We had a truly glorious morning at our second spring sharing on zoom with Verity. We were joined by 35 care homes across the UK alongside members of the community to share fun, laughter and joy through song together.

Homes from Port Talbot to Plymouth joined Kate for the first of our zoom spring sharings yesterday 💙

NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN 22nd - 26th April
Please nominate FMNC today! (registered charity 1151812).
Thank you 💙
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We're celebrating a grant from the PyC Community Fund to support our work in their area of benefit. The Fund has been established by energy company Vattenfall for the benefit of the communities hosting the Pen y Cymoedd Wind Farm. Diolch yn fawr iawn!

Our Calon partnership with @health_charity is among the creative and far-reaching collaborations shortlisted for the 2024 @aandbcymru Awards... congratulations to our fellow nominees and we look forward to the awards ceremony and dinner in July!

Last week we joined MemoryMattersSW for a JOY filled morning and afternoon at our new venue in St Austell. We shared all things FMNC in anticipation of our new community chorus starting 11th May 🎵

A room full of joy, friendship and song today at FMNC Penylan House’s spring sharing ‘Food, Glorious Food!’

We are so proud that over 2000 care homes, hospitals and members of the community across the UK and the world are using our FREE pre-recorded singing sessions to bring the joy of song to those living with and alongside dementia.
For more info email [email protected]

How fabulous to see the FMNC shirt at the Manchester Marathon last weekend. Huge thanks and congratulations to Rachel for supporting FMNC. We love your supporters' shirts too!

It's World Voice Day: an annual global event devoted to the celebration of the human voice. Whenever and wherever the FMNC family joins together, we celebrate the power of music, sharing our choristers' voices, and expressing ourselves through song #worldvoiceday

One month to go until our music team come together for our first FMNC community session in St Austell, Cornwall. Our sessions are open to anyone who is living with dementia, and those that love and care for them. Join us for a sing and a cuppa!
More info forgetmenotchorus.com/cornwall

If you win, Forget-me-not Chorus: Calon Chorus wins too! Choose us as your Local Community Fund cause, shop and swipe your membership card at Co-op and you’ll be entered into the prize draw. Find out more at coop.co.uk/communities.

On Sunday 28th April, our community choristers from Cardiff and Newport will take to the Dora Stoutzker Hall stage at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama to perform Demenstoria - a moving artistic exploration of the reality of living with and alongside dementia
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A huge thank you to Rachel Newsome of Lisvane Panthers FC who is running the Manchester Marathon on April 14 to raise funds for FMNC. You can read more here: justgiving.com/page/rachel-ne…

Last night, music leader Jacs joined Roy Noble on BBC Radio Wales. Listen from 1.13 mins to hear them chatting about our Food, Glorious Food project where conversations between residents at Penylan House and Emma Jenkins have resulted in beautiful poetry. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Our April newsletter is on its way by email but if you can't wait that long, you can read it here now!

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Last week we welcomed staff and residents of Snyder Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre in Texas to a FMNC zoom session for the very first time. How fantastic to see our Forget-me-not family sing together across the globe!

Please use easyfundraising EVERY time you shop online. Over 7,000 brands will donate to Forget-me-not Chorus for free when you use #easyfundraising to shop with them, so you can support us no matter what you’re buying!

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#WorldPoetryDay

We’ve come a long way for our paths to align
We’ve come a long way for our hearts to combine
And now this is our home and it tastes of kindness

'Food Glorious Food' poetry by Emma Jenkins on #WorldPoetryDay