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Partnerships – beating leprosy together!
Cantata Dramatica present Voices for Change – A concert in aid of Lepra We are proud to be partnering with Cantata Dramatic on Voices for Change, a unique musical event on 30th January. Taking place at the iconic St Stephen Walbrook church in the City of London. The event offers the world premiere of “Treasures of Byzantium”, a collection of newly commissioned music and dance to bring to life four evocative Greek poems of the Byzantine era.
Festival and former Controller of BBC Radio 3 will be guest speaker for the evening. This is a wonderful chance to experience new, choral music in an iconic setting and support Lepra and World Leprosy Day. Tickets cost £20 and are available by visiting https://bit.ly/2PoP9xk or by calling 01206 216700.
Roger Wright, CEO of Snape Maltings, the Aldeburgh Music
Pavers Shoes - bringing footwear to those in need over 5,000 people affected by leprosy and lymphatic filariasis (LF).
Roger Wright, CEO of Snape Maltings
We are happy to announce that Nayan Patel, Mehmood Khan and Natalia Bucci have joined Lepra’s board of trustees, bringing valuable and unique experience and skills that will strengthen our governance for the future.
A second van will cover the Telangana state working with 20 leprosy colonies across 10 districts.
Pavers Shoes are proud sponsors of our Shoe Van which travels across the Indian state of Bihar delivering custom-made footwear. Since 2015 the van has helped
We are delighted that Pavers Shoes CEO, Stuart Paver has agreed to become a Lepra Ambassador. As part of his role he will work with us to raise our profile and share the excellent work the Shoe Van project undertakes.
Find out more about Pavers Shoes at http://www.pavers.co.uk
Life In The Fast Lane
Jamie Chadwick joins Minerva Trust’s Female Focus event The Minerva Trust kindly invited us to be part of their Female Focus Networking evening in November. Vaishali Shah of Minerva Trust hosted the evening at the prestigious Royal Overseas League Club in Mayfair. Business women from around the capital attended, and we were able to arrange a special guest speaker. Flying in from a successful weekend racing in Dubai was record breaking driver Jamie Chadwick, who spoke candidly about her motivations and what it was like to be the first ever female to win a Formula 3 race. This was followed by guests learning about Lepra’s work to beat leprosy
from Helen Rackham, Director of Angela Stafford, Olivia Egan and Fundraising and Communications, Phoebe Nicholson.
Angela Stafford, Vaishali Shah, Jamie Chadwick and Helen Rackham at Minerva Trusts Female Focus event.