LAST Christmas a number of Branches again arranged carol-singing parties, and they were even more successful than before, particularly in Sussex. East Grinstead (Sussex), which has led the way with this method of helping the Life-boat Service, collected no less than £27, which was £11 more than in the previous year. The Cuckfield (Sussex) Branch sent out a party which sang at Cuckfield, Haywards Heath and Ling- field, and collected £12. Other Branches which again went carol-singing were Leatherhead (Surrey), which had two parties, Tenterden (Kent) and Wolver- hampton (Staffordshire). Dorking (Surrey), Bishop's Stortford (Hertford- shire) and Wilden (part of the Kidder- minster, Worcestershire, Branch) also had parties. The Bognor Regis (Sussex) Carol Party collected over £30, more than twice as much as in the previous year, and again divided it between the Institution and the National Insti- tute for the Blind. The Brockenhurst (Hampshire) Choral Society gave the proceeds of its carol-singing, six guineas, to the Institution, and so did a party of carol-singers at Stevenage (Hertford- shire)..