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'I want to show you | 0:00:10 | 0:00:12 | |
'how music can transform the lives of people who've lost their way. | 0:00:12 | 0:00:15 | |
'People like the 173,000 of us who ended up homeless last year.' | 0:00:15 | 0:00:21 | |
Everyone's experienced tough times in their lives, myself included. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:26 | |
I've always found music has helped pull me through. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:29 | |
But I've always had a warm place to sleep | 0:00:29 | 0:00:31 | |
and people who cared about me and money for food. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
Not everyone's always so fortunate. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:37 | |
Shane Nolan's descent into homelessness | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
began innocently enough in his teenaged years. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:44 | |
I was a really active person with friends, | 0:00:44 | 0:00:46 | |
going out partying and stuff like that. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:48 | |
So, you know, pretty much the soul and life of most parties. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:52 | |
Um, then it got to a point where it got quite dark | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
and the party scene sort of gave up. | 0:00:54 | 0:00:57 | |
I got involved with heroin at the age of 18. | 0:00:57 | 0:00:59 | |
Before long, Shane was in the grip of heroin addiction. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:05 | |
I didn't really give a damn about anyone besides myself. | 0:01:06 | 0:01:10 | |
It just took me to a place | 0:01:10 | 0:01:11 | |
where I just didn't really care about anyone else | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
besides getting what I wanted, using, getting high. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:18 | |
In the chaos of addiction, Shane ended up sleeping rough. | 0:01:20 | 0:01:25 | |
Freezing cold sometimes, | 0:01:25 | 0:01:27 | |
you know, not having enough clothes, not having enough food. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:32 | |
I was living, I was present, | 0:01:32 | 0:01:34 | |
but I was literally dead inside, you know, | 0:01:34 | 0:01:36 | |
so I had to fuel that with drinking and using drugs. | 0:01:36 | 0:01:40 | |
Shane was just about surviving as a homeless drug addict, | 0:01:40 | 0:01:43 | |
but when his mother died, everything changed. | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
I got to a point where I just thought, "No, | 0:01:46 | 0:01:50 | |
"I can't go on like this, I can't deal with the pain." | 0:01:50 | 0:01:53 | |
I had attempted to take my life. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:57 | |
I didn't want to be here any more. | 0:01:57 | 0:01:58 | |
At his lowest point, Shane needed to find something | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
that would start to give his life a new meaning. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
Homelessness is not just about lacking a roof over your head. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
People can often feel | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
as though they've lost their sense of identity and belonging, | 0:02:12 | 0:02:15 | |
and that's why I'm asking you to help this charity | 0:02:15 | 0:02:17 | |
that gives people hope and invites homeless people in from the cold | 0:02:17 | 0:02:22 | |
to experience the transcendental power of music | 0:02:22 | 0:02:25 | |
by singing together as one. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:27 | |
This is The Choir With No Name. | 0:02:27 | 0:02:29 | |
# Ooh-ooh-ooh, snowman | 0:02:31 | 0:02:33 | |
# Until the other kiddies knock him down | 0:02:33 | 0:02:37 | |
# When it snows, ain't it thrilling! | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
# Though your nose gets a chilling | 0:02:41 | 0:02:45 | |
# We'll frolic and play the Inuit way | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
# Walking in a winter wonderland! # | 0:02:49 | 0:02:56 | |
Yay! | 0:02:58 | 0:03:00 | |
That was absolutely tremendous, thank you so much. | 0:03:00 | 0:03:03 | |
'The choir provides a place of refuge for people like Suzanne, | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
'who, like many that end up on the streets, | 0:03:07 | 0:03:09 | |
'experienced appalling abuse in her past.' | 0:03:09 | 0:03:12 | |
It was a planned rape, and I was 15 and a half. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:17 | |
Then it happened again. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
And it changed my life...completely. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:22 | |
So I tried to block it. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:24 | |
And I turned to drink. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:27 | |
And then it started to become addictive. | 0:03:27 | 0:03:30 | |
The bottle was my mate. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:33 | |
Nobody else was my mate, but the bottle was my mate. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
And without the bottle, I didn't exist. | 0:03:38 | 0:03:40 | |
Suzanne spent years drifting in and out of work | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
and ended up in prison for a short time. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:46 | |
When she got out, she had nowhere to call home. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
I was homeless for three years, and I was on the streets. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:54 | |
I couldn't get myself together. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
I knew that this...thing like I've become, | 0:03:56 | 0:04:00 | |
like drinking and abusive and swearing and nasty, | 0:04:00 | 0:04:05 | |
I thought, "That's not my character, I'm not nasty inside. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:09 | |
"So this drink is taking the worst out of me." | 0:04:09 | 0:04:13 | |
I didn't want to be horrible towards other people any more. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
That's why I knew I had to change. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:22 | |
The reasons why people end up adrift are often very complicated, | 0:04:27 | 0:04:30 | |
and that's what so great about The Choir With No Name. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:34 | |
No matter their background, the members are welcomed in | 0:04:34 | 0:04:36 | |
to enjoy the uplifting feeling of singing together, | 0:04:36 | 0:04:40 | |
experience something beautiful | 0:04:40 | 0:04:42 | |
and, for a little while, set their worries aside. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
