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02/03/2017
We have teamed up with Music in Hospitals to bring live music to around 200 older people living in care homes in West Wales.
A series of seven concerts have been arranged by the charity Music in Hospitals, who provide around 5,000 live music concerts a year for people in hospital wards, hospices, and care homes all over the country. The concerts have been provided free of charge following our support.
Pictured are David and Kirsty from musical duo PegBox with resident Glenda Jones aged 74, WPD’s Mike Griffiths, resident Handel Matthews aged 86 and Hannah Beadsworth from Music for Hospitals.
They are also being used to help promote our free Priority Service Register which helps vulnerable people if they are affected by a power cut.
“Our partnership with Music in Hospitals helps us to reach some of our more vulnerable customers and we are delighted to be able to support this project,” said Karen Welch.
“Often power cuts happen for reasons beyond our control, and we know it can be particularly worrying if you reply on electricity for medical equipment or if you are elderly or disabled. The register can give customers with specific needs a little extra help when needed.”
The concerts are being performed by Celtic violin and fiddle duo Pegbox, and Welsh language singer-harpist Joy Cornock.
Robert Aitken CBE, Director of Music in Hospitals Wales explained: “We use live music to make people feel happy. Many of those we reach can’t go out independently, and the concerts enable us to bring live music directly to people who need it the most. Thanks to WPD, nearly 200 have had a professional-standard live music concert in their living room.”
A series of seven concerts have been arranged by the charity Music in Hospitals, who provide around 5,000 live music concerts a year for people in hospital wards, hospices, and care homes all over the country. The concerts have been provided free of charge following our support.
Pictured are David and Kirsty from musical duo PegBox with resident Glenda Jones aged 74, WPD’s Mike Griffiths, resident Handel Matthews aged 86 and Hannah Beadsworth from Music for Hospitals.
They are also being used to help promote our free Priority Service Register which helps vulnerable people if they are affected by a power cut.
“Our partnership with Music in Hospitals helps us to reach some of our more vulnerable customers and we are delighted to be able to support this project,” said Karen Welch.
“Often power cuts happen for reasons beyond our control, and we know it can be particularly worrying if you reply on electricity for medical equipment or if you are elderly or disabled. The register can give customers with specific needs a little extra help when needed.”
The concerts are being performed by Celtic violin and fiddle duo Pegbox, and Welsh language singer-harpist Joy Cornock.
Robert Aitken CBE, Director of Music in Hospitals Wales explained: “We use live music to make people feel happy. Many of those we reach can’t go out independently, and the concerts enable us to bring live music directly to people who need it the most. Thanks to WPD, nearly 200 have had a professional-standard live music concert in their living room.”
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