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The Art Ministry joined the national Warm Welcome Spaces initiative thanks to funding from the Government's Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund, delivered by the National Lottery Community Fund.

Warm Welcome Spaces opened their doors to local communities across the country, offering everyone a free, warm, welcoming and friendly space. The Art Ministry's Warm Welcome Space, was a great place to connect with your community, to make new friends, while spending a couple of hours doing art and craft activities get creative and keeping warm.

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Our fundraising meal at the Shagor Tandoori Restaurant on 26th October was attended by 40 people and raised £300.

 

We provided free art and craft activities at the Lions Mid Summer Sports Day and Fun Festival for Disabled People on 29th July.  You can see photos on our Facebook page - Lions Mid Summer Photos

 

We held a Seaside Summer Crafts afternoon at our base in Hadleigh on Thursday 20th July. We were indoors and outdoor, the weather was good to us and the event was well attended by the local community and our service users. There were free activities and others costing just 50p or £1 and refreshments including drink and a cake for just £1! We always strive to make our events accessible to all.

 

 

 

 

We had a fundraising meal at the Maharaja Indian restaurant in Benfleet on 25th May and raised £450. Thank you to all who came and who donated raffle prizes.

 

We have received a Magic Little Grant of £500 from the People’s Postcode Lottery towards art and craft materials for our weekly session for young people with special needs.

 

Thanks to funding from the Comic Relief Community Fund and Essex County Council we were able to open up to the whole community for free our Monday morning, 11 to 1, and Thursday afternoon, 2 to 4, creative sessions from January to March.

 

Thanks to additional funding from the Co-op Warm Spaces initiative we were able to keep these sessions free until the end of April.

 

Our Cosy Crafts session is featured on the BBC East website - BBC East The Art Ministry

 

You can see our schedule in our calendar

 

We managed to provide services throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. At first we delivered bags of craft items to our regular attendees, then started to run sessions via Zoom and made some instructional videos – see here  

 

Financially we managed to keep going thanks support from the National Lottery Community Fund, Southend Community Investment Fund, Southend Emergency Fund, Comic Relief Community Fund and many others.

 

If you would like regular updates from The Art Ministry by email please click here "Keep in touch"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Art Ministry, 1 Church Road, Hadleigh, Essex, SS7 2DQ, Registered Charity Number: 1108227

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