Philanthropy project brings together young and old

Lochgilphead High School pupils recently attended a session of the town’s Forget Me Not Choir as part of their Youth and Philanthropy Initiative (YPI).

The choir has been changing the lives of Lochgilphead families living with dementia through music, fun and friendship, and recently expanded to establish a group in Tarbert.

And now the choir is one of the charities that the school pupils will be pitching to the Wood Foundation in a bid to secure a £2,000 grant through the YPI. 

In order to write their pitch, the pupils research and engage with their chosen charity, among which are Mid Argyll Youth Development Services and Women’s Aid.

For those that chose to work with the Forget Me Not Choir the task has been a particular joy to undertake.

“Initially we went to the school to do a presentation,” choir founder Louise Curtis explained. “They are lovely kids, very inter-active – it was a moving couple of hours. Then a group of the girls came to one of our rehearsals and we had a lovely afternoon collaborating together.”

Louise added that the pupils have decided to return for another sing-song this week as they enjoyed the previous session so much.

The pupil groups will make their presentations before a panel of judges in Lochgilphead Joint Campus on April 1.