The Dame Hannah Rogers Trust recently received a donation of £4,999 from Santander.
Elaine Bleazard, branch director at Santander’s Plymouth Branch, presented the cheque to Hannahs corporate fundraiser, Claire Landricombe, and Andrew Green from Hannahwood, Hannahs young adult provision.
The donation was provided by the Santander Foundation, which offers Discovery Grants to UK registered charities for projects that help disadvantaged people in local communities.
This grant will fund a range of musical equipment allowing the young people at Hannahs with profound physical disabilities and limited movement to take part in music therapy sessions and create music. Music provides an important outlet for self-expression and social interaction and the opportunity to develop their creativity and refine their motor skills.
It will benefit 39 of the young adults with physical disabilities ranging from cerebral palsy, autism and acquired brain injuries will benefit from the musical equipment.
Music therapy sessions will be delivered in groups to those with restricted movement allowing them to take part and experience the life changing benefits of music.
The project will enable the young people to access music based activities that enhance feelings of self-confidence, self-worth and self-esteem to assist them in reaching their fullest potential and improve their quality of life. Hannahs also aims to connect with the local community through music to challenge society assumptions and beliefs about disabilities.
Claire Landricombe, said:
“We are delighted to be recipients of the Santander Discovery Grant this year and are very grateful for the continued support that we receive from our friends at Santander. We are absolutely thrilled to benefit from such a generous amount which can now be used to transform our music therapy at the Dame Hannah Rogers Charity.
It was fantastic to be able to show Elaine around Hannahs Ivybridge recently and introduce her to some of our young adults who demonstrated their music mixing ability using some of the new equipment.“
Elaine said: “The Santander Foundation makes hundreds of donations every year to good causes throughout the UK. We are committed to playing a key part in the community and we are delighted to be supporting the Dame Hannah Trust, and hope the donation makes a real difference”.
