A little more on the projects we’ve featured: •
Act4Africa (Kasese, Uganda) – AIDS/HIV prevention through Theatre for Development including training to lead workshops locally
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Altaer and Happygoff (UK) – providing spaces for Goth and artistic communities to engage
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Balanya (Music for Guatemala) – enabling a youth orchestra to sustain their music through learning to repair own instruments
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Biblelands – Spafford Children’s Centre (East Jerusalem) – summer camps encouraging selfexpression for 12-16 year olds with disabilities from the West Bank Casa Alianza (Nicaragua) – rehabilitation programme for streetchildren, especially young mothers teaching them life skills
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Epic Arts (China) – dance, drama, visual arts and photography workshops with children and adults with disabilities focusing on the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing Global Café (Mumbles, Wales) – working with the local community to raise awareness of Fairtrade and ethical issues Neema Crafts (Tanzania) – papercraft training for deaf young people aiming to increase capacity and manage the workshop
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SLOT Festival (Wroclaw, Poland) – a faith and campaigning festival aimed at young people - July 2008
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Springs Dance Co – You are Special (London, UK) – dance production encouraging greater self-esteem for children and families
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Umthombo (Durban, South Africa) – establishing a creative play project to enable traumatised streetchildren to express themselves
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Unlock (Hull, UK) – bringing together leaders of workshops in deprived and urban communities to share stories to learn and be encouraged
Poverty Monologues (UK) – theatre to raise awareness of poverty, homelessness and exclusion based on testimonies of people’s experiences
Here’s what some of the funded projects have said: SLOT Festival, Poland
‘Thank you for enabling CAP and two of our local churches in Manchester to help destitute asylum seekers share their stories of life in Britain through words, music and pictures. It has been an encouraging process for them.’ Niall Cooper - Living Ghosts, Church Action on Poverty ‘The grant will play a very significant role in helping this project fulfils its goals and in particular to enable the key role of Ethiopian artist Nebyiu Assefa’ Dr Joanna Brown - Illustrated Trade Justice Storybook ‘At every workshop we ran, without exception, the staff were overwhelmed by what the participants achieved, both in visual art and dance. It is as a result of your support that we have so many testimonies; these are your stories too.’ Epic Arts – China Project 2007 ‘With each service our young people grow more confident both in the planning of worship – developing symbolic acts, writing prayers and meditations, and using liturgy effectively and creatively – and in its leading. Thank you for helping us grow what we are doing.’ Mass@St Barnabas
Applications can be sent to info@greenbelt.org.uk Trust Greenbelt All Hallows on the Wall 83, London Wall London EC2M 5ND greenbelt.org.uk/trust
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Festivalgoers give tens of thousands of pounds to Trust Greenbelt each year and this is distributed by the Festival Trustees in small and medium-sized grants at four reviews annually. Since its inception, Trust Greenbelt has awarded over £180,000 to nearly 100 individuals and initiatives – all thanks to your generosity.
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Fresh, quirky ideas are what we’re into; ones that no-one else will fund – perhaps because the application isn’t great, even when the idea is. We make sure that grants are given to those who understand the equality of all regardless of religion, culture, gender or ethnicity. We want to be able to support more projects this year with larger grants but we need you to dig deep to help us achieve this collective gift-giving.
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Epic Arts Global Café Springs Dance Company, photo: Simon Richardson Neema Crafts
Act4Africa Biblelands 11 Poverty Monologues 12 Altaer and Happygoff Read more about these projects overleaf. 9
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There are various ways to give to Trust Greenbelt – you can do this online at greenbelt.org.uk/trust or at the Festival itself, either during the communion service on the Sunday, in the Angels Lounge or the Box Office. Gift Aid envelopes will also be available at the Information Desk. For a full listing of all the grants given in 2007-2008 – along with stories, video and reactions from some of the projects funded – and to see how to apply for a grant* in this coming year, please see greenbelt.org.uk/trust. (Reviews take place in November, January, April and June). So, thank you for helping us to help others make our planet that little bit more engaging, fun, inclusive, creative and just. *It is very straightforward to apply.
