Charity Work
The Perry Parsons Big Band is an offshoot of the Vyners Swing Band, both being non-profitmaking bands. They offer their services to any charity event and any money made is donated to charity. The bands' support for charity, both local and national, over the period 1988-present has made over £107,000 for charity! These donations are broken down in the table below.
| 2007 |
PPBB Charity Concert for St. Mary's Church Roof,
Sunbury |
£1300 |
| 2007 |
VSB/PPBB Comic Relief Concert William Byrd School |
£610 |
| 2006 |
PPBB Sue Banks Birthday Party Scanner Appeal |
£1010 |
| 2006 |
Thames Valley Hospice (Denham Village Hall) |
£726 |
| 2006 |
PPBB Concerts Water Aid (Ruislip Gold Club) |
£300 |
| 2006 |
PPBB Charity WW2 Dinner/Dance for Barclays Bank
Charities |
£2300 |
| 2006 |
PPBB Charity Concerts - Ickenham Churches at Ruislip Golf Club |
£250 |
| 2006 |
VSB/PPBB Swakeleys House Concert for
Ickenham Festival |
£4500 |
| 2006 |
VSB/PPBB Mayor of Hillingdon’s Charity Appeals Concert W
Churchill Hall |
£1400 |
| 2006 |
West House Appeal, Pinner |
£475 |
| 2006 |
PPBB Charity Concert for Michael Sobell House at Ruislip Golf Club |
£720 |
| 2006 |
PPBB 'Blitz Ball' for Iver Nature Study Centre / HART (Hillingdon Aids Response Trust) |
£2000 |
| 2006 |
VSB's Moose International Concert for Whizz-Kidz |
£1410 |
| 2006 |
PPBB Concert Stroke Unit, Hillingdon Hosp at Ruislip Golf Club |
£425 |
| 2005 |
PPBB Concerts for Thames Valley Hospice, Denham Residents |
£900 |
| 2005 |
PPBB Masonic Dinner/Dance for RNLI |
£300 |
| 2005 |
PPBB Slough Alzheimer’s Society Concert |
£50 |
| 2005 |
VSB Concert for 1st Ickenham Scouts |
£68 |
| 2005 |
VSB’s ‘Music on a Summer’s Day’ for Glebe School |
£850 |
| 2005 |
PPBB West House Pinner Charity Concert |
£773 |
| 2005 |
PPBB ‘Las Vegas Evening’ for Great Ormond Street Hospital |
£2000 |
| 2005 |
VSB for St. Mary’s Church roof Harefield |
£657 |
| 2005 |
2005 PPBB 'In the Mood' Dance for Iver Nature Study Centre |
£2000 |
| 2005 |
PPBB Charity Concert for St. Mary’s Church Tower, Sunbury |
£1200 |
| 2005 |
VSB Concert for William Byrd School Music Dept Equipment |
£100 |
| 2005 |
PPBB Charity Concert for Comic Relief |
£431 |
| 2005 |
VSB Charity Concert for Mayor of Hillingdon’s Charity (£600), VSB at Hounslow Rotary Charity Concert (£600) |
£1200 |
| 2005 |
VSB at the Beck Theatre Hayes. Concert for Mayor of Hillingdon’s Charity (raised £4300) |
£700 |
| 2005 |
VSB/PPBB New Year Celebration for AIDS/Zulu Orphanage Tour (£780), Tsunami Earthquake £790) |
£1570 |
| 2004 |
Mr & Mrs Martin Golden Wedding Celebration, Denham - Chiltern Cheshire Home (£305), RELATE (£195) |
£500 |
| 2004 |
Two Charity Concerts at Rusilip Golf Club for AIDS/Zulu children (£625) and Harlington Hospice (£225) |
£850 |
| 2004 |
VSB/Michaelhouse Big Band Elthorne Rotary Charity Concert for AIDS/Zulu children |
£2700 |
| 2004 |
VSB/PPBB Swakeleys House Concert for Ickenham Festival |
£3500 |
| 2004 |
Charity Concert at Echelford School Ashford for Shop Mobility Staines |
£723 |
| 2004 |
