Ranging from full scale productions to assistance with smaller arts/educational projects, Village Concerts / The Astor Palm Quartet / The Aladdin Quartet / The Thames Gateway Quartet / The Orchestra of the Thames Gateway / The Lullingstone Quartet / Adriamus Quartet have been involved with
>>> 2015 - £2,750 raised <<<
>>> 2014 - £3,000 raised <<<
>>> 2013 - £1,100 raised <<<
299 - Littlebourne - Community Hall / Adriamus Quartet - supporting 'Help for Heroes' - £50
298 - Bexleyheath - Supporting Headway SE London / NW Kent - £40
297 - October 2013 - Crayford Community Centre / Bexley Arts Trust - Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice £50
296 - September 2013 - Crayford Community Centre / Bexley Arts Trust - Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice £50
295 - Fantasia group / U3A at Goldsmith's - £20
294 - August 2013 - Crayford Community Centre / Bexley Arts Trust - Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice £50
293 - July 2013 - Well Hill Prom - £600 donated to the upkeep of the Well Hill Mission Church
292 - July 2013 - Crayford Community Centre / Bexley Arts Trust - Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice £50
291 - July 2013 - Beckenham Townswomen Guild - £50
290 - June 2013 - Elmwood Nursing Home - £50
289 - June 2013 - Crayford Community Centre / Bexley Arts Trust - Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice £50
288 - May 2013 - Chelsfield Village Hall - restoration fund - £50
287 - May 2013 - Rusthall Nursing Home, Tunbridge Wells
286 - May 2013 - Crayford Community Centre / Bexley Arts Trust - Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice £50
285 - April 2013 - Guardenia House Nursing Home, Dartford - fee donated
>>> 2012 - £2,522 raised <<<
284 - 30th November - Hayes Townswomen Guild Talk - To benefit - Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy - £74
283 - Halloween To benefit - Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy - £100
282 - DUPE at Chelsfield (fiddle case collection) - £240
281 - 19th October - Goldsmith's College - To benefit South East London Breast Cancer Trust - £50
280 - Chelsfield Village Hall fund-raiser - Quartet £600
279 - 23rd July 2012 - Talk to "West Wickham Monday Club" - South East London Breast Cancer Trust (1142182) - £116
278 - 15th July Well Hill Prom - £492 donated to the upkeep of the Well Hill Mission Church
277 - 28th February 2012 - Talk - Macmillan Cancer Support (261017) £25
276 - 18/19th February - Ingestre Hall, donated "4 buy-out recording sessions" with Boy George to Madame Curie Cancer Care. £800
275 - 18th January 2012 - Talk - Macmillan Cancer Support (261017) £25
>>> 2011 - £4,006.17 raised <<<
274 - 20th December 2011 - Danson House, Bexley. Greenwich & Bexley Hospice £83.25
273 - 20th December - West Wickham -- £200 donation to "Springpark Social Club" for the elderly of West Wickham. £30 Nathan Timothy Foundation - The Songwriting Charity (http://www.ploink.co.uk/charity/nathan-timothy-foundation)
272 - 15th December 2011 - Danson House, Bexley, Greenwich & Bexley Hospice £89.10
271 - 14th December 2011 - To benefit - Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy - £120.00 + South East London Breast Cancer Trust £120 (Total £240)
270 - 11th December 2011 - Concert at Danson House, Bexley. Greenwich & Bexley Hospice - £71.57
269 - December 2011 - Concert at Danson House, Bexley. Greenwich & Bexley Hopsice - £78.53
268 - December 2011 - To benefit Bexley Heritage Trust, keeper of Hall Place, Bexley and Danson House, Welling. December - £400
267 - November 2011 -Solo Jazz Violin with 'Just Friends' jazz combo at The Five Bells, Chelsfield "Stephane Grappelli" Jazz - Harris HospiceCare £40
266 - November 2011 - Pratts Bottom - I-Care (The Stroke Charity) £241
265 - November 2011 - Longfield Community Hall "Kent Air Ambulance" £100
264 - Thursday 15th September 2011 at 7.30pm. Popular Classics at Hall Place, Bexley. Orchestra of the Thames Gateway. "A BEXLEY 21 EVENT"
263 - July 2011 - "Probus Club" of Orpington.
