MEMBERNEWS Giving the gift of music
Symphonize is a pioneering creative partnership between local youth charity Soft Touch Arts and the Philharmonia Orchestra, providing disadvantaged young people in Leicester with the opportunity to immerse themselves in music composition and production. The project offers a radical new
approach, enabling young people from some of the five per cent most deprived areas in the country, who are passionate about popular music styles, to work alongside
UHY Hacker Young employees have helped raise over £10,000
Accountants help dreams come true
Over £10,000 has been raised by Nottingham-based UHY Hacker Young for children’s charity Dreams Come True. Throughout 2016, UHY Hacker
Young employees across the country took part in a number of fundraising events, including marathons, cake sales and obstacle courses – with the firm’s Nottingham team hosting an
‘orange and purple’ day, where staff dressed up in the charity’s colours to raise money. Simon Browning, Partner at
UHY Hacker Young, said: “Supporting good causes is something that is really important to us as a business, so we were delighted our team in Nottingham has helped the firm to raise over £10,000 in total.”
musicians from a professional, classical symphony orchestra. Joe Crofton, Director, Soft Touch
Arts, said: “The Philharmonia partnership project is a great way to give our music leaders and the young people we work with a fantastic, inspiring experience. Everyone is learning new things from each other and coming up with some amazing music compositions which mix music technology and urban music production with classical instruments.”
Support for Rainbows
A leading firm of chartered accountants, Newby Castleman, has raised £1,000 for Rainbows Children’s Hospice in Loughborough. Newby Castleman, which has offices in
Leicester and Loughborough, raised further funds for Rainbows Hospice through a range of initiatives throughout 2016. The firm has also raised money
for Rainbows on a month-by- month basis through dress-down days and other forms of fundraising. Paul Barnett, Charities
Partner at Newby Castleman, said: “Rainbows is a cause very close to our hearts and we are proud to have raised £1,000 for the hospice in 2016.”
10 business network March 2017
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