
generally have fun.”
The
next Silver Song Club will be taking place on 22nd May at
2pm – 4pm, for more information about the activities please
contact Kirsty Ball or Charlotte Sharpe on 023 8091 5812,
or email kball@thornhillplusyou.co.uk
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For
more information about this news release please contact:
Lucy
Huitson, Communications Assistant, Thornhill Plus You, 023
8091 5405 or email lhuitson@thornhillplusyou.co.uk
Notes
to Editors:
- Motiv8
Thornhill is a leisure project running activities and events
in sports, physical activity, arts and culture for residents
of all ages in Thornhill. Activities include a regular craft
club, after-school clubs, tea dances, gymnastic clubs, multi-sports
and soccer schools.
- Sing
For Your Life Ltd in partnership with Making Music and The
Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health, designs
and delivers programmes of social music making for older
people who may be socially isolated or suffering from the
effects of age related health problems.
- Silver
Song Clubs aim to:
- Provide
meaningful and stimulating activities for older people
- Create
an opportunity for older people to build a social network
- Bring
together older people, particularly the socially isolated,
and unite them through shared musical activities
- Offer
a platform to share memories and experiences linked to
a range of well-known popular songs
- The
Thornhill Community Health Fund is currently in its second
round of funding this year. Thornhill Plus You are looking
to allocate over £70,000 of funding to charities and
statutory organisations that have an idea for a health focused
project that would benefit the Thornhill community. The
deadline for submission of application forms is Friday 8
th June 2007, more information about the ‘Community Health
Fund' can be found on the Thornhill Plus You website: www.thornhillplusyou.co.uk/health_money.asp
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