RM Associate Jai Ramage masterminds 'True Colours' for Katie Piper Foundation

The Katie Piper Foundation is the leading support network for people living with burns and disfigurement in the UK.

The idea to record a single was masterminded by RM Associate Jai Ramage. Jai taught Adele Pope three years ago when she studied at Tring Park: School for the Performing Arts, and felt incredibly moved watching Adele tell her story on the Channel 4 TV programme Katie: My Beautiful Friends.

Jai is the vocal coach for Eden Voices, an ensemble of some of the country’s finest female singers, and suggested to them the idea of recording a charity single:

“The response I had from them was overwhelming – many of them have read Katie’s book, seen the programme and so were eager to get involved. It felt right that Adele should sing the song, being a great singer and an ambassador for the charity, everyone was so excited when she agreed!”

The single was launched today and is available to download from iTunes, with all proceeds going to The Katie Piper Foundation.

And Jai is interviewed in the behind-the-scenes footage from the recording day on YouTube.

Ballet student Adele suffered an epileptic fit in the shower, knocking the tap as she fell, and was left with third degree burns covering 46 per cent of her body. She is now an Ambassador for the Katie Piper Foundation is studying at Durham University and True Colours is her recording debut. Adele said, “I feel so privileged to be a part of this project and I have loved every second of the recording process. My hope is that this single will make a difference in two ways – firstly to raise as much money as we can for the Katie Piper Foundation; secondly I hope that by downloading the single, the public will have a chance to show their support for the struggle that burns survivors and people with disfigurements have to face every day. That feeling of mass support and acceptance might even do some good on its own!”