Hayley Vice President of Dame Vera Lynn Children's Charity

[Sing]

From Hayley's official site


07 Sep 2009 - Hayley honoured to become Vice President of the Dame Vera Lynn School for Parents
A note from Hayley: "I'm delighted to take on the role of Vice President of the Dame Vera Lynn School For Parents. The school provides a wonderful service by supporting parents of young children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities. Children learn daily living skills alongside their parents, through the activities of games, songs and stories. Parents are also given strong practical support in a very warm and supportive environment. It really is a fantastic school."

For more information on the school visit:

www.dvltrust.org.uk/school-for-parents-background.html


//Sing

[martindn]

Sorry Sing, but that link didn't work for me. Gave a 404!

Martin

[Dave]

Thanks for the information sing, this is a worthy cause and an interesting development for Hayley. Who knows, as well as benefiting the school and children with cerebral palsy, it may lead to opportunities for Hayley herself, in the future.

I've corrected the link in your post, which is incorrect on Hayley's official website.

Cheers, Dave

[grant]

Hello everyone

This seems to me to be a very important feather in Hayley's cap. The name of Dame Vera Lynn must be one of the most revered in the music industry and consequently must mean that Hayley has already acquired a pretty good name for herself.

Very well deserved it is too.

Congratulations Hayley!!

Best wishes
Grant

[Richard]

Well done Hayley!

I've modified the thread title slightly so it fits properly.

Richard

[Joe]

Congratulations Hayley on your role as vice-president of such a worthwhile trust. I found the site's video, introduced by Dame Vera, to be hugely inspirational.

Cheers,
Joe

[martindn]

Just watched the video, and you are right Joe, this is a wonderful cause. It is good to know that Hayley is involved with it.

Martin

[Caitlin]

That's great news!! Congratulations Hayley

<3 Caitlin

[Martin]

Just posted on Hayley's official site:

16 Nov 2009 - Hayley to visit the Dame Vera Lynn Trust

Hayley will tomorrow visit the Dame Vera Lynn Trust for children with Cerebral Palsy for which she is the vice-president. Hayley is honoured to help as much as she can with the charity and for further information on how you can help please visit: www.dvltrust.org.uk/index.html

[Martin]

Latest tweets from Hayley:

Just got back from a lovely trip to the Dame Vera Lynn School For Parents -I'm Vice-President of the Trust www.dvltrust.org.uk ...

Really enjoyed chatting to the families of the children, seeing the little ones progressing, meeting up with the wonderful staff again...

And also seeing Dame Vera and her daughter. We had a couple of interviews together (incl. one for NZ TV which should air shortly)

Martin

[Dave]

Here is the latest Google Alert...

Charity Explorers set to raise thousands for Dame Vera Lynn’s Charity!

Ex-military servicemen, Jess Thompson-Hughes and Steve Hook, paid an important visit to the Dame Vera Lynn (DVL) Trust today. The two men, whose new not for profit company aims to raise a staggering £20,000 for the forces’ sweetheart’s charity in Five Oaks, met the team behind the remarkable School for Parents of Children with cerebral palsy. They also had the fantastic opportunity to swap their stories about India with Dame Vera Lynn and talk to the Trust’s new patron and famous opera singer Hayley Westenra about her involvement with the charity.

Dame Vera Lynn’s charity leads the way in Conductive Education www.dvltrust.org.uk/conductive-education.html for pre-school children with cerebral palsy. The Trust does not receive any government funding and relies 100% on donations from the public to enable it to raise the £500,000 needed per year to continue the service.

The full story and a larger photo can be seen at South Downs Living magazine here: southdownsliving.blogspot.com/2009/11/charity-explorers-set-to-raise.html

Published today but I'm thinking from the above posts that this probably took place two days ago on the 17th. Also, "opera singer". Hmmm....

Dave

[Libby]

Famous opera singer, indeed! So, where's the interview, and what did she mean by "shortly"? Like, a few minutes, or a few days?

[Elliot Kane]

That's really cool. Well done, Hayley!

[Richard]

Hello folks!

Hayley's interview with Dame Vera has been broadcast on TVNZ's Close Up. You can see it in this thread or HERE.

Richard

[Richard]

Hello everybody!

The Dame Vera Lynn Trust's website has been updated, and Hayley is now listed as a Vice-President together with David Jacobs, Sir Tim Rice and Sir Cliff Richard. You can see the full list of Trustees and Officers HERE.

Hayley also has a Celebrity Profile:

Hayley Westenra



We are delighted that Hayley Westenra has joined us as a Vice-President of the Dame Vera Lynn Trust.

Hayley is a classical artist, born in New Zealand and has been performing since the tender age of six. She is now twenty two years of age and has become a very successful performer and recording artist. To date she has sold more than four million albums worldwide and performed all over the world.

On a hot sunny day in July we were very honoured to have Hayley make a visit to the School and she was joined on the same day by Dame Vera Lynn. She met all the staff at the Trust Office and was very interested to learn about the Charity and how we raise the funds for the School for Parents. Hayley said “I’m delighted to take on the role of Vice-President of the Dame Vera Lynn Trust. The school provides a wonderful service by supporting parents of young children with cerebral palsy and other related conditions, it really is a fantastic school.” If her schedule allows it, she would love to be able to attend some of our fundraising events.

Hayley then joined Dame Vera in a tour of the school and spent time talking with the staff and parents to gain an understanding of the vital service that the School provides. She then interacted with the children and observed them in the teaching environment.

Hayley kindly donated a pair of tickets for her Christmas tour as an Auction prize for the celebration dinner on 10th October, together with the opportunity to meet her backstage after the concert. Due to work commitments, she was unable to attend the dinner but we thank her for her support.

We are very pleased to have such an enthusiastic and approachable ambassador for the Charity.

There is a very informative video about the School for Parents HERE.

Richard