Life changing

Inspiring Ben takes centre stage for his Big Surprise

In 2017, Ben ‘Buddy’ Slack came up with an idea to help support those facing the end of their life in his local city of Leeds. The songwriter and musician’s project, The Swan Song, was set up to provide terminally ill people – and those closest to them – with the opportunity to write and record their own original song.

In just two years, Ben’s National Lottery funded project has helped dozens of people process and articulate their emotions through the power of song-writing. And so, after all the amazing work he’s done in such a short time, we wanted to provide some of the people he’s supported with the chance to say thank you. With the help of his favourite band and a crowd of his fans, we pulled off a really big surprise especially for Ben.

Watch the film below to see what happened.

31st May 2019

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