A concert at Widcombe Baptist Church in Bath held by a Good Afternoon Choir has raised more than £300 to support the work of charity Parkinson’s UK.
The Bath Good Afternoon Choir at an event in Bath Abbey | Photo © Good Afternoon Choirs
Bath-based music man Grenville Jones started the Good Afternoon Choirs 14 years ago.
There are now 23 across the West of England, with over 1,000 afternoon singers.
Each choir chooses a local charity to support with its fundraising, and the Bath Good Afternoon Choir selected the local Parkinson’s group to support with their concerts and fundraising for 2023.
Last year the region’s Good Afternoon Choirs raised over £22,000 for their chosen charities.
On Saturday 25th March, a concert at Widcombe Baptist Church, where the choir rehearse every Thursday, raised £364.45 with performances by the Bath Good Afternoon Choir and Curtain Up Theatre School.
Laura Cook is a Research & Academia and Compliance Neurologic Music Therapist.
She said: “I originally approached Grenville to ask if there was any possibility for his choirs to support the work of Parkinson’s here in Bath.
“We had to stop our music therapy sessions due to lack of funding and Grenville readily agreed that he would support the start-up of the group and thanks to the wonderful concert at Widcombe Baptist we can now begin to plan them.
“A big thank you to the Bath Good Afternoon Choir and the Curtain Up young people for the wonderful concert which now enables us to plan the start-up of sessions for those in and around Bath and their families who are living with Parkinson’s.”
