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Ref:PRHSP006 Date: 30th January 2023
Funding boost for young musicians
Stone Scout and Guide Band has received a much-needed boost, with a grant from leading social landlord, Homes Plus.
The Homes Plus My Community Fund supports grass roots organisations in Staffordshire and Shropshire. A grant of £500 from the fund will be used to maintain the band’s instruments and provide new uniforms for the young musicians.
Homes Plus director of housing, Samantha Allcott, said: “We set out to make a positive difference to homes, lives and communities. One of the ways that we do that, is by backing some amazing local organisations and we were very pleased to help the Stone Scout and Guide band, which brings so much pleasure whenever they perform.
“For these musicians, being part of the band is about learning and performing as part of a team, gaining a sense of belonging and improving wellbeing. It brings lasting benefits and we wanted to lend our support.”
The band has been bringing together young people in Stone and the surrounding areas since the 1980s, leading parades and competing nationally. It plays traditional marching band music, as well as arrangements of pop songs.
Bandmaster Kerry Dawson said: “We are very grateful for the grant from the Homes Plus My Community Fund. All our drums need refurbishing at the moment, and this donation will help us to maintain our instruments. We are also going to buy some new uniforms. At a time when so many families are finding it hard to make ends meet, we want to ensure that no young person is priced out of participation in our band.”
Local charities and voluntary groups can apply for funding from the Homes Plus My Community fund online: https://housingplusgroup.co.uk/sponsorship
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Stone Scout and Guide Band have received a donation from the Homes Plus My Community Fund. Homes Plus Neighbourhoods team leader Emma Bailey is pictured, centre with bandmaster Kerry Dawson, left and Stone Scout & Guide Band chair Jim Davies, right.
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Background for editors
Homes Plus is a social landlord which owns more than 19,000 homes in Staffordshire and Shropshire.
Registered as a Charitable Community Benefit Society, Homes Plus is a Housing Plus Group company. The Group is a leading provider of quality, affordable homes and care services that customers can trust. Member companies also include Care Plus, Property Plus and Severn Homes.
With a vision to be a resilient organisation, making a positive difference to homes, lives and communities, Housing Plus Group employs around 1,000 people in Staffordshire and Shropshire. The growing Group is addressing the housing crisis locally, by building new homes for rent, shared ownership and outright sale. It has committed to delivering one-third more hours of care and support for older people in their own homes and to creating new apprenticeship opportunities in the Group and its supply chain.
Housing Plus Group is inspired by the CLARITY values which are the foundations of its work: Communication, Learning, Accountable, Respectful, Inclusive, Trust and You.
The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) requires that all registered providers confirm compliance with the Regulatory Framework, Governance and Financial Viability Standard. Housing Plus Group complies with this standard, holding the RSH highest rating for governance and viability: G1 and V1. Please visit www.gov.uk to find out more.
Further information
Mara Hargreaves
Head of marketing and communications
Mobile (p): 07967 967 466
e:mara.hargreaves@housingplusgroup.co.uk
Clare Chick
Marketing and communications officer
Mobile (p): 07950 254 279
e:clare.chick@housingplusgroup.co.uk
Martin Farrow
CHANGEWORKS Communications
t: + 44 (0) 1785 247588
m: +44 (0)7771 970025
e: mfarrow@changeworkscom.co.uk