Tag: Charity
Walking Football Session
What does walking football have to do with singing? Quite a lot, actually. Both bring people together, reduce loneliness, improve mental wellbeing, build confidence and create a real sense of belonging. You don’t need to be an expert to take part, just willing to give it a go. Whether you’re singing your heart out or…
Our new sister CIC company, Hanley and the Baird Dreampot
We have had our Dreampot for as long as Sing in the City has been in existence. After 15 years we decided to make it more official. So now we proudly announce our new Dreampot. We created Hanley and the Baird Dreampot because music and creativity should be for everyone, not just those who can afford it,…
Our yearly Pensioners Christmas Party
Every year for 15 years we have provided a local pensioners party. We have built up a fantastic relationship with care homes in Edinburgh and their carers book buses and taxis to bring their residents to a Sing in the City hired hall where we give them a cracking good party. We provide, tea and…
£2166 donated to NHS Lothian
In November 2025 Denise and Ana visited the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh to hand over a cheque collected by Sing in the City. We raised this money at our 3 sell out Usher Hall shows on October the 4th where we invited our special guests Angus from Skipinnish and some of our piper and…
Over £3000 worth of pet food donated to the Edinburgh Cat and Dog home
When the cat and dog home announced that they were running short of food for their pet food bank, Aw Black and staff members Lesley Day asked if we could help. So we put out a call to action, anyone wanting to donate some cat or dog food please bring something to choir. Members did…
£200 donated to the Scottish Wildlife Trust
Sometimes we just donate money to charity for the sake of it. Who doesn’t like animals and want them to be safe and well? Scottish Wildlife trust is Scotland’s leading nature conservation charity, established in 1964 to protect Scotland’s wildlife and restore ecosystems. It manages over 100 wildlife reserves (covering >17,000 hectares), champions conservation policy,…
Remember When singalong sessions
We started our Music in the Community project in 2023. Our carehome visits with our Remember When singalong sessions were part of that. We provided one a month free of charge and plan to do 2 a month in 2024 all funded by our sister CIC (Community Interest Company) Chief Radio. It’s not a concert,…
Sing in the City Pensioners Party 2022
Our first pensioners party since the pandemic took place 25th November 2022. We had 60 guests from 6 carehomes come to a local church and we provide food and drink and singing and dancing and of course a game of bingo. Volunteers from Sing in the City came to help and took roles that included…
Sing in the City and Chief Radio Daunder for Cancer Research UK
This April Cancer Research UK organise their virtual Race for life. Can you help us support them? We encouraged our members to set their own distance and Daunder. While they daundered they could raise money and think and remember people who had lost their cancer challenge and also support those going through it right now.…
Follow the Rainbows charity single available for download NOW
You can now buy the brilliant Follow the Rainbows and also donate to charity at the same time as all proceeds from this single is going to SAMH (Scottish Association Mental Health) for the first 120 of release and then to our own Sing in the City Dreampot. The song was written by Hanley and…
Sing in the City celebrate World Cup Week – £650 shared between 13 charities
The amount of money we can raise for charity is amazing. When people come together for community and social reasons, fantastic things happen. We are sending another £650 to 13 charities this week. We got every member to write their chosen charity on a piece of paper and 2 members from each choir were drawn…
Sing in the City Staff Panto – Chieferella
This is our first Sing in the City staff panto. It is the brain child of Claire Miller who I am guessing is the Director (meaning we are actually going to let her boss us around). It has been written by Claire Miller and Carol Baines and all the actors (for want of a better…
