Members of the AMICUS York team attended a glittering awards ceremony at York Race Course to celebrate the York Community Pride Awards. The project was nominated for the Community Project Award, but failed to take away the main prize – something that was difficult to be upset about when all the projects represented during the [...]
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AMICUS York reaches final of York Community Pride Awards
Following AMICUS York’s nomination for the Best Community Project in the York Community Pride Awards, the group has reached the final three! The results will be announced at an Awards Ceremony to be hosted by BBC Look North presenter Harry Gration, at York Race Course on the 1st December.
Spreading a little Happiness – Amicus Shortlisted for Award!
Amicus have been shortlisted as a finalist in the Best Community Project category of this year’s York Community Pride Awards. One of the groups founders, Jacki Dealtry, of Pocklington, said she was inspired to set up the group by a similar projects in Darlington. Since then she has raised thousands of pounds of funding to [...]
Music groups up for heroes’ award
TWO much-valued groups which have proved the therapeutic value of music have been nominated for York Community Pride awards The Smile And A Song trio, who provide musical entertainment in elderly people’s homes, have been put forward in the Charity Fundraiser of the Year category by 83-year-old Catherine Halliwell, of Rawcliffe. Mrs Halliwell said she [...]
The Sound of Speed
The performance was part of the Arts Service programme to provide opportunities for all school children to become involved in music, dance and drama. This is delivered through a range of across school projects and performances, school based teaching, training for teachers and vocal/instrumental lessons in School. “The Sound of Speed” is a percussion based [...]
‘Rainbow Fish gets swept away’
Haxby Road Primary School – Spring 2004 In Spring 2004, we ran the first Amicus York project with children in the Foundation Stage and KS1. Amicus York aims to create musical friendship groups between children in mainstream settings and those with special educational needs. The projects provide children with the opportunity to participate in music [...]
Music of friendship
BARMBY Moor Kids’ Club has been ‘Rockin ‘n’ Rollin’ this week as children took part in an AMICUS workshop on Wednesday morning. Passersby could have been fooled that a live band was practising in the old school, as the enthusiastic kids, aged from 4 to 11 years, played with the touch-sensitive equipment. The amazing equipment [...]
Teaching with a tune
TEACHING through tune was the aim of a local music group after attending a junior school recently. The youngsters at Pocklington Juniors spent a morning with two members of Amicus, the interactive music project who visit schools with their alternative teaching methods. Over 70 children were involved with the fun day which saw the youngsters [...]
Fund-raising disco for music and radio projects
A DISCO will be held at Pocklington Football Club on Friday, 20 September to raise funds for Pock FM and the Amicus Interactive Music Project. The event is to be held in recognition of the support that Amicus received from members of the Pock FM team during its first broadcasts back in January and all [...]
Fundraising fun day
A SPONSORED football and rounders event was held at Francis Scaife on Sunday, 23 June to raise money for AMICUS, an interactive music project for special needs children. The occasion, which lasted for two hours, also saw the children take part in party games and play on a bouncy castle. As well as this, there [...]