50 Pledges worth £2,0896 months ago
New Brewery Hearts is a movement to give 1200 hours of funded creativity, crafting and making classes to people in our community currently unable to access creativity.
We are all creative – but not everyone gets an opportunity to explore their creativity. We want to change that. New Brewery Hearts is a movement to give 1200 hours of funded creativity, crafting and making opportunities each year to people in our community currently unable to afford to be creative. We will offer fully-funded places on classes, courses and workshops at New Brewery Arts to those who need it the most but can access it least. We’ll partner with local front-line charities to reach those who can benefit from creativity, joy and wellbeing the most.
What we'll deliver:
Why it's a great idea:
Taking part in a creative group activity has many proven benefits from health and wellbeing to growing a feeling of belonging. Health and wellbeing When creating and making our brains produce the happy chemical (dopamine), making us feel happier and boosting our sense of wellbeing Art can help us to emotionally navigate the journey of battling an illness or injury, or to process difficult emotions in times of emergency and challenging events. Through creativity you gain transferable skills such as design, planning, complex thinking, and resilience building through problem-solving Social cohesion Developing connections within your community is a vital part of being human, classes help meet new people from diverse backgrounds Thinking creatively about the world helps us understand and communicate concepts and emotions by drawing on all our senses and capacity for empathy
Steps to get it done:
We have previously offered free spaces on our courses and classes to those who needed it most, (funded by grants). Here’s what participants said “Being able to attend a workshop provides me with a focus and a structure to my week which I need to help my self-esteem and the social isolation I have experienced.” "By doing this [course] I get physiotherapy in my wrist and this movement helps my joints to work and to build up muscles. This course has helped me in so many ways – confidence and finding new friends” "I am passionate about ceramics – it fits in around my responsibilities as a single parent and my chronic health condition (ME). Pottery is the one bit of ‘me time’ I have every week and it keeps me sane. It challenges me and gives me a sense of achievement." "As a disabled person on benefits, I could never have afforded this experience, it’s made me feel worthy of something special. It’s made me feel someone believes in me."
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Location Cirencester
About the space
New Brewery Arts courses take place in Cirencester. People come to us from Swindon, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Malmesbury and other surrounding villages.
Council
Cotswold District Council
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How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £11,831
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Target (inc. fees) £11,831
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VolunteerNew Brewery Arts connects people with the hand-made, promotes the joy and fulfilment of making and celebrates the role of craft and creativity in all our lives.
Formed by and for the local community in 1978 today we are a vibrant craft charity where creativity takes place every day. Our studios are spaces for professional craftspeople – they hum to the sounds of glass furnaces and jewellers’ hammers. Our teaching studios are vibrant, full of life, chatter, community, learning and making with others.
We provide a welcoming space for our communities to spend time with us and with the handmade. Last year we welcomed over 165,000 people through our doors and 93% of our visitors said they felt more enthusiastic about craft after visiting us.
We believe that craft is an important part of society. Craft is a journey that leads to the development of skills, confidence and a sense of achievement. Craft is a language of materials and making, through it we understand the value of things. Hand-crafted objects connect us to human ingenuity, skill and imagination; and through their materials we learn of the resources used, making us more responsible as makers, users and as consumers.
Project Owner: New Brewery Arts The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
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