Charity music events go with a swing thanks to donation from Music in the Park

MUSIC in the Park, Thame, has donated £375 to Thame charity Self-Advocacy For Adults Requiring Independence (SAFARI). A cheque was presented to the charity’s Chair, Michelle Diffey, and Trustee, Linda Emery, by Chris Fram, Chair of Music in the Park’s organising committee.

SAFARI will use the grant to help it fund music events. One of these was the SAFARI Christmas Party, which took place at Thame’s Guides Headquarters on December 2, and the grant will also be used to help pay for an event next summer.

According to Michelle Diffey: “Music gives so much happiness to our adults and is such a great leveller, helping the communications within the group”. Chris Fram added: “Music in the Park is delighted to be able to make a donation to this very worthwhile local charity, which does such great work for adults with a learning or physical disability living in and around Thame.”

If you are a local individual or organisation interested in applying for a grant that to support art, music or recreation, or other leisure time occupation of individuals or organisations that live or operate in the Thame area, see the Grants section of Music In The Park’s website: https://www.musicinthepark.org.uk/grants

Music in the Park

Music in the Park is an annual, one-day, family-oriented performing arts festival that takes place in Elms Park, Thame. The 2019 festival will be the ninth. Music in the Park is a not-for-profit organisation run by an enthusiastic band of volunteers. All proceeds from the event are invested in the local community.

The event also provides a great platform for local talent. Most of the artistes are local. There are three stages and the entertainment spans all genres of music: rock, pop, blues, acoustic, classical, jazz, ukulele and choir, as well as various types of dance. Winners of the Lord Williams’s School “Singer of the Year” competition are also invited to perform at the event.
www.musicinthepark.org.uk

Self-Advocacy For Adults Requiring Independence (SAFARI)

SAFARI is a Thame-based charity with the following objectives:
The relief of adults with a learning or physical disability living in and around Thame, Oxfordshire, in particular by the provision of help and support for them and for their families, dependants and carers;
To provide or assist in the provision of facilities for the recreation or other leisure time occupation for people who have need thereof by reason of a learning or physical disability with the object of improving their conditions of life.
To promote social inclusion for adults with learning and physical disabilities who are socially excluded by providing them with advice, information, support and recreational facilities to help them develop independence.

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