xChange Studios - Creative Education

Funded on
18 Jul 2018

We want to transform a disused building into a centre for creative and cultural education for disadvantaged youth in Margate. The building will be a place of training and youth engagement.

£36,919 Raised of £36,346

209 Backers

101%

Our Delivery Report

Funded on 18 July 2018 | Delivered on 11 April 2019

£36,919

RAISED

209

BACKERS

DAYS TO FUND

BIGGEST PLEDGE

£17,000

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£10

MOST POPULAR PLEDGE AMOUNT

100

people have visited this project!

£7,000

DONATED

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1 New part-time job created

19 May 2019

Derelict house transformed into education centre

Thanet Extra

Fred Tarr donated £5

23/05/19 - 23/05/19

xChange Studios Open Event

59 northdown road

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Chris Gourlay donated £10

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18 Days volunteering opportunities

More about our impact

Volunteering, jobs & education

Our project is about providing young people with the support to build confidence and find pathways to education or employment.

http://www.artsedex.org

As a result of this campaign we will be able to expand our programmes and reach within our community and this ultimately means we will be able to work with more young people and provide them with access to space, equipment and learning opportunities they would otherwise not recieve. The space will also enable us to deliver regular community events, including art exhibitions, film screenings, performances and readings.

Arts Education Exchange is a non-profit creative education provider for marginalised youth living in East Kent. The ArtsEd focus is to harness the potential of young people – to inspire social engagement through creative processes and to provide pathways to continued education, employment or work based training. We work in partnership with schools, universities, local youth services, arts organisations and creative practitioners to deliver bespoke arts programmes that tackle issues of social exclusion and low skills. Additionally, our projects help build self-confidence and improve social and emotional wellbeing by engaging young people with their identity, by interacting and communicating with others through creative activities and by connecting with their locality. We believe developing an understanding of these themes leads to a greater sense of belonging and purpose.

We have formed partnerships with Turner Contemporary, University for the Creative Arts, Dreamland and many more local services and organisations as well as schools and youth centres.

Project Owner: Arts Education Exchange CIC The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.

Contractor : Studio Octopi The team responsible for building or installing the project.