Front Street Songs Community Hub Tour

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Funded on
05 Jan 2023

Front Street Songs delivers family-friendly music performances. In school holidays in 2023, we would like to partner with community organisations in Sunderland to take Front Street Songs on tour!

£9,004 Raised of £8,644

37 Backers

104%

Our Delivery Report

Funded on 05 January 2023 | Delivered on 22 December 2023

£9,004

RAISED

37

BACKERS

60

DAYS TO FUND

BIGGEST PLEDGE

£3,000

From Integrated Care Board Sunderland

£10

MOST POPULAR PLEDGE AMOUNT

372

people have visited this project!

community partnerships built

15 community partnerships built

donated £10

We Make Culture CIC donated £500

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Sunderland City Council donated £3,000

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National Lottery - Community Fund donated £1,200

More about our impact

Arts, culture & heritage

We delivered 20 community family-friendly gigs, targeted at community hubs in areas of economic deprivation with families who are least likely to engage with cultural activity. We also delivered 4 private sessions to families in refuge at Wearside Women in Need and to More than Grandparents, giving performances that specifically targeted kinship families. In doing this we did performances in all 5 council wards and developed new relationships in new areas, such as with Washington Mind, North East Sport and St Lukes Centre.

http://www.wemakeculture.co.uk

We Make Culture CIC is a social enterprise based in Sunderland, which delivers high-quality, embedded music-making programmes across the city. Founded in 2017, our mission is to bring people together through music-making, supporting the development of creative confidence and increase people’s capacity to fulfil their potential and be heard.

Our aims

Everyone makes culture

We believe that taking part in culture should not be a function of a person’s social or economic circumstances. We believe that creative talent and potential are everywhere, but opportunity to participate and flourish is not. Our work strives to change this, by targeting our work in places with least opportunity and supporting them to thrive.

Culture is collaborative

Both within projects and when working with other organisations, we believe culture is collaborative. Our activities bring people together – to achieve, to learn and to have fun – with co-creation and generosity at the heart of everything we do. We actively seek out partner organisations who share our values and believe we are stronger working together.

Value in everyone’s story

We support participants to express themselves authentically in ways which are meaningful and relevant to them. We believe, through self-expression, people can affect positive changes in their lives and in society.

Long term, sustained commitment for systemic change

We commit to working long term with people, communities and organisations, believing that it takes time to develop and nurture meaningful relationships and trust. Our work is led by the needs of participants, and we believe in learning, reflecting and adapting our approach as we go.

Project Owner: We Make Culture CIC The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.