#GivingTuesdayNow - Help us Keep Newbury Creative

Today is #GivingTuesdayNow, a day of global giving launched in response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19.

Since launching our Love Your Corn Exchange appeal our amazing supporters have helped us raise an incredible £37,069.08!

So far donations have helped us launch online projects such as Singing for Wellbeing, which boosts participants' mental wellbeing and creates a sense of belonging; and our online Memory Café, giving those living with dementia and their carers a place to find support, take part in arts activities and tackle the isolation of lockdown. We believe passionately that the arts make a difference to people’s lives – bringing our community together to improve wellbeing and provide a feeling of togetherness.

‘Singing definitely helps improve our wellbeing… it is nice to have something in the diary to look forward to that isn't work or school and it's lovely to see a lot of other people’
Singing for Wellbeing participant April 2020

‘I genuinely think you have made the world of difference to my child. She was a nervous starter in the youth theatre, but immersed herself… Your positive move online has given her a hugely rewarding weekly event’
Youth Theatre parent May 2020

We want to run more free online sessions for some of the most vulnerable members of our community and find new ways to support those staying safely at home to use cultural activity to improve their wellbeing.

But to do this we need your support.

On #GivingTuesdayNow can you help us to keep Newbury creative? Find out more about how you can support us.