Carol singing for Alzheimer s Research UK

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1 Carol singing for Alzheimer s Research UK Alzheimer s Research UK, 3 Riverside, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6AD Charity numbers and SC042474

2 Thank you so much for helping to defeat dementia by organising a carol singing event this Christmas! Our guide will help you plan, promote and hold your event. So invite all your family and friends to join you and help spread the cheer! Here s what your guide contains: Choose your location. Pick your carols. Spread the word. Decorate your space. Personal safety. Permits. Boost your fundraising. Send your donations. Helpful resources. The Corporate Partnerships team will be at hand to help you every step of the way and will be happy to promote your event. Please us at corporate@alzheimersresearchuk.org for support.

3 Choose a location It s entirely up to you where you host your festive event, here are some suggestions: Gather your guests at a community hall. Get merry in your workplace. Sing loud and proud at school. Go prancing from pub to pub. Bring some winter cheer to your local care home. You can collect donations or request an entry fee. However you choose to raise money for Alzheimer s Research UK you ll be supporting vital dementia research. Select your Christmas carols Choose your favourite carols and print off enough copies for all of your carollers. We ve included a few of our favourite carols to get you started at the end of this pack, including: Away in a Manger Deck the Halls The First Noel Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Jingle Bells Joy to the World O Come All Ye Faithful Twelve Days of Christmas Silent Night We Wish You a Merry Christmas Spread the word! Once you ve chosen your location and a date, make sure you shout it from the rooftops. The more people who hear about your event the better. Put a post on Twitter remember to include Create an event on Facebook this way you can invite your friends to join you. Create a good old fashioned poster download and print the template in this guide. Send your work pals an - it s the time of year to get everyone involved. Decorate your space! Remember to make sure that everyone knows you are supporting Alzheimer s Research UK! We have lots of wintery resources at the end of this pack to help support your event. Carol singing for Alzheimer s Research UK Make your own candle protectors! Print these on some thick paper and cut a hole in the middle. Push your candle through the centre and keep you hand safe from the wax. Date: Time: Location: Registered charity numbers and SC Poster Candle Protector Bunting You can order all our fundraising materials here.

4 Personal Safety It s important to stay safe while you re spreading the merriment, so here are our top tips for personal safety: Stay in a group those who carol together stay together! Take your mobile phone. Make sure you keep your donations safe. Don t walk around streets with buckets of money. Do not go carol singing door to door, you will need to have special permission to do this. Permits If you and your elves decide to go singing in the community or pub to pub, please remember to gain the relevant permissions. You may need to contact your local councils, shopping centres and any other landowner to make sure you have permission to spread some cheer. Supermarkets and train stations make great locations but you ll need to seek approval first. If your event is across multiple locations e.g. pub to pub, you ll have get a street collection permit to do so. A bit confused? If you haven t already, get in touch with the Corporate Partnership team. Boost your fundraising! Carol singing is a merry way to spread some joy and raise vital funds for dementia research. Why not boost your donations by trying out these marvellous ideas: Sell mince pies singing is hungry work! Wear fancy dress or hold a Christmas Jumper Day. Involve musicians for a big band effect. Make your own decorations to sell. Sending your donations Once your event is over you can pay your money in a variety of ways: Create a fundraising page and ask your colleagues, friends and family to donate on there. Please use the fundraising platform recommended by your company. You can also pay in any offline donations on there too. Please us at corporate@alzheimersresearchuk.org to notify us of your page. Pay in any cash raised following the process set out by your employer. If you re not sure what to do ask your charity champion or ambassador, or contact us on corporate@alzheimersresearchuk.org. Send a cheque addressed to the Corporate Partnerships team with a note explaining that your monies were raised via carol singing. Remember to include your name, work and contact details so we can thank you!

5 Thank you for your support You re amazing and we simply couldn t continue our groundbreaking research without you. Wishing you a happy and peaceful festive season, From the Corporate Partnerships team

6 Carol singing for Alzheimer s Research UK Date: Time: Location: Facebook /AlzheimersResearchUK Registered charity numbers and SC042474

7 Make your own candle protectors! Print these on some thick paper and cut a hole in the middle. Push your candle through the centre and keep your hand safe from the wax.

8 Christmas Bunting You can liven up any fundraising event with our free downloadable bunting template. Simply follow the five easy steps below to create your own Alzheimer s Research UK bunting: 1. Print off the bunting template below, remembering to print it in colour and single sided. 2. Using scissors, carefully cut around the template. The end result should look like this (below) Now fold down the middle to make a double sided flag. Note: When cutting out your bunting, don t cut through this thick line - it holds each flag together. 3. Glue the two halves together. 4. Create two holes with a hole punch along the top edge of the template. 5. Slide the flags onto a length of string or ribbon (hint: once you have threaded a flag on, tie a knot behind each hole to keep the flag in place). Now hang your bunting for all to see!

