Both the Golden Oldies singing charity and Freewheelers Blood Courier Service have both had their funds boosted by £2,000, thanks to the efforts of Midsomer Norton and Radstock Inner Wheel.
At Inner Wheel's recent Centurion Hotel Interclub Lunch, attended by members from around the district, Goldies Founder, Grenville Jones, and volunteer blood bike riders, Jason Phillips and Andy Smith, were presented with their cheques by Joint Inner Wheel Presidents, Mollie Arnold and Linda Tanner.
The money had been raised at a much-enjoyed 'Spring Showstoppers' concert, featuring the talents of Grenville's Bath Male Choir and members of Bath Light Operatic Group.
Grenville has spent much of his life encouraging others to sing and seven years ago was inspired by the American programme 'Young at Heart', to gather older people together to sing pop-style music, thereby beating isolation and loneliness and promoting fun and laughter.
Now, the weekly sessions brighten the lives of 1,700 Goldies across the South West and South Wales with Grenville aspiring that Golden Oldies, with Sir Cliff Richard as its patron, will become a national charity.
If you would like to join one of the Golden Oldies groups locally, see their advert on Page 3 for more details.
Freewheelers volunteers in the Bristol, Bath and Weston branch save people's lives by motorbiking over 100,000 miles a year delivering out-of-hours blood, breast milk, X-rays and medicines, saving the NHS over £150,000 via 3,500 deliveries.
Annually, the service needs £35,000 in sponsorship and donations for its sixty volunteer riders and forty back-up helpers to ride for life for the NHS, its unsung heroes having nationally won the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.