The choir is a community. We operate no restrictions on who may join apart from being an adult choir. To involve children and young people would require us to operate a Child Protection Policy and we do not have the necessary skills and personnel to do that. It would also require us to hold separate rehearsals at times suitable for children and again we do not have the resources to do that. However, if a piece requires children's voices then we do endeavour to find a children's choir to join us. Apart from that anyone may audition. Our main requirements are an enthusiasm for singing and a commitment to the rehearsal process and concerts, and an acceptance of our choir values and ministry. We are not all white middle-class people either, nor all British. We have members from many countries. We have several female tenors, showing we impose no restrictions based on gender or sexuality.
Over the past seven years members of the choir have been involved in several Projects:
Voice in a million and BAAF at the O2 Arena London
BBC Radio Humberside Candle light appeal
Hull Freedom festival
TV appearances including Look North and National BBC Breakfast
Whitby Gospel Music Festival
William Wilberforce Celebrations
Many Churches
Many Weddings
The list Goes on....
We are part of the wider community. We perform in different churches in Hull, Beverly& Goole and try to promote the concerts to the surrounding communities through the local congregations media and internet. We are working on ways of making this more effective. Our use of professional musicians and our leaders all have a background in professional vocals therefore this brings a high standard of performance into the community at a relatively low price supporting our communities.
We are an open community in other ways. Our new website is intended as a channel to our members and supporters (both present and potential). As part of that transparency we intend to make annual reports available to the public. We are also considering improving the governance process of the organisation by seeking full charitable status.
We are largely self-funding, receiving only a small amount of money from the public purse. Subscription income from members is the mainstay of our income with donations and ticket revenues making up the rest. We use "angels" to provide interest-free loans to cover cash-flow issues and are looking to develop sponsorship packages and advertising deals to increase our income and financial stability.
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