New steps for extra safety at St Mary's
We got a price for them which, whilst reasonable considering what was required, was going to take a significant chunk from our reserves and the choir was warned that we may need either to ask them for donations or organise some fund-raising activities (not popular with our already busy choir members) However, we also looked for organisations to whom we could apply for a grant to help us but most of the bodies we looked at as a possible source only gave much larger sums than we needed, or had a decision date that was too late for us to apply to be sure of getting the steps in time for our concert, or we did not fit their criteria for grants. W Our Chair Judy Moorhouse and Publicity Officer Janet Hall were invited to attend the Donations Committee meeting to put our case and we explained what we needed and why we needed it and answered all their questions about what we did and how we benefitted the town and its residents etc. The result was that they agreed to give the sum we asked for which covered most of the cost of the steps which we were able to order almost immediately with just enough time to be confident of having them before the concert.
We would like to offer our heartfelt thanks to the Richmond Town Council for their generous donation towards these steps as without them we would either have had to change the choir's repertoire and singing style or find a different venue from St Mary's, neither of which would have been in the choir's best interests. |
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