The choir helping people turn their lives around

Those who join Perth's Second Chance Choir usually come from backgrounds marked by trauma and violence. (ABC News: Mya Kordic)

The Second Chance Choir is made up of people who come together for support, community and music.

The choir has performed at Christmas concerts in Perth's CBD and at community events.

New members are always welcome and the choir is open to everyone.

On a gloomy Tuesday evening, the sound of Amazing Grace drifts out of an unassuming building, wedged between a sports store and a government office in Perth's north.

Inside, dozens of people are shedding their inhibitions to sing loud and proud, putting aside years of trauma, violence and addiction.

This is the Second Chance Choir, a group of people who come together for support, community and music.

Choir founder Jade Lewis came up with the idea in 2009 while running a support program in a women's prison.

"I saw a group of women who had lost their voice and I could relate, because I had lost my own voice through trauma and addiction," she said.

Second Chance Choir founder Jade Lewis says the group is open to everyone. (ABC News: Mya Kordic)

Ms Lewis admitted she was initially reluctant to work with offenders.

"But then I got the courage and I began to think, well somebody helped me when I was in my brokenness, then perhaps I should be helping them in their brokenness," she said.

"I started to see a lot of their challenges came when they actually finished their time in prison. They found it hard to get homes, jobs, to get on with their life."

Although many members belong to faith communities and their main song is the Christian hymn Amazing Grace, Ms Lewis said the choir was open to everyone.

Perth's Second Chance Choir brings people together who need support. (ABC News: Mya Kordic)

"Singing a song and coming together in a non-invasive, non-intrusive environment … you start to meet people that have overcome their own challenges," she said.

"[Members] find people that believe in them and who are willing to give them a second chance, and what I really love about the choir is that they don't just find their voice, they find their song."

Ryan Brownhill started taking drugs at 15, eventually becoming addicted to amphetamines.

"I was very broken, very anxious, very lost, depressed," he said.

"My life was lacking hope and I didn't know a way out of the life I was living."

Ryan Brownhill says the choir gave him a second chance at life after years of drug addiction. (ABC News: Mya Kordic)

Mr Brownhill found the choir through his church after getting clean at 25.

"So to be