Coming Alive in 25

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Funded on
07 May 2025

Providing inclusive and exciting arts and leisure activities for people with and without disabilities to come together on equal terms in the community. Helping everyone feel valued and creative.

£930 Raised of £5,657

23 Backers

16%

Our Delivery Report

Funded on 07 May 2025 | Delivered on 30 April 2025

£930

RAISED

23

BACKERS

217

DAYS TO FUND

BIGGEST PLEDGE

Largest pledge from Tunbridge Wells Poetry Festival

£230

From Tunbridge Wells Poetry Festival

£25

MOST POPULAR PLEDGE AMOUNT

25

people have visited this project!

Active Hearts and Minds Ltd

Active Hearts and Minds Ltd donated £10

More about our impact

The environment

Our members remain conscious of environmental issues. A visit to Princess Christian's Farm allowed us to observe and discuss relevant issues.

The local economy

We held sessions where cafes were available, to increase their takings, and we hired several rooms for activities.,

Volunteering, jobs & education

Our members are passionately engaged in what they do. To enable their learning, and increase their social opportunities, we have a number of volunteers to assist activities and to run the organisation.

Arts, culture & heritage

The sessions we held provided creative opportunities, this time in the creation of musical stories.. This link shows the range of activities we have run over the last year, partly funded by our fund-raising: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fFn7iSHbHk&t=3s

Activity, health and leisure

Whenever we meet the members are enthusiastic and cheerful. They like being with each other and there is a strong air of trust. They appreciate the leisure opportunities we give them and we can see it has a strong beneficial on their mood.

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Active Hearts and Minds (AHaM) is an inclusive and democratic not-for-profit company which provides group arts and leisure activities in West Kent. Our organisation is run by its members for its members. Anyone can join us to take part in our exciting range of creative sessions. We know everyone has something to offer creatively and we welcome the talents that different people bring to our groups. Volunteers form the backbone of the organisation and many are also enthusiastic participants in our activities. We are always pleased to welcome more people as volunteers and to join our groups.

At the heart of AH&M is the creative and personal fulfilment of its members, who include people with and without disabilities. The company aims to be as open and fair as possible. Our members have the opportunity to join the AHaM committee, take on roles and vote on decisions. In addition, all members have a say in the kind of projects they wish to see included in our programmes.

We provide AHaM activities FREE of charge and our projects are funded through sponsorship, gifts and grants.

AHaM offers opportunities in music, drama, poetry, photography and art. Some of these activities will involve group visits to places of interest, both indoors and outdoors. We encourage our members to tell us what they would like to do so we may add new activities over time. We run both online and in-person sessions to ensure as much accessibility as possible.

The Directors of the company, Sue Marlow and Charlie Bell are fully hands on. They use their long experience in education and the arts to assist members wherever they can. Sue has been successfully running groups of this type for many years and describes herself as a ‘passionate enthusiast for all things creative and inclusive’. Charlie is a writer with over 50 years’ experience in education, teaching people from 8 to 80 and being a well-known local poet.

Project Owner: Active Hearts and Minds Ltd The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.