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Music board set up to support suicide charity

By | Published on Thursday 8 April 2010

CALM, a charitable initiative which aims to reduce the suicide rate among young men, has announced the creation of a ‘music board’, a team of music business professionals who will create links between the organisation and the music industry, with a view to launching both fundraising and profile-building initiatives.

Among the founding members of the music board will be Chris Price from News Slang Media, Steve Purdham from We7, Henry Semmence from Absolute Marketing, Ben Turner from Graphite and Jeremy Paterson from FRUKT. A bunch of label people have also committed to support the board’s work, include Island Records’ Ted Cockle, Fiction Records’ Jim Chancellor and Wall Of Sound’s Mark Jones.

Confirming the creation of the music board, CALM’s CEO Jane Powell told CMU: “CALM has always had links with the music industry thanks to the support of people like Tony Wilson and Dizzee Rascal, so we’ve got a strong platform on which to build some really exciting initiatives. The next twelve months are going to be crucial in the development of CALM, and the music board will really help us to advance the organisation and help young men”.

Meanwhile Price, who will chair the board, added: “The CALM Music Board has got off to a fantastic start. The music industry is crucial to reaching young men with a message and in a manner they can identify with, so we are thrilled to have the support of so broad a range of music and media
gatekeepers. With their reach and campaign creativity, the potential for making a difference in young men’s lives has increased exponentially”.

The launch of the music board comes ahead of tonight’s premiere of the film ‘The Infidel’, which has been written by one of the charity’s patrons David Baddiel, and which is being held in aid of the organisation.



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