Music For Life Festival
Festival Postponement
Notice Date: 3rd March 2010
It is with a heavy heart that we sadly have to announce that Mr Rob Brooks (founder of the Music For Life Festival and Eden Rose Cancer Charity) has been diagnosed with Cancer. Fortunately, because it was caught in its early stages, doctors believe it is treatable.
However, as a result, the Music 4 Life Festival has been postponed until August 2012.
The festivals core aim is to raise money for the local cancer charities so this decision was certainly not taken lightly.
Jar Music Group was looking into completing this years' festival, but due to its role as mainly artistic programming, it was felt that it was too late for the group to effectively take over full control of the event, which also played a major role in the decision to postpone the festival.
Following a festival board meeting it was agreed, that Jar Music Group will now be the solely responsible for the management and development of the festival going forward. This will provide Mr Brooks with a stress free recovery and stability for the festival in future years.
JMG will now begin to lay the foundations for a festival that achieves its objectives of raising needed funds for the Eden Coppice Rose Cancer Charity and brings a memorable 2-days of the best International music to Suffolk.
We would like to conclude by wishing Mr Brooks a speedy recovery and offer our sincerest apologies to all those fans who where looking forward to this years' event.
JML
Press Office
The Charity
Why cancer care With Nature and Eden-Rose Coppice deserve your support Eden-Rose Coppice aims to turn run down or unwanted woodland or meadows into conservation areas which have a positive effect on lives stressed by critical illness.
Eden-Rose Coppice, in Sudbury, Suffolk is the first site of this kind in the UK.
With your support, Eden-Rose Coppice Trust has cleared a number of safe, natural walking paths through this beautiful woodland. We have created a pond area and wetland habitat and now wish to add water features, soothing wood sculptures and resting places where visitors can enjoy a calm, therapeutic and supportive environment. Our next major project is to create an area for both school visitors and the public to escape the wet weather.
Eden-Rose will give cancer patients, their families, volunteers, caregivers and nurses an opportunity to escape, reflect and connect with nature. Our planned Pavilion towards the south of the Coppice will allow visitors to take in stunning views of the nature reserve and its wildlife in sunshine, warmth and comfort even during inclement weather.
Now open, Eden-Rose Coppice is manned by vetted volunteers. Visitors can arrange totally private visits for themselves or use the woodland in the company of others.
To achieve all of this, we need your help.
Please help us raise the funds to improve Eden-Rose Coppice. Your donation can get these major projects underway:
£140,000 to build and furnish the custom-designed lodge & disabled persons toilet
£16,600 to create wheelchair friendly and other walk ways (now achieved)
£7,600 to continue the tree safety work
£3,400 for further landscaping and development of a natural woodland
£2,800 to landscape and plant our wildflower walk
For more information about With Nature and Eden-Rose Coppice please visit withnature.org
