Songbirds love to bring music to the community and while they do this any monies raised are donated to Charity. Each year, all members of Songbirds Choir are invited to nominate a Charity for the choir to support; votes are counted at our AGM to determine our Charities to support over the coming year.
This year Songbirds have chosen the following two Charities:
St Catherine’s Hospice
St Catherine’s Hospice is a local charity that provides expert hospice care to local people in Sussex and Surrey when it’s needed most.
Every year, thanks to the generosity of the community, St Catherine’s provides free hospice care to around 2,500 people living with a terminal or life-limiting illness on its hospice wards, in their own homes or in care homes.
As well as expert medical and nursing care, St Catherine’s also provides emotional and practical support through its dedicated Wellbeing Team, which provides a range of services including counselling, welfare advice, bereavement support and spiritual care.
Autism Support Crawley
Autism Support Crawley is a voluntary carer-led charity supporting fellow unpaid carers, caring for someone with an Autistic mind, with or without a diagnosis across all of Sussex, Brighton and Hove, Surrey, Kent, and Hampshire borders.
The charity hosts face to face coffee mornings and evening meetings, along with online evening meetings, for carers seeking peer support. They run training courses to support carers in their caring roles and host family events in the school holidays. They also have a closed Facebook platform just for carers to receive support, information and signposting, as well as mailing lists for both carers and professionals.
- 2024-2025 Free Shop Crawley and Crawley Open House – £962.55 each
- 2023-2024 Free Shop Crawley and Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance – £1000 each
- 2022-2023 YMCA Downslink and Crawley Open House – £687.83 each
- 2020-2022 our fundraising was interrupted by the pandemic
- 2019-2020 Olive Tree Cancer Support, Crawley Open House – £1295 each
- 2018-2019 Crawley Open House, Carers Support West Sussex – £1021 each
- 2017-2018 East Park RDA, The Brain Tumour Charity, Myeloma UK – £400 each
- 2016-2017 Winston’s Wish, MIND, Young Minds – £500 each
- 2015-2016 Dementia UK, CLAPA, Crawley Open House – £700 each
Thank you to everyone who has helped us with these amazing achievements.