Thank you Quartet Community Foundation!!
We were very pleased to receive funding recently from the Quartet Community Foundation earlier this year through their Express Grants scheme, which funded the Bath Aphasia Choir for the summer term and our concert in July. This made a real difference to our members and our charity Voices of Aphasia. We continue to connect and support people with aphasia and their carers, especially for those who might not…
Keep readingIntroducing the South Gloucestershire Aphasia Choir
Over the past few months Emma Richards, a Speech and Language Therapist who set up the Bath Aphasia Choir, has been hard at work in South Gloucestershire setting up a new aphasia choir as part of her new role at Sirona Care and Health. The choir has been running since October 2019 and is led by Music Therapy students from UWE Bristol and a Speech and Language Therapy…
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Reflecting on our successes and the impact of our funding
We are very fortunate to receive funding from the St John’s Foundation which has secured the future of our choir for the next three years. We were recently asked for an update about the impact the funding has had on our group, and it was a great opportunity to reflect on everything we’ve achieved over the last few months! Here are some extracts from the report we…
Keep readingBath Aphasia Choir in the press
Following our official launch as a Stroke Association Volunteer Led group, our story has been picked up by the local press! We were featured in the West Country Independent and the Bath Chronicle in November: We also welcomed a reporter from BBC Radio Bristol to our rehearsal and were then featured on the breakfast show with Emma Britton. Listen out for the thought for the day following the interview…
Keep readingBath Aphasia Choir gets funding to help local stroke survivors find their voice again
The Stroke Association has been awarded a grant by St John’s Foundation to continue the charity’s Bath Aphasia Choir. The choir, which is made up of local stroke survivors with a communication difficulty called aphasia, will be able to continue to meet in Bath every week for the next three years. On Wednesday 24 October, the choir held their weekly rehearsal at The Chapel of St Michael’s Within…
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