Press Release: Orchestrate!
Date: 15th January
2007
Contact: Claire Duncan
Phone: +44 (0)20 8394 8345
Email: c.duncan@samaritans.org
Out of hours press phone: 07943 809162
Stress Down and Rock Out
Inspiring instrumental event Orchestrate is announced to
support Samaritans
Fantastic team building
event Orchestrate is coming to Earl’s Court, London on February 1st
to support Samaritans Stress Down Day.
Orchestrate is a musical extravaganza which will turn 150 people
with no musical ability into a real symphony orchestra in 90
minutes! Participants need no prior musical skill -
Orchestrate will supply the trainers, the instruments and a
conductor.
This fun-filled event would normally cost £75 per person, but
for one night only tickets will cost just £25 per person – all of
which will be donated to Samaritans.
Supporters and friends are welcome to come along to watch the
event unfold. Orchestrate will run from 19:00-21:00 and will be
held in the 1st floor Conference Suites at Earl’s Court.
If you would like to buy tickets or for more information on the
event, please contact Robin Coles, Samaritans Orchestrate Event
Organiser on 07831 312 504 or you can email robin.coles@showpres.co.uk.
Payment is by cheque which should be made payable to Samaritans and
sent to:
Robin Coles
Samaritans Orchestrate Event Organiser
Addisons Farmhouse
Tunworth Road
Mapledurwell
RG25 2LU
Audio Visual company SPS is supporting Samaritans’ Stress Down
Day event at Earl’s Court. SPS’ Managing Director Robin
Coles, a Samaritans volunteer says “The live event industry is at
times particularly vulnerable to stress with budgets and targets to
be hit and short timescales to work within. It is important to
pause a moment to reach out to our customers and colleagues and
check on their wellbeing.”
Chief Executive of
Samaritans, Dominic Rudd is signed up to take part in the event. He
says “Orchestrate is going to be a fantastic event, I find
listening to music is a great way of de-stressing. Being part of a
team of 150 people all learning new instruments will be
challenging, but the outcome will be extremely rewarding, creating
a great sense of achievement for all involved, whilst raising vital
funds for Samaritans.”
Stress Down Day
Samaritans launched Stress Down Day last year and the charity is
hoping 2008’s fundraising day will be even better, with more people
becoming aware of the issue of stress in the workplace and finding
positive ways of dealing with it.
To find other ways to support Stress Down Day visit the website
www.stressdownday.org ,
here you will also find information about how to conquer stress in
the workplace and take better care of your emotional health.
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Notes to editors
It is the aim of Samaritans to make emotional health a
mainstream issue. Samaritans' vision is for a society where
fewer people die by suicide because people are able to share
feelings of emotional distress openly without fear of being
judged. Samaritans believes that offering people the
opportunity to be listened to in confidence, and accepted without
prejudice, can alleviate despair and suicidal feelings.
Samaritans is a registered charity, founded in 1953, which
offers 24-hour confidential emotional support to anyone in
emotional distress. The service is offered by 16,800 trained
volunteers and is entirely dependent on voluntary support.
Across the UK, you can call Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90 (1850 60
90 90 in the Republic of Ireland) email jo@samaritans.org, write to
Samaritans at Chris, PO Box 9090, Stirling, FK8 2SA, or if you are
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