donation – 1st Class Brass https://1stclassbrass.org Colchester based band for brass players of all ages and abilities Sat, 07 Mar 2026 17:36:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://1stclassbrass.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped-logo1-32x32.png donation – 1st Class Brass https://1stclassbrass.org 32 32 £700 Charity Donation https://1stclassbrass.org/700-charity-donation/ Sat, 07 Mar 2026 17:28:50 +0000 https://www.1stclassbrass.org/?p=30444

The band welcomed Rebecca from St Helena Hospice to their rehearsal on 6th March.  Rebecca is the Community Fundraiser for the hospice and was happy to come along to the rehearsal to tell the band a little bit about the work that the hospice does.

The band decided to donate £700 to St Helena Hospice from the money they raised from carol playing last year. 

The band members enjoyed hearing about the work that the hospice does and Rebecca then stayed and listened to the rehearsal.  The band hopes to support St Helena Hospice again in the future.

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1st Class Brass will be carol playing at Waitrose Colchester. The income from our carol playing sessions will be divided between St Helena Hospice, The Nick Alexander Music Trust and the band.
Waitrose Colchester
St Andrew’s Gardens
Colchester
CO4 3BQ
https://sthelena.org.uk/home
https://www.thenickalexandermemorialtrust.com/
]]> Carol Playing @ Waitrose https://1stclassbrass.org/event/carol-playing-waitrose/ Sun, 07 Dec 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.1stclassbrass.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=28407 1st Class Brass will be carol playing at Waitrose Colchester. The income from our carol playing sessions will be divided between St Helena Hospice, The Nick Alexander Music Trust and the band.
Waitrose Colchester
St Andrew’s Gardens
Colchester
CO4 3BQ
https://sthelena.org.uk/home
https://www.thenickalexandermemorialtrust.com/
]]> Carol Playing @ Tesco Highwoods https://1stclassbrass.org/event/carol-playing-tesco-highwoods-2/ Mon, 22 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.1stclassbrass.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=28155 1st Class Brass will be carol playing at Waitrose Colchester. The income from our carol playing sessions will be divided between St Helena Hospice, The Nick Alexander Music Trust and the band.
Tesco Highwoods
Highwoods Square
Colchester
CO4 5TU
https://sthelena.org.uk/home
https://www.thenickalexandermemorialtrust.com/
]]> Carol Playing @ Sainsbury’s https://1stclassbrass.org/event/carol-playing-sainsburys/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://www.1stclassbrass.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=27496 1st Class Brass will be carol playing at Waitrose Colchester. The income from our carol playing sessions will be divided between St Helena Hospice, The Nick Alexander Music Trust and the band.
Sainsbury’s
1 Western Approach
Stanway
Colchester
CO3 8AA
https://sthelena.org.uk/home
https://www.thenickalexandermemorialtrust.com/
]]> Carol Playing at Sainsbury’s https://1stclassbrass.org/event/carol-playing-at-sainsburys/ Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:30:00 +0000 https://www.1stclassbrass.org/?post_type=tribe_events&p=24492 1st Class Brass will be carol playing at Sainsbury’s and donating some of the money raised to The Colchester Foodbank. 
Sainsbury’s
1 Western Approach
Stanway
Colchester
CO3 8AA

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We welcomed the Chief Officer, Mike Beckett of The Colchester Foodbank to our rehearsal yesterday evening.

We donated £500 from last year’s carol playing income to the Foodbank, so it was lovely to hear about the work that the Foodbank does in the local community. A big thank you to ASDA, Waitrose, Highwoods Tesco and Co op Fiveways, all based in Colchester, for letting us play carols at their stores in the run up to Christmas. 

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The band enjoyed being able to undertake some carol playing sessions before Christmas.  The committee decided that a percentage of their carol playing income should be donated to charity, so £300 will be donated to the Colchester Food Bank.

The band are restarting their rehearsals for this term on Friday 14th January and will be working on a programme for their Spring Concert on Friday 1st April. 

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