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Centre Court Shopping Centre supports MMF...
PRESS RELEASE FROM
Centre Court Shopping, Wimbledon
9th August 2010
Centre Court Shopping Centre supports Merton Music Foundation as its nominated Charity.
Centre Court Shopping Centre is delighted to be supporting Merton Music Foundation as our nominated charity for 2010/11. We look forward to helping the charity raise funds and assist their excellent work and contribution to the local community.
Merton Music Foundation is a charitable trust based in the London Borough of Merton. It aims to provide a variety of musical tuition, ensemble opportunities and creative activities for Merton’s Primary, Secondary and Special schools and young people across the borough.
The Foundation is the borough’s approved schools music service provider and works in partnership with teachers and other professionals to help strengthen and develop the delivery of music both within the school curriculum and through its external youth music activities.
Centre Court will work closely with Merton Music Foundation to support instrumental lessons and instrument hire for children who are from low-income families. The support is open to all pupils in Merton schools. We will also sponsor the 2010/11 project “With One Voice” a large-scale song writing and choral project involving 1,500 pupils from Merton primary and secondary schools. This will culminate in MMF’s 20th birthday event, which will be held on 29th March 2011 at the Royal Albert Hall.
Our support for Merton Music Foundation will be launched at Centre Court on Sunday 12th September with a performance from Merton Youth Jazz Orchestra between 12noon – 4.00pm.
John Mander, Chief Executive of MMF said: “We are delighted to have been chosen by Centre Court Shopping Centre as their nominated charity. Everyone at MMF feels passionately about the importance of music in a child’s education. Over recent years, studies have shown that music has a profound effect on children’s intellectual and creative development. For those of us who are deeply involved in the teaching of music, it is apparent what a central role music can play in the development of children. By supporting MMF, Centre Court has taken a ground breaking decision that will impact on the lives of thousands of children and young people in Merton”.
For more information, please contact:
Soo Bishop, Deputy Director, Merton Music Foundation
on 0208 640 5446 soo.bishop@mmf.org.uk
or
Samantha Brown, Marketing Manager, Centre Court Shopping, Wimbledon
on 0208 944 4385 sbrown@centrecourtshopping.co.uk
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