Ruislip Golf Club Charity Concert for Mayor’s Charity |
£500 |
| 2004 |
VSB Charity Concert for St. Mary’s Church roof, Harefield |
£1000 |
| 2003 |
PPBB Charity Concert for Haywards Heath Festival with Capital Connection (for local Hospice) |
£1000 |
| 2003 |
PPBB Charity Evening for Gerrards Cross (Disabled) Youth Club |
£900 |
| 2003 |
PPBB at Hillingdon Borough FC Fireworks Evening (raised over £2000 ? for various charities) |
£2000 |
| 2003 |
Charity Dance for Slough Crossroads (Caring for Carers) |
£1000 |
| 2003 |
Charity Concert for Heart of Harefield |
£750 |
| 2003 |
Charity Concert for the Shooting Star Trust Appeal (local Children's Hospice) |
£1328 |
| 2003 |
Moose International Charity Concert for MacMillan Nurses Cancer Relief Appeal |
£720 |
| 2003 |
plus many other small donations (£5 - £30) |
£600 |
| 2002 |
Charity Concert for Tuberous Sclerosis Association |
£1000 |
| 2002 |
Swakeleys Concert for Festival of Ickenham |
£3000 |
| 2002 |
Michael Sobell House 25th Anniversary Celebration |
£280 |
| 2002 |
Hillingdon Borough FC Fireworks Evening |
£? |
| 2002 |
Eastcote Rotary Club Beck Theatre Charity Concert for Make Dreams Come True |
£2500 |
| 2001 |
Charity Concert Aid For Autism - Fairfield Church, Northwood (£200); £200 donation to Roy Castle Foundation |
£400 |
| 2001 |
Charity Concerts for Iver Nature Study Centre (£504), Mayor of Spelthorne's Charities (£702) |
£1206 |
| 2000 |
Swakeleys Concert for Festival of Ickenham (£2200); Age Concern (£150 Donation) |
£2350 |
| 2000 |
Aid for Autism Charity Concert at Fairfield Churc,h Northwood Hills |
£150 |
| 2000 |
Beck Theatre Ploughman's Lunch for "Friends of the Beck" |
£100 |
| 2000 |
The Anaphylaxis Campaign - London Marathon (£138); Roy Castle Cause For Hope Foundation (£250) |
£388 |
| 2000 |
VSB Concerts for Vyners School Sports Hall (£531) & Age Concern Hillingdon (£633) |
£1164 |
| 1999 |
VSB Charity Concert for Moose International Charity / British Diabetic Association |
£505 |
| 1999 |
Kent House / St. Barnabus Court Residential Homes Dinner/Dance |
£350 |
| 1999 |
MusIckenham Concert for Roy Castle "Cause for Hope" Foundation |
£1000 |
| 1999 |
Charity Concert for Hayes Ward Hillingdon Hospital (for Fred Dell) |
£1000 |
| 1998 |
Charity Concert for Hayes Ward Hillingdon Hospital (for Fred Dell) |
£164 |
| 1998 |
Gala Day Concert |
£1200 |
| 1998 |
Dinner/Dance for the Festival of Ickenham |
£627 |
| 1997 |
Rotary Club Dinner/Dance for Ruislip/Northwood Rotary Charities |
£750 |
| 1997 |
VSB Moose International Concert for the Arthritis and Rheumatism Council (ARC) |
£797 |
| 1997 |
VSB MusIckenham Concert for Mayor of Hillingdon's Charity, CROSSROADS |
£452 |
| 1997 |
Roy Castle 'Cause for Hope' Foundation |
£185 |
| 1997 |
Golden Anniversary Dinner/Dance for Mayor of Hillingdon's Charity |
£350 |
| 1997 |
VSB Charity Concert for Ickenham Arthritis Care |
£604 |
| 1996 |
Rotary Club Dinner/Dance for Ruislip/Northwood Rotary Charities |
£800 |
| 1996 |
VSB Charity Concert for the Mayor of Hillindon's Charity |
£865 |
