Hope Song wins at STEP FWD Awards 

Hope Together’s song ‘Rise Up And Serve’ has won Collaboration Of The Year at the 2nd Annual STEP FWD Awards. Released for the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, the song has been a huge success with 89,000 views on YouTube alone. 

This award means a lot to us at Hope being a recognition of our commitment to collaboration and togetherness being produced alongside The Commonwealth Choir including Rend Collective from Northern Ireland, Darlene Zschech from Australia, Brian Doerksen from Canada, Mal Pope and the Morriston Orpheus Choir from Wales, Morris Matavuvale from Fiji, Sheldon Bangera from India, as well as Voices from the Nations percussion, the All Souls Orchestra, the Regent Hall Band of The Salvation Army, David Grant MBE, Graham Kendrick, Lou Fellingham, Sounds of New Wine choir with Creative Director Lawrence Johnson, British Gospel singer Muyiwa Olarewaju OBE, who adds his own words of tribute to the Queen in Hausa, Swahli, Igbo and Yoruba, and the Aldgate School Children’s Choir led by Pat Bilbrough.

The song was also nominated in the Contemporary Worship Song of the Year category recognising its appearance in the UK Christian Chart. 

If you haven’t listened to the award-winning song, watch the music video here filmed at the Tower of London.