Charities

Each year in the run-up to Christmas, the Malvern Chase Brass Band plays carols in and around the Malvern area in aid of a selected charity or charities. We select a different cause each year and aim to support those creating local impact and which we believe will most benefit from our donation. In previous years our charities have included the Salvation Army's work for the homeless, the Cube in Malvern, Positive Thoughts and Survivors Worcester, the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity, St. Richard’s Hospice, Worcestershire Breast Unit Haven, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Charity and Heartstart Malvern and we give 100% of what we receive.

This year, to Christmas 2025, our chosen charity was ARCOS .

Nigel Winters, Chairman of Malvern Chase Brass Band, presenting a cheque to Nick Reid, Director of ARCOS, with Trustees of ARCOS, Maurice Stanley, Diana Maiden MBE and Ann Courtney and members of Malvern Chase Brass Band in attendance.

At their rehearsal on Monday 26^th January, the Malvern Chase Brass Band presented a cheque for £1,675 to representatives from the Malvern based charity, the Association for Rehabilitation of Communication and Oral Skills, ARCOS. The band raised this money whilst playing carols at fourteen different events in the run up to Christmas and had selected ARCOS as their chosen charity for this year. ARCOS supports children and adults with communication, eating, drinking and/or swallowing difficulties. ARCOS services include speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, information and advice plus activities for children and young people with special and additional needs.
ARCOS are planning on using the donation to create a mini library for neurodivergent children and young people.
The band would like to thank all those who gave to our charity collection.

Further details can be found athttps://www.arcos.org.uk/