Charity concert helps to raise £1,300 for St Elizabeth Hospice
A concert featuring the St Edmundsbury Male Voice Choir (pictured above) along with soloist Jess Hughes has helped to raise up to £1,300 for the St Elizabeth Hospice, in Ipswich.
It was organised by the Rotary Club of Stowmarket Gipping Valley and held at the United Reformed Church, in Ipswich Street, Stowmarket, on Saturday, June 22.
The audience experienced a feast of good music and showed their appreciation by loudly clapping at the end of each piece.
After the costs of holding the event were taken into consideration, the club raised about £1300 which will go towards the running of the St Elizabeth Hospice.
As the interim chief executive of Hospice UK, Craig Duncan, states on the Hospice UK website” “While hospices as a general rule were going into the pandemic with a reasonably strong level of reserves, the financial outlook was felt by most to be challenging.
“In 2020, for the first time in many years the hospice sector as a whole had made a deficit after taking into account investment losses”.
Although the situation has since slightly improved, hospices rely on the goodwill of many people to survive, and the club’s fundraising concert was just a small part of helping the local one assist people when they most need support.
The Rotary Club of Stowmarket Gipping Valley meet usually at the Limes Hotel, in Needham Market, every other Thursday evening. If you would like further details contact richard@tingeys.co.uk