Please vote this week!
Date: Monday, September 9th 2013
Categories: All Leicestershire Activities & Events Groups & Forums
As you know, VASL (the charity behind Support for Carers) is vying for your votes in a bid to bring the power of singing to carers across Leicestershire, after being shortlisted to receive Big Lottery funding to set up a ‘Leicestershire Carers’ Choirs project.
To help spread the word, VASL has published a video on Youtube - why not take a look to find out more?
The project will only go ahead if YOU vote in the Leicester Mercury between Monday 2 September and Monday 16 September 2013.
Simply pick up a copy of the newspaper between those dates, fill out the coupon voting for VASL's Leicestershire Carers’ Choirs project and send it in to the address provided in the paper.
The musical venture would see VASL setting up two choirs in Leicestershire aimed at giving carers a break whilst participating in something joyful, uplifting and rewarding.
There are over 65,000 unpaid carers in Leicestershire (2001 census) and we help over 2,000 carers across the county. Research shows that carers generally make little time for themselves and can be isolated, vulnerable and prone to depression.
VASL plans to set up two choirs in the Oadby & Wigston and Hinckley & Bosworth districts – areas that have a high concentration of unpaid carers. If the year-long pilot scheme is successful, they would like to take Leicestershire Carers’ Choirs to other locations across the county to reach out to more people.
Research shows that singing in a group lifts spirits, improves mental and physical wellbeing and gives members a real sense of achievement. By joining a choir with a manageable daytime rehearsal schedule, carers could take time out and meet with like-minded people without their caring role being the focus.
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