golden-oldies

[sebmelmoth2003]

...Grenville Jones from Bath is the founder of the Golden Oldies Charity. Four years ago he started by taking his first three fun singing sessions himself in Bath in sheltered housing community rooms.

He is a choir leader with 8 choirs under his belt, including the Bath Male Choir that reached the finals of the BBC’s Last Choir Standing. Another of his music projects is the Good Afternoon Choirs. People coming together in the afternoons to sing. The idea came for a conversation with Ralph Allwood who told Grenville about retirement choirs in Estonia. These now take place in Bath and Devizes with a 100 singers in each. The next starting in Weston super Mare in January.

Grenville is the only UK member of a EU consortium that is looking at how new communications technology can deliver music and exercise to those living in isolation. The project is led by the influential Fraunhofer Institute and the Austrian Technology Board.

Goldies weekly get together numbers have now reached over 50 across the West of England taken by 22 paid freelance session leaders. Goldies, as it has fondly become known, is making a huge difference to hundreds of lives. This week, it launches new sessions across Wiltshire and also takes its first step into new territory with four Cardiff-based sessions under the Goldies Cymru banner.

Sir Cliff Richard is the charity patron and actively supports its work

Goldies IS good for you...

http://maturetimes.co.uk/health/wellbei ... ption.html

http://www.golden-oldies.org.uk