This Mandela Day, Bruce Jack Wines is sharing music for change. In collaboration with Headstart Trust, they are collecting secondhand musical instrument to pass on to children in need throughout the Cape.
From Napier to the Cape Flats to Hout Bay, Headstart Trust is going to make a difference by distributing musical instruments to children in urgent need of stimulation and healthy activities. Their aim is to donate 67 instruments to these children.
How it works
Interested in making a difference by donating a musical instrument to a child in need?
- First off, please WhatsApp your name and email address to 072 175 7922, or send us a private message on Facebook or Instagram.
- Drop off your donation at a Bothners Musical Instruments retailer near you.
- We will do the rest!
About Headstart Trust
Uplifting rural districts with the Headstart Trust
Bruce Jack's social upliftment charity Headstart Trust has been working in poor and marginalised communities of the Cape for over 10 years. In the last 5 years, activities centred around Napier in the Overberg, where the Jack family farm is located. Working at Protea Primary in Napier, we started with an organic vegetable garden development; warm beanies for the young learners in winter; and donations of extra furniture, annual stationery, and art equipment. We also arranged outreach programmes from privileged schools in Cape Town to do community service in Napier.
Elspeth Jack Music Trust
The late Elspeth Jack first moved from Cape Town to the Napier district twenty years ago. Elspeth’s keen interest in the local community and her desire to stimulate social upliftment left an indelible mark on her son Bruce. He now continues her work through Headstart's Elspeth Jack Music Trust – established in her memory to provide music education opportunities and outreach programs for poor and needy children in impoverished, rural areas of South Africa.
In 2018 the Headstart Trust introduced a Music Education Programme. The results reflected international experience and research and were astounding. Music pupils showed an average annual attendance rate increase from around 75% to 98%. Their general behaviour and academic results in other subjects also improved markedly.