We have Arts Council support but we have to unlock it!
We are thrilled the Arts Council has awarded £14,950 as a National Lottery Project Grant. This provides the major part of funding for a pilot project in a close working partnership with Norfolk Library Information Services and artists. A funder we approached for the critical matched funding to release the ACE funds of 10% of the estimated total project budget of £25,000, has advised us sadly they cannot support us after all. So we are approaching you as leaders in the business community asking for your help in the form of a corporate social donation, perhaps £500, £1,500 or even the full 10%, £2,500.
Creative learning in the community: pilot projects with libraries
The project will develop NPT Creative Learning services and deliver immediate benefits to families and children visiting libraries in Norwich, Aylsham and Brundall. We shall use our skills and experience to explore how puppetry and creative play can have a positive impact on the work of Norfolk Library Information Service.
Your co-funding help will help ensure we can
- Develop and run programmes with 3 children’s libraries of different sizes (main, town and village scale libraries in terms of users and building spaces) and different settings (city, market town, rural)
- Present in each of the partner libraries a programme of professional development for library staff, a touring puppet show and one or more puppet making and performing workshops, all with a focus on how these can assist the development of literacy skills (reading and writing)
- Evaluate these programmes against agreed indicators, including the delivery of public benefit to users, report the results and propose future development
Benefits for your firm
- Demonstrate active corporate commitment to wider activities in our cultural and social landscape
- Share in the publicity about the project in the communities where the events will be run
- Recognition of support in our evaluation reports as well as updates and summaries on social media
- Recognition of your support on our website
Please get in touch with us if you would like to offer or discuss support! Perhaps there are other opportunities for us to work together. We have been a regular venue for book, music, and charity launches as well as corporate events. So if you haven’t visited us before or in depth, perhaps you would like to visit for a short tour and a chat over coffee? You can contact us by email or phone: Ian Woods will have the fullest picture on [email protected], 01603 615564 or you can contact me [email protected]. Thank you Nic Hopkins, Chair of Board of Trustee