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 and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Charity and we give 100% of what we collect.

This year (to December 2024) our chosen charity is:

Heartstart Malvern provides life saving equipment and training in the Malvern area.

Heartstart Malvern’s aim is to increase the chances of surviving a cardiac arrest in the Malvern area by providing free life-saving training and installing Public Access Defibrillators around Malvern.

Since their launch in January 2017 they have trained over 6,000 local residents, including schoolchildren, how to save a life by teaching simple resuscitation skills and the use of a defibrillator. Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of many local fundraising groups and individuals they have been able to install 36 defibrillators around Malvern.

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