Eden Voices have released a song with Katie Piper Foundation Ambassador, Adele Pope, to raise money for the charity, which aims to increase awareness and support for burns survivors. Jai Ramage, Eden Voices Vocal Coach taught Adele three years ago when she studied at Tring Park: School for the Performing Arts and organised an ensemble to accompany Adele in a version of Billy Steinberg's 'True Colours' which is now available from itunes.
Adele Pope met Katie during filming for the Mentorn Media produced series, Katie: My Beautiful Friends in 2011. The programme, shown on Channel 4, followed Katie Piper as she set out to help re build the confidence of people who, like her, were fighting for normality while living with a potentially devastating disfigurement. Ballet student Adele suffered an epileptic fit in the shower, knocking the tap as she fell, and was left with third degree burns covering 46 per cent of her body. She is now an Ambassador for the Katie Piper Foundation is studying at Durham University and True Colours is her recording debut.
Adele said “I feel so privileged to be a part of this project and I have loved every second of the recording process. My hope is that this single will make a difference in two ways – firstly to raise as much money as we can for the Katie Piper Foundation; secondly I hope that by downloading the single, the public will have a chance to show their support for the struggle that burns survivors and people with disfigurements have to face every day. That feeling of mass support and acceptance might even do some good on its own!”
Jai said, “After being incredibly moved watching Adele tell her story on Katie: My Beautiful Friends, I was motivated to support the Foundation. I suggested the idea of recording a charity single to my Eden Voices singers – the response I had from them was overwhelming – many of them have read Katie’s book, seen the programme and so were eager to get involved. It felt right that Adele should sing the song, being a great singer and an ambassador for the charity, everyone was so excited when she agreed!”
The Katie Piper Foundation is ultimately working towards the delivery of an advanced rehabilitation and burns clinic in the UK but in the meantime is working on smaller scale projects, workshops and online support groups to make it easier for survivors to live with burns and scars.
Katie Piper said: “I was absolutely thrilled that Eden Voices wanted to support the charity, and delighted our ambassador did a Solo on the song. When I watched the video I thought the choice of the song was so fitting. I found it extremely moving, as she’s [Adele] a great singer, and it all fitted perfectly with the beautiful sound of the Eden Voices singers. It’s great to see so many people coming together to support the cause, I’m really proud of Adele and I hope people will support the charity by downloading the single.”
KATIE PIPER FOUNDATION, Registered Charity Number 1133313
