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MPG to support Music And The Deaf
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 14 March 2012
The Music Producers Guild yesterday announced that it had chosen Music And The Deaf as its new official charity, and will now actively support the organisation through various fund-raising initiatives.
Music And The Deaf aims to help people of all ages and degrees of hearing loss to access and enjoy music and the performing arts. It organises signed artistic events, and provides guides and workshops about and stages its own music projects for the deaf, including some key ventures involving young people such as the Deaf Youth Orchestra.
Confirming the MPG’s support for the charity, Vice Chairman Richard Lightman told CMU: “Our policy is to review our choice of charity every three years and, following that review, we decided to adopt Music And The Deaf because we were very inspired by its philosophy and by the enthusiasm and dedication of its founder, Paul Whittaker. Our [previous charitable] work with the Royal National Institute For Deaf People helped raise a significant amount of money and we hope to emulate that success on behalf of Music And The Deaf, as well as using our contacts within the industry to help raise the charity’s profile”.
The there mentioned Whittaker welcomed the MPG’s support for his organisation, adding: “We are delighted to be associated with the Music Producers Guild and we are now exploring ways in which the two organisations can work together. Fundraising is obviously an important part of any charity’s work, but we are also very keen to increase public awareness of the charity and we feel confident that having music industry heavyweights such as the MPG on board will help us do this”.
You’ll find more about Music And The Deaf at www.matd.org.uk
