Young at Art display near Warwick for young in need

Away We Go, a concert at All Saints’ church in Preston Bagot by international conductor William Carslake and Peter Mitchell, Armonico Consort’s associate music director, will mark the start of the Children’s Hand and Arm Surgery (Charms) appeal.

Set up by consultant doctor Ruth Lester, who is based at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, the fund, which is supported by the hospital, will help to improve its hand and upper limb service, by research, special training, patient support and provision of facilities for children who have had birth injuries, congenital deformities and hand injuries, beyond those that the NHS can provide.

The concert, which starts at 6pm, will include compositions by Mozart, Bach, Schumann, Verdi and Elgar and Ruth will speak about Charms during the interval.

Those who wish can then make their way to the neighbouring Art Barn at the Old Rectory B&B in the village for a charity supper, supported by the Warwick-based Underwood Wines, and Young at Art exhibition, which features work by children’s illustrators Mathilde Stein and Petr Horacek, ceramist Lucy Crisp and sixth formers from schools around the Midlands.

Tickets for the concert cost £10 and places at the supper, which starts at 8pm, also cost £10. Proceeds will go to the Charms appeal.

The exhibition, which is free to attend, will then be open every day from 10am to 6pm until Sunday October 16. This is the Art Barn’s last event of the year. To find out more about the art space and to book tickets for the Charms evening, call 843023 or email [email protected]