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Festivalgoers give tens of thousands of pounds to Trust Greenbelt each year and this is distributed by the Festival Trustees in small and medium-sized grants at four reviews annually. Since its inception, Trust Greenbelt has awarded over £180,000 to nearly 100 individuals and initiatives – all thanks to your generosity.
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Fresh, quirky ideas are what we’re into; ones that no-one else will fund – perhaps because the application isn’t great, even when the idea is. We make sure that grants are given to those who understand the equality of all regardless of religion, culture, gender or ethnicity. We want to be able to support more projects this year with larger grants but we need you to dig deep to help us achieve this collective gift-giving.
This page_ 1 Balanya 2 Unlock 3 Casa Alianza 4 Umthombo
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Epic Arts Global Café Springs Dance Company, photo: Simon Richardson Neema Crafts
Act4Africa Biblelands 11 Poverty Monologues 12 Altaer and Happygoff Read more about these projects overleaf. 9
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There are various ways to give to Trust Greenbelt – you can do this online at greenbelt.org.uk/trust or at the Festival itself, either during the communion service on the Sunday, in the Angels Lounge or the Box Office. Gift Aid envelopes will also be available at the Information Desk. For a full listing of all the grants given in 2007-2008 – along with stories, video and reactions from some of the projects funded – and to see how to apply for a grant* in this coming year, please see greenbelt.org.uk/trust. (Reviews take place in November, January, April and June). So, thank you for helping us to help others make our planet that little bit more engaging, fun, inclusive, creative and just. *It is very straightforward to apply.
A little more on the projects we’ve featured: •
Act4Africa (Kasese, Uganda) – AIDS/HIV prevention through Theatre for Development including training to lead workshops locally
•
Altaer and Happygoff (UK) – providing spaces for Goth and artistic communities to engage
•
Balanya (Music for Guatemala) – enabling a youth orchestra to sustain their music through learning to repair own instruments
•
•
Biblelands – Spafford Children’s Centre (East Jerusalem) – summer camps encouraging selfexpression for 12-16 year olds with disabilities from the West Bank Casa Alianza (Nicaragua) – rehabilitation programme for streetchildren, especially young mothers teaching them life skills
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Epic Arts (China) – dance, drama, visual arts and photography workshops with children and adults with disabilities focusing on the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing Global Café (Mumbles, Wales) – working with the local community to raise awareness of Fairtrade and ethical issues Neema Crafts (Tanzania) – papercraft training for deaf young people aiming to increase capacity and manage the workshop
•
SLOT Festival (Wroclaw, Poland) – a faith and campaigning festival aimed at young people - July 2008
•
Springs Dance Co – You are Special (London, UK) – dance production encouraging greater self-esteem for children and families
•
Umthombo (Durban, South Africa) – establishing a creative play project to enable traumatised streetchildren to express themselves
•
Unlock (Hull, UK) – bringing together leaders of workshops in deprived and urban communities to share stories to learn and be encouraged
Poverty Monologues (UK) – theatre to raise awareness of poverty, homelessness and exclusion based on testimonies of people’s experiences
Here’s what some of the funded projects have said: SLOT Festival, Poland
‘Thank you for enabling CAP and two of our local churches in Manchester to help destitute asylum seekers share their stories of life in Britain through words, music and pictures. It has been an encouraging process for them.’ Niall Cooper - Living Ghosts, Church Action on Poverty ‘The grant will play a very significant role in helping this project fulfils its goals and in particular to enable the key role of Ethiopian artist Nebyiu Assefa’ Dr Joanna Brown - Illustrated Trade Justice Storybook ‘At every workshop we ran, without exception, the staff were overwhelmed by what the participants achieved, both in visual art and dance. It is as a result of your support that we have so many testimonies; these are your stories too.’ Epic Arts – China Project 2007 ‘With each service our young people grow more confident both in the planning of worship – developing symbolic acts, writing prayers and meditations, and using liturgy effectively and creatively – and in its leading. Thank you for helping us grow what we are doing.’ Mass@St Barnabas
Applications can be sent to info@greenbelt.org.uk Trust Greenbelt All Hallows on the Wall 83, London Wall London EC2M 5ND greenbelt.org.uk/trust
2008 greenbelt.org.uk/trust