Michael Ball sings with Southend charity

Michael Ball has performed alongside hundreds of Essex musicians with learning disabilities at the Royal Albert Hall. The Music Man Project was founded in Southend by David Stanley BEM and has expanded across the UK with 14 regional teaching centres and its participants perform nationally and abroad.

Michael Ball OBE is one of the charity's patrons and has been explaining how he became involved.

Picture credit: Jamie Niblock/Stuart Woodward/BBC.