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In October we applied for a Community Matters Donation from Waitrose – the boxes at checkout where they offer you three good causes and you get to put a green token in whichever box you’d like to support. They donate £1000 a month and divide that proportionally between the three causes, depending on the number of tokens in the boxes.

We were up against some stiff competition – Christmas Together (providing a meal on Christmas Day for people who would otherwise spend it on their own), and Coleford St. Johns Playgroup (community playgroup). Not surprisingly, and quite reasonably I think, Christmas Together got over half of the tokens, but we did get a £200 donation, which is very welcome.

Well done Kim for putting the effort into organising this. Fantastic job!

We’re very pleased to announce that we have been awarded a Community Grant of £1700 by Monmouth Town Council. When added to the money we collect from the choir for attending sessions, this should give us enough to pay the Musical Directors and to cover the various other costs of the choir for the rest of the school year and possibly tide us over into the start of the next one.

Thank you to everyone involved in making the application, presenting to the Town Council Committee. Let’s hope this is the first of many successful applications!

Our friend and colleague Judy Sanderson has very kindly designed a logo for us for nothing! How cool is that!