The show must go on! Burnley charity find new home after appeal

After launching a public appeal for a new home, the UK's most famous charity singing team can continue the sterling work which has seen it raise £600,000 in 13 years.
Songs for Christie's have found a new home.Songs for Christie's have found a new home.
Songs for Christie's have found a new home.

After receiving treatment for bowel cancer at the Christie NHS Cancer Trust in Manchester, Burnley-born Peter Quinn (63) set up Song for Christie’s.

Originally based above the Craft Cafe Bar, the charity had to launch an appeal for a new home after the building’s owner, Thwaites - who had housed the charity for free - sold the building.

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Having finally received a response from Burnley Central Methodist Church, the elated Song for Christie’s team have now moved in.

“We can move forward with a fresh new vigour and enthusiasm,” said Peter. “It really is a new lease of life for us and opens a new chapter in what’s been one of the biggest success stories in charity volunteering.

“Burnley Central Methodists have given us a wonderful new home and we knew from the start that we were working alongside people with the same altruistic attitude,” Peter added. “It’s a union made in heaven.”

Touring the north to sing in town centres and raise for four cancer charities - The Christie Trust, Teenage Cancer Trust, Children with Cancer, and Cancer Research UK - the country’s best-loved singing charity group can now kick on and do what they do best.

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“We want to set the standard for volunteer groups to emulate our unique approach to fundraising,” Peter said. “We’ve taken charity work to the streets and literally given it a voice.

“It would’ve been disastrous if [we] had ended when [we’ve] only just begun.”

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