Trafford Memorial Fund Grant

Amy Seyers, Trafford Memorial Fund Grant towards costs of attending the Eton Choral Course in Oxford. ‘ The course was a fantastic experience-they worked us really hard each day and I learned lots, but it was really fun too. The course finished with two performances- Evensong in St George’s Chapel Windsor, and at Magdalen College Chapel, Oxford. I made many new friends and learned a lot of things that I will now take forward to my university course, studying Music and Drama at Bath Spa University.’ Amy Seyers

Grace Towle, Trafford Memorial Fund Grant towards costs of attending National Youth Choir of Great Britain music course. ‘I learnt a lot of new and useful skills, like different breathing techniques and adjusting the tone of my voice for different moods of the song. If we weren’t having individual lessons, we were learning choir pieces for the concert at the end of the week. The pace was quite quick but all the teachers made sure everyone knew what they were doing. The whole course ended with a concert at the spectacular Royal Festival Hall. I felt very happy about coming on the course and making new friends and memories.’ Grace Towle

Cheltenham Arts Council Grant

Friends of the Wilson won the Cheltenham Arts Council Grant to sponsor places for young people at the conference hosted in Cheltenham for the British Association of Friends of Museums under the title “Does the past have a future? Engaging the next generation”. Places offered to Megan Stanton-Cole from Cheltenham Ladies’ College and Ben Coombs and Abi Mellor from Dean Close. Ben Coombs said “I would like to add my thanks to the Friends of the Wilson for giving me the opportunity to see how events and especially conferences are run, plan and managed. I really enjoyed my time working alongside the team.” Ben,Dean Close School Abi Mellor said of the experience; “Thank you for the experience, it was lovely meeting all the team and everyone was very friendly.” Abi, Dean Close School Megan said ‘Thank you very much for the opportunity you gave me with the conference. I thoroughly enjoyed myself.” Megan Stanton-Cole, Cheltenham Ladies’ College Friends of the Wilson, Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum.