Beat concert at Sundial Theatre

The Stuart Singers perform at Beat's fundraising concert in Cirencester

Beat, the UK's charity for eating disorders, together with the Stuart Singers, held a fundraising concert at Cirencester College's Sundial Theatre.

The performance featured over 15 popular concert favourites, including Let the River Run, Hallelujah and choral selections and medleys from The Lion King and Oliver. Back in 2003, Beat help Pat Ayres MBE set up the Cirencester Eating Disorders Support Group, and it also organises monthly meetings for sufferers and carers. It is a group who talk, listen and share experiences, not a treatment. The NHS services are overwhelmed with long waiting lists, but it is proven that early intervention is the key to recovery, especially for children and teenagers.

The support the group offers can help take away the isolation and fear of illnesses such as anorexia and bulimia. The group meets on the first Wednesday of every month at Coates Village Hall, Coates, GL7 6NW, from 7pm. The service is friendly, relaxed and free to attend.

Brian and Pat Ayres NBE with Stephen Moore (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Guests listen to the Stuart Singers (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Jo and John Griffin with Graeme and Mary Reay (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Samuel Lindup and Katharine Davis (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Mary Sturman-Smith and Sylvia Hemmings (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Liz Souter and Selwyn Morgan (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Pat Prodger and Margaret Tully (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Penny Junor, Beat Cirencester patron, and Nicola Davis, a local Beat trained counsellor (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Penny Junor, Beat Cirencester patron, and Nicola Davis, a local Beat trained counsellor (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Rosie Maidment and Marian Maclean (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Maureen Holloway, Jan Tucker and Sylvia Woods (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Pat Prodger and Margaret Tully (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Guests listen to the Stuart Singers (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Vice Chair of Cotswold District Council Cllr Nikki Ind and Ann Hands (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Vice Chair of Cotswold District Council Cllr Nikki Ind and Ann Hands (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Hilary and John Lawrence (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Hilary and John Lawrence (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Jill and Robert Lang (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Matthew Nickless, Abi Nickless with Sean Disney (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

Nicola Davis' My Super Sweet Recovery Cook Book (Image: © Thousand Word Media)

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