Sing for Water

Credit: WaterAid

Sing for Water London

Sunday 14 September, Thames Festival

Join 1,000 singers for a spectacular performance at the London Mayor's Thames Festival. Whether you are an individual performer or would like to bring your whole choir or group to London, we'd love to hear from you.

The Mayor's Thames Festival celebrates London's river with amazing open air arts, street theatre and music. To register to take part or to receive further information please contact Kate Forde at the Thames Festival at k.forde@thamesfestival.org.

Participants are asked to raise £50 sponsorship each to help poor communities in Ghana and Malawi take their first steps out of poverty. Sing for Water sponsorship form ( PDF 234Kb) or set up a sponsorship page on Justgiving.com.

To pre-order your CD or DVD for this year's performance, please email singforwater@wateraid.org.

Leicester sings for water

Una May, Choir Conductor.

Credit: Anthony Matthews

The generous crowd at Leicester's Riverside Festival donated more than £500 to support the work of WaterAid on Sunday afternoon as they were entertained by around 180 voices coming together to take part in Leicester's first Sing for Water event. Glorious sunshine brought out record numbers of people to enjoy the entertainment at the festival, organised by Leicester City Council.

The singers came from community and church choirs from around Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Melton and Coventry.

There were also around 50 individuals who had never sung in four-part harmony before. They were brought together by a small group of organisers who sing with Red Leicester Choir and the Leicester Amika Choir.

The singers also raised money for WaterAid through sponsorship and more than £1,500 was handed in on the day and more will be sent over the next few weeks.

"I am really proud of the people who took part in this event," said Kim Burley Jones, the chair of the organising group.

"We had loads of fun and we raised vital funds which will enable some of the world's poorest people to gain access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene education."