The Ten Percent Foundation decided to donate to The Prison Choir Project, a venture we have supported before. We were approached by Adam Green, the founder, who asked us to contribute specifically to purchase equipment for their music and spoken word studio at HMP Wormwood Scrubs.
A copy of his letter of thanks is below, with the text as follows:
On behalf of the Prison Choir Project I am writing to thank you and all those involved in the Ten Percent
Foundation for your most recent support of our work in prisons and to acknowledge receipt of £1556.98
towards building a music and spoken word studio in HMP Wormwood Scrubs. The men in HMP Wormwood
Scrubs will be absolutely delighted to hear news of this support.
I am pleased to write that we are busy working within prisons. This year the Prison Choir Project looks to
expand its reach and we have plans already in place to run programmes in six prisons.
We have a weekly residency at Wormwood Scrubs in London running an Arts programme, giving inmates the
opportunity to explore all types of singing, from opera to bluegrass and rap, alongside professional musicians
handpicked to give workshops throughout the year. So far these have proved to be a great success. We are
currently preparing ‘Songs from the Movies’ for a performance on 8th April 2025.
As always, we are working in a very difficult environment. Prison staff shortages and a reluctance to remove
restrictions imposed during Covid keep many locked in their cells for 23 hours a day. It is against this
background that we hope to bring just a little joy to those incarcerated.
Adam Green, Founder – The Prison Choir Project
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