Coming Alive in 25

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

BACKERS

217

DAYS TO FUND

BIGGEST PLEDGE

£230

From Tunbridge Wells Poetry Festival

£25

MOST POPULAR PLEDGE AMOUNT

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Active Hearts and Minds Ltd donated £10

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We had to revise our target bea=cause we are a Company limited by Guarantee and are limited to taking in £5,000 in any financial year. We had already received a lot of that in the current year and so had to decline the KCC and Health Authority grants. This left us (after fee deductions) with £874 raised by our supporters, something of which we are very proud, It wasn't as much as we had hoped to have but we were the victims of circumstance.

We have used the money to run some worksshops and to fund our office expenses for 2025. This has taken the pressure off our fundraising needs.

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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.