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262 - July 2011 - Southfleet - Concert for SOUTHARA and the Stroke Charity (£500 for The Gravesend Stroke Club - The Stroke Association)
261 - July 2011 - The Well Hill Prom - Concert at Well Hill Mission Church (July 2010). Well Hill Mission Church ~ (£600 for restoration fund)
260 - June 2011 - Wilmington, to celebrate the appointment of Councillor Eddy Lampkin as the The Mayor of Dartford. One of the important roles of Mayor is to support local charities. This year Mayor Lampkin will be supporting four - Arrow Riding School, DGSM yourChoice, chYps and Cherished Memories.
259 - May 2011 - Anniversary donation - Sense - National Deafblind and Rubella (Charity registration number : 289868) £35
258 - May 2011 - Concert Party for The Rotary Club of the Darent Valley in Hextable. £25 donation to Shelterboxes.org A RIVER DARENT EVENT
257 - April 2011 - Joint fund-raising initiative for Cancer Research UK and SENSE - National Deafblind & Rubella Association. £66.82
256 - Thames Gateway Quartet - Christchurch, Erith (Saturday 9th April at 7.30pm). "A Day at the Races, A Night at the Opera" supporting Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice. "A BEXLEY 21 EVENT" £175
255 - Thames Gateway Quartet - West Wickham (Tuesday 22nd March at 2.30pm). £50
254 - Thames Gateway Quartet - Concert for St. Catherine's Hospice, Crawley (Caterham United Reform Church, Friday 11th March at 7.45pm) Celebrating the work of this Hospice, the support and encoruagement given by SCH to Janice Workman and her family. £165 + £150 donated fees
Sam Gyimah MP said: “I would like to take this opportunity to welcome The Thames Gateway Quartet to East Surrey and thank them on behalf of my constituents for bringing their Village Concert to St Catherine’s Hospice tonight. I wish you an enjoyable evening and thank you all for supporting the excellent work that St Catherine’s does in Caterham.”
253 - Lecture / Talk to community group (February 2011) -- £25 The British Red Cross
252 - Solo Jazz Violin with 'Just Friends' jazz combo at The Five Bells. The Six O'Clock news tells of Pte Martin Bell, 24, from Bradford who was serving with the 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment when he died in Helmand province. £70 raised for 'Help for Heroes', £640 so far this year. Wonderful jazz, and the lady who sang in the style of 'Bessie Smith' was awesome!
251 -Thames Gateway Quartet - "Poems & Well-Loved Classics" 18th January) To support "St. Nicholas Southfleet" £500
250 - Thames Gateway Quartet - Poems & Well-Loved Classics. A 'second-helping' of our successful event. (16th January) To support "The British Heart Foundation", "Chelsfield Village Hall Restoration" and "The Royal Star & Garter Homes" £75
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>>> 2010 - £3,839.89 raised <<<
248 - Thames Gateway Quartet - Locksbottom. November 2010. Supporting the Movember – changing the face of men’s health - The Prostrate Cancer Charity (1005541) £30
247 - Thames Gateway Quartet - St. Mary the Virgin, Bexley Village (Saturday 13th November 2010 at 7.30pm). "RIVER CRAY event" "BEXLEY 21 CLUB" event No.2" -- £570.85 divided eqully between "Help for Heroes" and CMS Mission Partners.
247a - Dartford Symphony Orchestra - (October 2010) donation of £51 to the DSO funds.
247 - North West Kent - Fundraiser for 'British Red Cross' (£25)
246 - Thames Gateway Quartet - Pratts Bottom Village Hall. Supporting the Phoenix Centre. The Phoenix Children's Resource Centre offers a range of developmental, educational, medical and outreach services for children from birth to 5 years who have, or are likely to have, additional needs, medical needs or disabilities. Saturday 2nd October at 7.30pm. (directly raised £191 of in excess of £1,000)
245 - Bexley Arts Awards - Arts Council of Bexley. The Edward Alderton Theatre (Saturday 18th September 7.45pm) "BEXLEY 21 CLUB" event No.1
244 - Orpington Recorded Music Society (6th September 2010) ~ £25 for 'Help for Heroes' "RIVER CRAY" event No.3
243 - Concert at St. Mary in the Marsh (August 2010). St Mary the Virgin parish church (£630) + Help for Heroes (£201.22). "MUSIC ON THE MARSH" event No.3
242 - Performed for the annual concert of the Orpington Recorded Music Society (July 2010) "RIVER CRAY" event No.2
241 - The 3rd Annual Well Hill "Prom" - Concert at Well Hill Mission Church (July 2010). Well Hill Mission Church ~ (£450 for restoration fund)
240 - North West Kent - Fundraiser for 'Help for Heroes' (£50)
239 - 'Open Gardens' for the Demelza Hospice Care for Children (Registered Charity Number 1039651) June 2010. The event raised a staggering £2,200 for the South London Hospice (musicians donated their professional fees of £275) "RIVER CRAY" event No.1
238 - The Ron Mace Memorial Concert at Longfield Community Hall (May 2010) - Supporting £124.86 The Ellenor Lions Hopsice / Dartford Symphony Orchestra.
