Now there’s a slogan for a T-shirt. The description is Val Regan’s. She’s part of Sing for A Change, a not-for-profit group formed to get novices singing.

This is no X-Factor talent hunt, though; sessions are simply about discovering the feel-good factor singing gives.

“Our workshops are fun. They give novices the chance to sing the hearts out without being judged at all,” says Sheffielder Val.  She and Andrea Small decided to tap into the popularity for choral singing created in the wake of programmes like Military Wives.