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Community Development for Homeless and Persons with Disability

Community Development for Homeless and Persons with Disability Case of The Reclaimers' Street Orchestra Project - Promotion and Advertising 1.0 Situational Analysis Founded by Charles Neville, the "The Reclaimers' Street Orchestra Project" is a Brisbane-based community project which aimed at pooling together homeless and persons with disability through constructing stringed, percussion and wind instruments made from savaged materials. The Reclaimers' Project also provides the homeless and disabled persons to play music together both in small and large groups. Aside from holding workshops two times a week, the project now boasts for its 24-piece orchestra that performs locally, mainly in community events such as the Reverse Garbage opening. Instruments used in performance are handmade, pitch perfect and crafted from recycled materials. Further, the Reclaimers' Project is spearheaded by Reclink, a not-for-profit charitable organisation which dedicates itself t...