Charity Carol Service for Hope and Homes – tickets now on sale

The annual candlelit carol concert, in Marlborough College Chapel in aid of Hope and Homes for Children will take place on Saturday December 13 at 4pm.  Tickets are £10, under twelve years are free and are available from Kim Vine, The White Horse Bookshop or by emailing Alison@netherclift.com.

Alison Netherclift, organiser and member of the Vale of Pewsey Support Group for Hope and Homes for Children told marlborough.news, “I’m pleased to say that last year’s event was a sell out with over six hundred people enjoying what has become a very popular, traditional event leading up to Christmas. Last year we raised a whopping £7320 to support the work of the charity.

This year we are delighted to have two young Choristers from Wells Cathedral joining us together with The Ramsbury Bella Voce Choir and The Bedwyn and Oare Primary Schools’ Choir. Also taking part will be The BlueBelles and young talented flautist, Beth Brown. There will be traditional carols for all with our organist – Chris De Souza. Leading the event will be Revd Colin Heber-Percy. And we are excited to have the founder of the charity Hope and Homes for Children joining us this year, Col Mark Cook.”

The charity’s slogan is Back to Family. Hope and Homes works to find alternative, high quality family based care for vulnerable children, who otherwise would be in orphanages.  Their work is now recognized as best practice by UNICEF and the World Health Organisation. The charity develops family support services and establishes robust fostering and adoption networks.  And it has a local connection.

Colonel Mark and Caroline Cook, who lived in West Stowell, near Marlborough founded the charity after their experience of Bjelave orphanage, in Bosnia.  The charity now works with children in Africa and Eastern Europe

The organisers would like to thank the sponsors who have made the event possible – Haine and Smith Opticians, Indigo Antiques, Berkshire Trout, and supported by KIMVINE and The White Horse Bookshop.

To find out more about the charity click here.