237 - Illustrated lecture (May 2010) Supporting the "Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hopsice" £25
236 - Illustrated lecture (mid-Kent, May 2010) - £50 for 'Help for Heroes'
235 - Dartford 3rd Annual Young Musicians Event ~ Orchestra of the Thames Gateway (8th May, 7.30pm, Dartford Grammar School for Girls. Supported by "The Rotary Club of Dartford" / Village Concerts (Ellenor Lions Hospice £100 / Dartford Symphony £50)
234 - Lunchtime talk (April 2010) CHILDREN with LEUKAEMIA Reg. charity 298405 (£10)
233 - Illustarted lecture at St.Marys Bay (23rd April, 2pm) - our new "MUSIC ON THE MARSH" appeal (£50). "MUSIC ON THE MARSH" event No.2
232 - Illustrated lectures in Kent (April 2010) - Help for Heroes (£200)
231 - Catalysts for a fund-raising concert event (March 2010) mixing music influenced by The Sea and support for the "Royal National Lifeboadt Institution" (RLNI) (£241.13)
230 - Concert featuring The Lullingstone Quartet (March 2010) at Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells.
229 - Illustrated music lecture in Longfield - Fee donated to Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust Charitable Fund (March 2010) - Lymph Node Analyser Appeal, In Aid of the Breast Care Department, Chartwell Unit, Princess Royal University Hospital - The Sam Crinnion Breast Cancer Appeal (£50)
228 - Concert / collection for Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Trust Charitable Fund (February 2010) - Lymph Node Analyser Appeal, In Aid of the Breast Care Department, Chartwell Unit, Princess Royal University Hospital - The Sam Crinnion Appeal (£43.50)
227 - Illustrated lecture Group 19 - Crystal Palace (February 2010) - "Help for Heroes" (£65)
226 - Illustrated lecture Kent (February 2010) - NSPCC (£50)
225 - Illustrated lecture NW Kent (February 2010) - Galactosaemia (£50)
224 - Musicians of the Thames Gateway (February 2010) - Ellenor Foundation / Ellenor / Lions Hospice in Dartford ~ (£151.33)
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223 - Poems & Music (December 2009) - Help for Heroes (£200) + Chelsfield Village Hall Restoration (£140)
222 - Christmas Celebration (December 2009) - Help for Heroes (£100)
221 - Concert at Danson House, Bexley (November 2009). Supporting Help for Heroes (£90)
220 - Concert at Pratts Bottom (October 2009). Supporting Harris HospiceCare (£214 as our contribution to £1,000+ fund-raising evening).
219 - Concert at St. Martin of Tours (October 2009). Orchestra conducted by David Grubb. Supported Sumatra, Indonesia earthquake appeal (£342)
218 - Concert at Eden Park (October 2009). Supporting local good causes in NW Kent (£40)
217 - Concert at Danson House, Bexley (September 2009). Supporting Help for Heroes (£78.50)
216 - Concert at St. Mary in the Marsh, Romney (August 2009). Church restoration fund (£244.50) "MUSIC ON THE MARSH" event No.1
215 - Concert in Sidcup (August 2009) Donation to Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice (£40). Donation to Cancer Research UK (£40).
214 - Concert in Bromley (July 2009) Donation to Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice (£40). Donation to Cancer Research UK (£40).
213 - Concert at Well Hill Mission Church (July 2009). Well Hill Mission Church ~ restoration fund (£500)
212 - Concert at Southfleet Community Hall (July 2009). Supporting the Simon Paul Foundation (£600)
211 - Orchestra of Thames Gateway perform at Crofton Halls, Orpington. Bexley (June 2009). Supporting local charities (£535)
210 - Orchestra of Thames Gateway perform at Hall Place, Bexley (June 2009). Donation to Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice (£135).
209 - The Palladio Quartet ~ Concert at Danson House, Bexley (June 2009). Supporting Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice (£52)
208 - Concert in Meopham (June 2009)
207 - Concert in Eltham (June 2009)
206 - Thames Gateway Quartet (May 2009) Village Concerts series at Dartford Central Library.
205 - Merchant Quartet at the Mick Jagger Centre. First Thames Gateway Chamber Music Festival (10 May 2009)
204 - Thames Gateway Quartet (May 2009) Village Concerts series at Fleet, Dartford.
