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"if we'd kept trying to improve the typewriter,
we would never have invented the word processor"
Azra Raza
fundraising
CHRISTMAS CONCERT AND FESTIVE FOOD FEAST
December 2023 – A beautiful group of Ukrainian young divas were joined by boy bands, solo talent and choristers for a varied and delightful concert that launched us all headlong into the spirit of Christmas. Many thanks to all the performers who raised significant amounts for the Childhood Cancer Research Trust.
Just some of the fantastic performers clockwise below: Claudia and Theo House, Finn Crandon and Zach Sewell, James Pearson, Katrin and Eugenia Diachenko. Right: the band Orange
spring concert
April 2023 – Archie Moncrieff White and Maximus James Thomas, together with stellar piano talent, presented some beautiful classics at a moving Spring Recital fundraiser at Monks Barn. The Childhood Cancer Research Trust is very grateful to the boys and to the support of their audience, such that tickets were sold out several days before hand and the hosts had to be content with standing space on the side.
Hamblin Bread followed the sublime musical experience with transporting handmade cheeses, artisan bread and organic wine.
christmas album
December 2021 – the Love Came Down at Christmas album was launched and named in The Guardian as one of the top six classical Christmas albums of 2021.
LOVE IS. treble duet album
July 2021 – LOVE IS. album was launched and played on Classic FM.1
sponsored sports day
June 2021 – Kasper’s school friends raised £8,070 through sponsored football and cycle rides.
Kasper’s mother said of the year group’s fundraising efforts: “The boys were brilliant… we were so impressed.”
legacy gift
April 2021 – The Childhood Cancer Research Trust was launched with a legacy from a donor who did not survive their cancer.
really beautiful…the determination to achieve all this beauty against enormous odds: it gives the music making a depth which no listener could miss.
sir simon rattle on the LOVE IS. album.