We're in the running...!!!

47 members of Bath Male Choir will be taking part in the 2010 Bath Half Marathon - led by founder conductor and Goldies Project Director Grenville Jones who has been in training since September!

Many of the choir members are keen runners. It is hats off to them and the other members who will be running for the first time.

The date is Sunday March 7th when we will be raising money for two Charities
The Prostate Cancer Charity (Reg No: 1005541) and
The Golden-Oldies Charitable Trust (Reg No: 1121600)

Click the link below to sponsor the boys!

MAKING A DIFFERENCE... KEN COLLINS (65) from Clevedon says 'I'm a sing-a-holic and just love Goldies and the good it does me!' MAKING A DIFFERENCE... DOROTHY JONES (77) from Withywood says 'Goldies is the hour of the week that I look forward to.' MAKING A DIFFERENCE... MRS CLARKE (79) from Swindon says 'I always look forward to my sing on a Monday morning!' MAKING A DIFFERENCE... JOY OSMOND (69) from Peasedown St John says 'Singing lets you forget about all your troubles.' MAKING A DIFFERENCE, 85 year old Winnie Young from Bath says 'Goldies makes me feel 21 again'. MAKING A DIFFERENCE, FRED SMITH, also from Bath and aged 71 says 'Goldies gets me out of my flat, I love it!'MAKING A DIFFERENCE... MAUD ROBERTS (82) from Swindon says 'The singing sessions are just wonderful!'.

WHAT IS A SMILE WORTH?

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100'S OF SMILES

Welcome to the website of the Golden-Oldies Charitable Trust
Charity Registration No. 1121600.
We are now in our third year and thanks to the fantastic support from many organisations and individuals we continue to grow. "Goldies" as it has become fondly known, bring smiles each week to hundreds of elderly, isolated and lonely people across the West of England with our fun singing sessions.

We started with four weekly sessions in Bath in January 2008, and that grew to a total of 288 sessions in our first year- 2008. By the end of 2009, that number grew to 1438 across the West, from Weston super Mare to Swindon and Gloucester down to Yeovil.

We want to develop the work of our Charity across the UK in the years ahead but to to do that we need huge support from across every community. If you would like to know more please email our founder Grenville Jones.


It was Grenville Jones who started our charity in January 2008 in sheltered housing community rooms. This was a pilot with Somer Housing, the leading social housing provider in the Bath area and our partner. Golden-Oldies is our charity name but it is the “Goldies” who are the folk who now attend weekly sessions across the West Region.
Our ethos is simple, to give people who live lonely lives something to look forward to... Goldies does just that. The health benefits of singing are well known. Many of our Goldies also get up and dance – Chubby Checker would be proud of our Goldie Twisters !!
Pictured below is the cheerful group who love their Wednesday mornings at Withywood Community Centre in Bristol where the group is taken by Abby Rakes our administrator.
We hope you find out the answers to all your Goldie Questions here
if not please email Abby.
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HOW YOU CAN SPONSOR A SMILE?
Golden-Oldies Ltd, a company limited by guarantee - Company Number: 6369123.
Charity Registration Number: 1121600