Fishburn Band raise funds for local community
Fishburn Band are urging their friends, followers, and supporters to help them raise essential funds for care homes in their local community, as they continue to bear the brunt of the Covid-19 crisis.
The band, based in the village of Fishburn, near Sedgefield, County Durham, are trying to raise £900, to support care homes’ vital medical work and wellbeing activities, and are currently half-way there. Whilst currently unable to rehearse together or give concerts but wanted to play their part in giving something back to the community that has supported them so heavily over the years.
The band would usually be working hard towards a number of contests and summer concerts across the North East, they have instead set up a Just Giving page to gather donations, and produced their first ‘virtual banding’ video performing the piece ‘Friend Like Me’; a favourite from the band’s regular concert programmes. The full video can be found on Fishburn Band’s Facebook page, their Just Giving page, or here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDhpa5lfSqs
When Fishburn can return to making music together safely, the band will also host a concert in honour of the local care homes. They hope residents and staff will be able to attend as guests of honour. The band asks regular supporters, those in the local area, other brass band colleagues, and anyone else who wishes to help them will support their efforts by donating to their cause. To donate, please visit: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/fishburn-band
All donations will go towards helping the care homes that service the Fishburn area continue their work, caring for the elderly and vulnerable, including medical care during this crisis and continued wellbeing activities.
Band Manager, Paul Brickle, said “As a band firmly rooted in our local community and proud of the great work that goes on in our area, we wanted to do our bit to raise money for local causes that are working so hard in this unprecedented situation. Whilst we can’t wait to get back to the band room, we hope that raising these funds will go some way towards helping the community we love through this crisis.”
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