A huge well done and congratulations to The Music Man Project UK for winning The King's Award for Voluntary Service! A fantastic and very well deserved achievement.

The Music Man Project is an international music education charity for people with learning disabilities founded in Southend that has supported many residents from Castle Point. It provides accessible music tuition, gives grants for accessible arts education, promotes equal access to performance, carries out research and raises awareness of the achievements of disadvantaged people in the arts. Their local concerts are always a highlight of the diary

The King's Award is the highest honour His Majesty can bestow upon a charity and it is a testament to the hard work of the founder, David Stanley BEM, and all those who have contributed to making the charity what it is today.