CHAT Trust runs outreach and drop-in projects to engage with hard to reach young people. CHAT then supports and nurtures them, offering music development and life skills. Clients have gone on to become successes in the music industry, study postgraduate degrees, develop acting careers and even becoming CHAT trustees. CHAT's outreach work in Nuns Moor park is particularly vital at this time of reduced police capacity and lack of funding for parks. Its preventative work in the terraced streets reduces crime and builds community relationships and if these things are lost the burden will fall on public services that will struggle to cope. CHAT has been in financial difficulties since September 2017 and has been immensely successful at carrying on. However, the project is now set to close unless we receive support from you and other generous donors! This call asks for funding to continue CHAT's work

What we'll deliver:

• Continue to undertake outreach work in Nuns Moor park
• Continue to nurture our local musical talent
• Continue to run live performances and to support musical and community life in the west end

Why it's a great idea:

If its not broke, don't fix it! CHAT's work is invaluable to the Arthur's Hill community and highly effective in an area where there are large numbers of unsupervised children and teenagers. CHAT directs energies in positive directions and the result is that bands formed by local young people have underpinned numerous community events over recent years. Why let a project like this go under when the benefits are so clear for all to see? Please support our crowdfunder!

Steps to get it done:

• 1,000 instances of contact with young people to be achived by year one