# RISING VOICES WESSEX, COMMUNITY CHOIRS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1165053
- **Other names:** COMMUNITY CHOIRS FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER, RISING VOICES WESSEX
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Jan. 5, 2016
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1165053


## Contact

- **Address:** 12 Ashley Drive North, Ashley Heath, RINGWOOD, Hampshire
- **Postcode:** BH24 2JN
- **Phone:** 07500 676083
- **Email:** admin@risingvoices.org.uk
- **Website:** www.risingvoices.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 RISING VOICES WESSEX HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE THE GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH OR AFFECTED BY CANCER FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- PROVIDING AND PROMOTING MUSIC PARTICIPATION THROUGH SINGING AS A MEANS OF REGAINING CONFIDENCE, HEALTH AND WELLBEING TO COMPLEMENT REHABILITATION DURING AND FOLLOWING TREATMENT FOR CANCER; - PROVIDING SUPPORT TO FAMILIES AND CARERS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH OR AFFECTED BY CANCER; - IMPROVING PUBLIC AWARENESS REGARDING THE PROBLEMS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH AND BEYOND CANCER AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS THROUGH INFORMATION AND EDUCATION; - SEEKING TO &quot;NORMALISE&quot; POST-CANCER LIVING BY MAKING AVAILABLE SUPPORT THROUGH SINGING IN THE COMMUNITY; - FOSTERING MUTUAL HELP, CO-OPERATION AND FRIENDSHIP IN AN UNDERSTANDING AND EMPATHETIC ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY CANCER; - MAKING APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATIONS TO RELEVANT STATUTORY BODIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CANCER; - PROMOTING, CONDUCTING, AND ENGAGING IN RESEARCH/EVALUATION AS TO THE BENEFITS OF MUSIC AND SINGING TO THOSE AFFECTED BY CANCER (PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF WHICH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT); AND- PROMOTING A STRATEGY THAT SUPPORTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF OTHER CHOIRS WITHIN THE WESSEX REGION (COVERING MAINLY DORSET,HAMPSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE) AND FORGES APPROPRIATE MUSICAL AND CULTURAL LINKS WITH OTHER LIKE-MINDED CHOIRS.

**Activities:** Rising Voices Wessex is a community choir based in Dorset for people affected by cancer. Singing helps people to regain their confidence and improves their health and wellbeing. The choir provides support and encouragement; aiding recovery through singing. Together, we make music that matters. Whether we&#x27;re pitch perfect or delightfully off beat, we sing with our hearts and that&#x27;s a real gift.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** DORSET, HAMPSHIRE AND WILTSHIRE
- Bournemouth
- Dorset
- Hampshire
- Poole





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **NOELINE ANNE YOUNG** | Chair | Jan. 8, 2013 |
| Ian Roberts |  | Oct. 12, 2023 |
| Robert Taylor |  | Jan. 1, 2017 |
| Sarah Margarete Schwetje-Kemp |  | May 24, 2021 |