203 - Thames Gateway Quartet (May 2009) Village Concerts series at Joyden's Wood.
202 - Merchant Quartet at the Mick Jagger Centre. First Thames Gateway Chamber Music Festival (3 May 2009)
201 - Thames Gateway Quartet (May 2009) Village Concerts series at Sutton at Hone.
200 - Thames Gateway Quartet (May 2009) Village Concerts series at Ashen Grove.
199 - Celebration of the life of Dr. Rudolph Sabor (April 2009)
198 - Illustrated lecture for Rotary Club of Orpington (April 2009)
197 - Performed as part of "World Poetry Day" (March 2009)
196 - Illustrated lecture at Bexley (March 2009)
195 - New Year Concert at Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford (January 2009). Supporting the Ellenor Lions Hospice
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194 - Concert at Dartford Library (December 2008)
193 - Concert at Danson House, Bexley (November 2008). Supporting Greenwich & Bexley Cottage Hospice
192 - Perfomed for 'Ladies of Leisure', Dartford (October 2008)
191 - Concert at Townley Grammar, Bexleyheath (October 2008)
190 - Perfomed at the Cultural Olympiad, Bexleyheath (September 2008)
189 - Concert at Maidstone (September 2008)
188 - Hayes, Kent Women's Insitutute (September 2008)
187 - Concert at Well Hill Mission Church
186 - Concert at Dartford Library (July 2008)
185 - Performed at Bravery Awards at Ebbsfleet Police HQ (July 2008)
184 - Concert at Southfleet Community Hall (June 2008), supporting the Simon Paul Foundation
183 - Thames Gateway Quartet (June 2008) at Farningham Village Hall.
182 - Thames Gateway Quartet (May) Village Concerts series at Sidcup.
181 - Thames Gateway Quartet (May) Village Concerts series at Bexleyheath.
180 - Thames Gateway Quartet (May) Village Concerts series at Slades Green.
179 - Thames Gateway Quartet (May) Village Concerts series at Belvedere.
178 - Thames Gateway Quartet (May) Village Concerts series at Welling.
177 - Orchestra of the Thames Gateway (11 May) concert at St. Martin of Tours, Chelsfield. Fund-raiser for two new "Bells" and "Village Hall Restoration".
176 - Thames Gateway Quartet (April) Village Concerts series at Dartford Central Library.
175 - Thames Gateway Quartet (April) Village Concerts series at Fleetdown.
174 - Thames Gateway Quartet (April) Village Concerts series at Temple Hill.
173 - Thames Gateway Quartet (April) Village Concerts series at Sutton-at-Hone.
172 - Thames Gateway Quartet (April) Village Concerts series at Ashen Grove.
171 - Young Composers Forum (March 2008). Nearly 40 student composers, at Wilimngton Grammar, heard their music LIVE for the first time performed and recorded by the Sabor Quartet.
170 - Inaugural Dartford Young Musicians Competition (March 2008). Logistical support for this event which featured six talented young musicians accompanied by the Dartford Symphony Orchestra.
Hanna Berry ~ violin ~ Dartford Grammar for Girls
Stefan Jefferies ~ flute ~ Wilmington Grammar for Boys
Sarah McLellan ~ flute ~ Dartford Grammar
Rebecca Nicholls ~ clarinet ~ Dartford Grammar for Girls
Michael Riley ~ piano ~ Wilmington Grammar for Boys
George Salmon ~ violin ~ Dartford Grammar
Prize winner: Sarah McLellan (flute)
Audience Prize:- Michael Riley (Piano)
Judges included: Lawrence Cromwell (cello), Rupert Bond (composer), Peter Norriss (viola), Jane Paul (oboe), David Grubb (conductor), and Geoffrey Creese (violin)
169 - Merchant Quartet performance of Haydn, Beethoven and Ravel at the Mick Jagger Centre, Dartford (February 2008). Raised £150 for Bexley Young Musicians Bursary.
168 - Traditional Irish Music - event co-sponsored by Village Concerts & Terry Sparkes (January 2008). Featured artist ~ Liam Coleman (Mandolin)
Liam Coleman ~ Traditional Irish Music
 Liam Coleman ~ Traditional Irish Music
167 - Musicians of the Thames Gateway - Two concert performances with featured soloists Joe Browne (Saxophone) and Neil Mitchell (French Horn). In association with The Rotary Club of the North Downs raised £1,001 for the Demelza Hospice.
166 - Fund raiser for Bexley Young Musicians Bursary (January 2008) in the City of London.
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