December not only brings Christmas, but also the publication of The Amber Trust’s annual newsletter, AmberNotes. Packed full of news for our families, supporters and professionals about our activities , it takes a look back at some of the highlights…
Violinist Dan Li will organise, promote, host and perform at his first fundraising concert in aid of The Amber Trust in London this Christmas. The 16-year-old Eton College student has put together a programme featuring some of the most gifted…
Amber’s golden fundraiser Poppy McGhee went more than just the extra mile to support Auchterarder & District Rotary Club’s ‘Evening of Musical Entertainment’ in Scotland last month. Poppy made the 800-mile round trip from her school in Wiltshire to Auchterarder…
Amber Trust beneficiary Max has cortical visual impairment and cerebral palsy after being starved of oxygen for 24 hours prior to his birth. He has received funding from Amber for a range of guitar, piano and singing lessons over the past five years. He…
Ebony Gilbert never meant to write a book about her son George, but now she is hoping it will helpchildren think differently about disability. The Bethnal Green writer released her self-published children’s book Seeing with My Heart last month after…
Amber Trust beneficiaries Lilly Kurata, Ashleigh Turley and Ivan Rodriguez Deb stole the show as they brought the curtain down on the Music in Mind Symposium at King’s College School, Wimbledon, on Sunday. The teenage trio, along with Amber patron Derek Paravicini, played starring roles on the piano,…
Amber Trust beneficiaries Ashleigh Turley, Ivan Rodriguez Deb and Lilly Kurata will bring the curtain down on the Wimbledon International Music Festival’s Music in Mind Symposium on November 7. The teenage trio are set to perform alongside Trust patron Derek Paravicini as part of the ‘Music & Blindness’ seminar at King’s College School in Wimbledon. Eighteen-year-old multi-instrumentalist Turley’s interpretation of I Wish…
Solihull’s Hannah Morgan admitted she may have developed a taste for the high life after skydiving in aid of The Amber Trust earlier this month. The 26-year-old dare devil plummeted 15,000ft – including a one minute freefall – at the North London Skydiving Centre in Cambridgeshire on October 23 to raise more…
Good things come to those who wait and so it proved for The Amber Trust’s golden fundraiser Poppy McGhee at this year’s Annual Concert. The 16-year-old violinist has raised more than £10,000 for the charity in the past nine years after being inspired to get involved…
Amber Trust’s London Marathon Man Andy Shea is confident a tricky month will not derail his efforts to complete the 26.2mile challenge. The 34-year-old has found it difficult to fit in training during September after his two-year-old daughter Poppy – who is a current Little Amber award…