# In the meadow we can build a snowman... # | 0:04:45 | 0:04:49 | |
The charity has thriving choirs, like this one in London, | 0:04:49 | 0:04:52 | |
in Birmingham and Liverpool, too, | 0:04:52 | 0:04:54 | |
but with your help they would be able to create more choirs | 0:04:54 | 0:04:57 | |
and reach hundreds more people across the UK. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:01 | |
Finding a place where you belong is a really key element to progressing | 0:05:01 | 0:05:06 | |
and to kind of finding a way out of the difficulty that you've been in, | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
and so that's what we provide here, basically. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:12 | |
It's somewhere where people find a home | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
and can really start to feel like themselves again and progress. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:18 | |
After 37 years of heavy drinking, | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
Suzanne was desperate for something to replace the bottle, | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
and a friend told her about the choir. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:28 | |
As soon I saw them all, I felt that this was the place for me to be. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:35 | |
This is the place for me to start to sort my life out. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
I started to feel...comfortable, because it's like a family. | 0:05:38 | 0:05:43 | |
Having attended rehearsals for the last five months, | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
Suzanne is now beginning to feel herself changing. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:51 | |
It's beginning to replace alcohol. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
I never thought I'd find something that could replace it, | 0:05:54 | 0:05:56 | |
not after 37 years. | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 | |
The more I think about going there and concentrating | 0:05:58 | 0:06:01 | |
and doing what I've got to do, the better I feel. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
So that's the best thing I ever did | 0:06:04 | 0:06:07 | |
is join the choir. | 0:06:07 | 0:06:08 | |
Once a week the members of this choir | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
can come to a place where they are not in any way judged, | 0:06:10 | 0:06:13 | |
and that regular commitment and sense of purpose | 0:06:13 | 0:06:17 | |
really can form the foundations of a new life. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:20 | |
# Turn around | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
# Every now and then I get a little bit lonely... # | 0:06:22 | 0:06:26 | |
Shane joined the choir, performed in their videos | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
and has been taken aback by the powerful effect of singing. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:32 | |
'It's release.' | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
Being able to vocalise, maybe just that little bit of anger, | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
that little bit of hurt, | 0:06:39 | 0:06:41 | |
the little bit of, you know, that joyfulness. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
# And I need you now tonight... # | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
'And it does actually take you out of self. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
'It's a big confidence booster.' | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
# And if you'll only hold me tight... # | 0:06:50 | 0:06:54 | |
After spending four years in the choir, | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
Shane successfully got himself through drug rehab, | 0:06:57 | 0:07:00 | |
now has a roof over his head and a job helping fellow addicts. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:05 | |
I love what I do at the moment, I really do. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
It nurturing me, it's nurturing others. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
If I hadn't been with The Choir With No Name, | 0:07:10 | 0:07:12 | |
for that amount of time, I don't think | 0:07:12 | 0:07:16 | |
I'd be as confident as I am today without singing and nurturing music. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:21 | |
# A total eclipse of the heart. # | 0:07:21 | 0:07:26 | |
Being homeless is especially difficult this time of year, | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
so it's vitally important that The Choir With No Name | 0:07:35 | 0:07:37 | |
is able to continue giving people the strength | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
and inspiration to rebuild their lives. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:42 | |
So far the charity has been able to help hundreds of people, | 0:07:42 | 0:07:46 | |
but there are many more out there | 0:07:46 | 0:07:48 | |
who they want to touch with the power of song. | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
With your help, they can. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:52 | |
Please go to the website, it's bbc.co.uk/lifeline, | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
where you can donate. | 0:07:56 | 0:07:58 | |
If you don't have access to the internet, then call 0800 011 011. | 0:07:58 | 0:08:02 | |
If you don't get through straightaway, | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
please, please try again. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:06 | |
You can also donate £10 by texting. | 0:08:06 | 0:08:09 | |
Texts cost £10 plus your standard network message charge, | 0:08:11 | 0:08:15 | |
and the whole £10 goes to The Choir With No Name. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:19 | |
Full terms and conditions can be found at bbc.co.uk/lifeline. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:25 | |
Telephone calls are free from most landlines. | 0:08:25 | 0:08:27 | |
Some networks and mobile operators will charge for these calls. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:31 | |
Or if you'd like to post a donation, | 0:08:31 | 0:08:33 | |
please make your cheque payable to The Choir With No Name | 0:08:33 | 0:08:37 | |
and send it to Freepost, BBC Lifeline Appeal, | 0:08:37 | 0:08:40 | |
writing Choir With No Name on the back of the envelope. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:44 | |
And if you want the charity to claim Gift Aid on your donation, | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
please include an e-mail or postal address | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
so that they can send you a Gift Aid form. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:52 | |
Thank you. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 |