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Help Lewisham Live develop more opportunities for young people

21/07/2017 By Editor Leave a Comment

This year’s Lewisham Live Festival has been a big hit so far. If you haven’t attended any of the events you can still make it to the Arts & Crafts Day at PLACE /Ladywell on 29 July.

Programmed and run by a consortium of top-class arts organisations in the borough, the festival in 2017 saw 16 performances, in 9 prestigious venues and included well over 2000 young participants.

Lewisham Live Festival will be back in 2018, providing many more unique performance and development opportunities for local children and young people.
Partners provide their time and use of venues often at little or no cost to ensure funds go to where they are needed most; development opportunities for young people, however against the current financial climate, keeping the festival affordable is always an uphill challenge.

Lewisham Live has launched a crowdfunder campaign to raise funds helping to ensure that ticket prices for the Live Voices and Live Dance events, held at The Broadway Theatre Catford, remain affordable for families.

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Natalie Clarke, Festival Coordinator said: “So many young people state year after year how much of an incredible experience it is to perform somewhere as prestigious as the Broadway Theatre and that seeing their mums, dads, siblings and grandparents in the audience is something they will never forget. It’s a real honour to be able to provide such exceptional opportunities for Lewisham’s young people, but it is increasingly more expensive. We are hoping individuals, group and businesses will support our crowdfunding campaign so we can make sure as many young people have the chance to perform in this iconic local treasure and see their loved ones cheering them on.”

Lewisham Live is working to raise £3000 from their crowdfunding campaign, which will be used as matched funding for an arts council application helping to secure the festival activity and costs for 2018. There are various ‘pledges’ offering marketing credits, event tickets and promotion in exchange for donations, but any support however big or small is a great help.

Visit Lewisham Live’s 2018 crowdfunding page and pledge what you can. It has 40 days left to run.

Follow their progress and more information about the festival on social media and on their blog.

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