| 1996 |
Ickenham Festival Swakeleys House Concert for the Church Hall, St. Giles |
£750 |
| 1996 |
Dinner/Dance Concert for Pield Heath House School, Uxbridge |
£250 |
| 1996 |
Concert/Dinner for Hillingdon House Farm Action Group |
£1200 |
| 1995 |
VSB Moose International Concert for British Heart Foundation |
£1184 |
| 1995 |
Donation to Moose Charities |
£100 |
| 1995 |
Rotary Club Dinner/Dance for Ruislip/Horthwood Rotary Charities |
£1010 |
| 1995 |
Elgiva Theatre Variety Performance (with Vic Ash) for Roy Castle 'Cause for Hope' Appeal |
£2500 |
| 1995 |
Collection at Middlesex Show for Roy Castle 'Cause for Hope' Appeal |
£70 |
| 1995 |
Pinner Inited Free Church Charity concert for Pinner UFC Youth Work |
£205 |
| 1995 |
Pinner UFC Charity Concert for Roy Castle 'Cause for Hope' Appeal |
£250 |
| 1995 |
Ruislip Lions/Hillingdon Borough FC Fireworks Display (raised over £3000 for charity) |
£? |
| 1994 |
VSB Charity Concert for Mayor of Hillingdon's Charity Appeal - Alzheimer's Disease |
£1666 |
| 1994 |
Collection at Ickenham W.I. Dinner for The Thomas Appeal |
£152 |
| 1994 |
Collection at Middlesex Show for Roy Castle 'Cause for Hope' Appeal |
£250 |
| 1994 |
Ickenham Festival Swakeleys House Concert for Charles Curran House, Ickenham |
£700 |
| 1994 |
VSB House Concert for Moose International Charities |
£250 |
| 1994 |
Donation to Uxbridge and District Victim Support |
£100 |
| 1994 |
VSB Charity Concert for Motor Neurone Disease Association |
£1302 |
| 1994 |
VSB Elgive Theatre Charity Concert for Roy Castle 'Cause for Hope' Appeal |
£2900 |
| 1993 |
VSB Moose International Charity Concert for the Leukaemia Research Fund |
£1163 |
| 1993 |
Collection at Middlesex Show for Motor Neurone Disease Association |
£140 |
| 1993 |
Langley Free Church Dinner/Dance for Langley Free Church Youth Group |
£170 |
| 1992 |
RNLI Beaconsfield Luncheon Party |
£1000 |
| 1992 |
Middlesex Show Beck Theatre Charity Concert for Hillingdon/Chiltern Cheshire Homes |
£1019 |
| 1992 |
Langley Free Church Dinner/Dance for Slough Schools Christian Groups |
£265 |
| 1991 |
Guilford Moose International Concert for Cystic Fibrosis |
£150 |
| 1991 |
VSB Charity Concert for the Lena Appeal |
£265 |
| 1991 |
VSB 'Roy Castle' Concert for Hillingdon and Chiltern Cheshire Homes |
£1540 |
| 1991 |
Post Concert donation for Chiltern Cheshire Homes |
£1000 |
| 1991 |
Hillingdon/Elthorne Rotary Club Dinner/Concert for Michael Sobell Hospice |
£508 |
| 1990 |
VSB Charity Concert for Age Concern Hillingdon |
£658 |
| 1990 |
URC Ickenham Concert for Crisis, Refugees in Jordan & Adopted Third World Family |
£305 |
| 1990 |
Guilford Moose International Concert for Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, Farnham |
£75 |
| 1990 |
VSB Concert for Mayor of Hillingdon's Charity Appeal |
£405 |
| 1989 |
Guidford Moose International Charity Concert for Cherry Trees Care Centre |
£150 |
| 1989 |
VSB Charity Concert for The Niner Club (autistic children) |
£550 |
| 1988 |
VSB Charity Concert for Uxbridge Samaritans |
£300 |
