The group will be run by Mandy O’Brien, Senior Brain Injury Case Manager and Tricia Corbett MSc Hons Dip COT, Neuro Occupational Therapist.  The location of the meetings and the start date will be posted shortly.

We are pleased to announce that two new Silverlining groups will be starting, one in East Sussex and one in the Midlands. We will have more information in the near future.

Best wishes from the Silverlining Team

After much hard work by all the team and members of The Silverlining we are now pleased to announce that we have been given our UK Registered Charity Number.

The number is : 1132902

For those of you wishing to donate to our Charity, please note you can now quote this number in respect of any giving you may do via your income tax returns, or through any schemes your employer may run allowing you to give to charity through PAYE.

Once again many thanks to all involved and a lovely early Christmas present for us all.

Hi Im Ed, I am trying to raise money by doing a swimathon for the silver lining charity. I suffer from a condition called spastic dystonia, which causes me discomfort walking on dry land so water is an excellent medium for me to exercise in. This sparked an interest in swimming some years ago, But it was only on discovering the Shaw technique; which works alongside the core principles of alexander technique (artofswimming.com) that I realised the true potential of swimming regularly. So I will be swimming at the nuffield wellness centre, Sheldon Square, Paddington from 5.30pm on Friday 13th November. If you wish to sponsor me please send pledges to edwardhamilton2000@yahoo.com, Thankyou. Iwill be available for drinks afterwards at Zizzis Italian restaurant, Sheldon Square all welcome!

A big thankyou to everyone who braved the tube strike to come and enjoy the debut performance of Andy’s flute sonata compositions.

For those who weren’t able to make it the venue was astounding, both visually and audibly.

Ed Lewis and the Templar Ensemble with Helen on Flute gave a masterful introduction with Bach’s Orchestral Suite No 2 in B Minor  and Vivaldi’s Flute Concerto in D Major.

Andy gave a moving introductory speech about his composition and how he is working towards his recovery.

Then the main attraction. The ensemble gave a beautiful rendition of Andy’s work’s and certainly to these uninitiated ears it was impossible to tell where the masters Bach and Vivaldi ended and Andy started.

Pictures to come!

On the 10th of June at St John Smiths Square in London, The Templar Ensemble will be carrying out the debut performance of a trilogy of flute sonatas, composed by Andrew Wenham-Prosser during his period of recovery from a brain injury.

The concert supports Andy’s dreams of being a professional composer.

This charity concert shall raise funds for The Falklands Conservation who gives needed aid to Penguins, a species greatly loved by Andy.

Andy hopes that the audience for this concert shall be touched by his music.

Concert Flyer

The Silverlining has been actively working with John Gander of Charity Solutions - to whom we send a big thankyou - to become a fully registered UK Charity.

We would also like to thank Tony Williams for his contribution to our registration process.

Please watch this space for details of our UK Charity Registration No.

I’ve been phoning around for gifts at the Ball and so many kind people and businesses are giving us gifts for the auction and for the goody bags. Thanks to you all!

Arrangements for the Ball are hotting up. The menus are agreed and lot’s of tables have been sold. We have 150 places and its beginning to look like we may not have enough!