In 2012 I spent a few weeks volunteering as a piano teacher at the Nicolas Robinson school in Northern Ethiopia. Next month I'm revisiting briefly to catch up with friends there, and to do more teaching, along with my nephew who will be teaching guitar. I'm looking for donations towards having the school piano tuned (this involves flying a tuner 700km from the capital, Addis Ababa). I'd also like to be able to send the school a digital piano in the near future.

Learn more about the Nicolas Robinson school, what it is achieving and how and why it was founded here: Nicolas Robinson School.

There will be a gig on 31st January at The Crescent, York, with proceeds from tickets going towards this project. Featuring "Encouraging the Loony", with "Jimbo Doomface and the Ali Souffle" and "The Dixie Bandits", promises to be a lot of silly fun! Learn more/buy tickets here: Loony Fundraiser Gig.