AMBER Music Awards Why They Are Important
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Many of the blind or partially sighted children living in the UK have a real flair for music and, given the right support, they can develop their talent to remarkable ends, fulfilling their potential as individuals as well as musicians.
AMBER knows that children with sight loss, including those with additional disabilities, are less likely than sighted children to receive tuition or assistance. This is often due to discrimination and to other people’s misunderstandings about disability.
When a child with special needs shows an interest in music, such as Faith (above), progressing this requires funds that are often not available, as families with disabled children often cannot afford to buy even the most basic household leisure equipment that many of us take for granted. The AMBER Music Awards address this need.
Faith's music teacher says: "Music is Faith's passion, whether listening or playing instruments. It motivates her, calms her and gives her great joy.
I appreciate the work that you are doing, having taught in a school for the blind for many years, working with multiply disabled visually impaired children. It is good to be able to 'unlock' so much that is within them through music and to see their joy. In all my years of teaching, there have been very few children who have not responded to music. Long may your work continue."
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Callum having a ukelele lesson
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