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10 Carols Here s a selection of our favourite Christmas carols. Choose a couple or sing all ten and spread cheer throughout your community. Away in a Manger Away in a manger No crib for His bed The little Lord Jesus Lay down His sweet head The stars in the sky Look down where He lay The little Lord Jesus Asleep on the hay The cattle are lowing The poor Baby wakes But little Lord Jesus No crying He makes I love Thee, Lord Jesus Look down from the sky And stay by my side Til morning is nigh Be near me, Lord Jesus I ask Thee to stay Close by me forever And love me, I pray Bless all the dear children In Thy tender care And take us to Heaven To live with Thee there

11 Deck the Halls Deck the halls with boughs of holly, Fa la la la la la la la! Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la la la la! Don we now our gay apparel, Fa la la la la la la la! Troll the ancient Yuletide carol, Fa la la la la la la la! See the blazing yule before us, Fa la la la la la la la! Strike the harp and join the chorus, Fa la la la la la la la! Follow me in merry measure, Fa la la la la la la la! While I tell of Yuletide treasure, Fa la la la la la la la! Fast away the old year passes, Fa la la la la la la la! Hail the new, ye lads and lasses, Fa la la la la la la la! Sing we joyous all together! Fa la la la la la la la! Heedless of the wind and weather, Fa la la la la la la la! Silent Night Silent night, holy night! All is calm, all is bright. Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child. Holy infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight. Glories stream from heaven afar Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia, Christ the Saviour is born! Christ the Saviour is born Silent night, holy night! Son of God love s pure light. Radiant beams from Thy holy face With dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus Lord, at Thy birth Jesus Lord, at Thy birth

12 The First Noel The first Noel the angels did say Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; In fields where they lay keeping their sheep On a cold winter s night that was so deep. chorus: Noel, Noel Noel, Noel Born is the King of Israel. They looked up and saw a star Shining in the East, beyond them far, And to the earth it gave great light, And so it continued, both day and night. And by the light of that same star Three wise men came from country far, To seek for a King was their intent, And to follow the star whereever it went. This star drew nigh to the northwest; O er Bethlehem it took its rest. And there it did both stop and stay, Right over the place where Jesus lay. Then they did know assuredly Within that house, the King did lie One entered in then for to see And found the babe in poverty. Then entered in those wise men three, Full reverently, upon bended knee, And offered there, in His presence, Their gold and myrrh and frankincense. If we in our time do well We shall be free from death and hell For God hath prepared for us all A resting place in general.

13 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Hark! the herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King! Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With th angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem. Hark! the herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King! Christ, by highest heav n adored: Christ, the everlasting Lord; Late in time behold him come, Offspring of the favored one. Veil d in flesh, the Godhead see; Hail, th incarnate Deity: Pleased, as man, with men to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel! Hark! the herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King! Hail! the heav n born Prince of peace! Hail! the Son of Righteousness! Light and life to all he brings, Risen with healing in his wings Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die: Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth. Hark! the herald angels sing, Glory to the newborn King!

14 Jingle bells Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh Over the fields we go Laughing all the way Bells on bobtail ring Making spirits bright What fun it is to laugh and sing A sleighing song tonight! Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way. Oh! what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh. Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way; Oh! what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh. A day or two ago I thought I d take a ride And soon, Miss Fanny Bright Was seated by my side, The horse was lean and lank Misfortune seemed his lot He got into a drifted bank And then we got upsot. A day or two ago, The story I must tell I went out on the snow, And on my back I fell; A gent was riding by In a one-horse open sleigh, He laughed as there I sprawling lie, But quickly drove away. Now the ground is white Go it while you re young, Take the girls tonight and sing this sleighing song; Just get a bobtailed bay Two forty as his speed Hitch him to an open sleigh

15 Joy to the World Joy to the World, the Lord has come! Let earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven and nature sing, And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing. Joy to the World, the Savior reigns! Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy. No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found, Far as the curse is found, Far as, far as, the curse is found. He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of His righteousness, And wonders of His love, And wonders of His love, And wonders, wonders, of His love

16 O Come All Ye Faithful O Come All Ye Faithful Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem. Come and behold Him, Born the King of Angels; O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord. O Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation, Sing all that hear in heaven God s holy word. Give to our Father glory in the Highest; O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord. All Hail! Lord, we greet Thee, Born this happy morning, O Jesus! for evermore be Thy name adored. Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing; O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.

17 Twelve days of Christmas On the first day of Christmas A partridge in a pear tree. On the second day of Christmas On the third day of Christmas On the fourth day of Christmas Four calling birds, On the fifth day of Christmas Five golden rings, Four calling birds, On the sixth day of Christmas Six geese a laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, On the seventh day of Christmas Seven swans a swimming, Six geese a laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, On the eighth day of Christmas Eight maids a milking, Seven swans a swimming, Six geese a laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, On the ninth day of Christmas Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a milking, Seven swans a swimming, Six geese a laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, On the tenth day of Christmas Ten lords a leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a milking, Seven swans a swimming, Six geese a laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, On the eleventh day of Christmas Eleven pipers piping, Ten lords a leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a milking, Seven swans a swimming, Six geese a laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds, On the twelfth day of Christmas Twelve drummers drumming, Eleven pipers piping, Ten lords a leaping, Nine ladies dancing, Eight maids a milking, Seven swans a swimming, Six geese a laying, Five golden rings, Four calling birds,

18 And a Happy New Year! Good tidings we bring To you and your kin And a Happy New Year! And a Happy New Year! Now bring us some figgy pudding, Now bring us some figgy pudding, Now bring us some figgy pudding, And bring some out here And a Happy New Year! For we all like figgy pudding, We all like figgy pudding, For we all like figgy pudding, So bring some out here And a Happy New Year! And we won t go until we ve got some We won t go until we ve got some We won t go until we ve got some So bring some out here And a Happy New Year!