Our choir is made up of 21 talented people including staff members, volunteers, parents and young adults from our clubs.
We meet at the Agape Centre in Belfast, every other Tuesday evening from 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm. We rehearse various songs with our Choir Mistress and socialise together. Everyone is welcome.
This year our theme is ‘Around the World’ and our choir members have the opportunity to suggest songs around this theme for the choir to sing.
The choir is a great opportunity for volunteers, staff and young people alike to showcase their talents and to have an active role e.g. solos, playing instruments and coming up with ideas for music.
Please contact us if you would like to come along: Tel: 02890 665 260
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The Down’s Syndrome Association is appalled and horrified following the BBC’s Panorama investigation into the treatment of people with learning disabilities at Whorlton Hall.
Our Chief Executive Carol Boys said:
“The way that we are treating people with a learning disability in the UK today is a national disgrace.
We have not learnt any lessons from the past and we have broken countless promises of better times ahead. We have let people with learning disabilities down badly time and time again, and this needs to stop. How many more scandals and needless deaths is it going to take before we begin to treat people with the respect and care that they deserve?
Our ‘It’s My Life’ report published last year showed that people are not having their needs assessed properly and that the right level of support is not being given to many. The best place to support people with learning disabilities is in their community. Institutions like Whorlton Hall do not work and do not allow individuals to live an ordinary life.” ... See MoreSee Less
Statement following BBC’s Panorama investigation | Down's Syndrome Association