Phakama´s Natwest Community Force Campaign

Dear Friends,

Phakama joined the Natwest Community Force Campaign. Voting for Phakama´s natwest coomunity force project open on Monday 26th. Please don´t forget to place your vote and to tell your friends about our campaign too. One simple click can help us continue producing outstanding work with and for young people and local communities http://communityforce.natwest.com/project/1230



Thanks a million

Project Palestine Day 2

Hussina Raja, Loretta Addo, Zia Ahmed, Faiza Mukith, Thania Mukith, Zubenur Mukith, Marjan Begum, Jen Marillat are FREE2B. A creative initiative run to learn and collaborate with like minded individuals across the world. The first stop being Palestine.
"The magic of theatre allows people to be free regardless of their surroundings or circumstances. The power of the creative mind is beyond the realms of reality."

This project has joined 10 passionate people to join forces and share their skills and gain new experiences from an international perspective!

Phakama have sent myself (Lance Kirby) and Juancho Gonzalez to document and blog the process!

It has been just over 24hrs since we have embarked on our journey. We have spent a night at the Abassi Palce Hotel in Amman, where we were greeted with warm hospitality and a good night rest to prepare us for the trip over the Israeli border. Our Muslim team members unfortunately endured over four hours of gruelling questioning before finally being let through, to carry on to Jerusalem where we currently are staying at the Abraham Hostel. Tomorrow we will head to Bethlehem to spend a day with the Karama organisation for women and children's development

We look forward to it. We will keep you updated!

FREE2B

Project Palestine - Day 1

So just touched down in Amman, Jordan. Staying at the Abbasi Palace Hotel, the staff here are truely blessed, treating us to a traditional mint chai. Also scared the crap out of Faiza with their new addition to the hotel, Mus Mus the cat! So far so good, next step crossing the border into Palestine and touching base in Jerusalem.

Peace and love :)

FREE2B x

Tripwires Performance

On the 19th and 20th of April the Tripwires trainees performed a thought-provoking piece at the Mile End Arts Pavillion - here is a snippet of what happened

Tripwires from Juancho Gonzalez on Vimeo.

Phakama's BigGive Campaign

This winter your donation can go further.
Please give from as little as £5 to as much as £5,000
And every pound will be doubled!

Phakama and Index on Censorship have joined forces this year to run Tripwires - a young people’s leadership training and performance programme. We use theatre, poetry, music, dance, film and more to explore freedom of expression, offence and self-censorship.

This project has already secured the support of City Bridge Trust, Awards for All (Big Lottery Fund) and Queen Mary, University of London but in order to deliver the full programme, we are still fundraising and need your support.
We need your help to meet our target of £6,000 this December. Every donation made online between 6 and 10 December 2010 will be matched pound-for-pound by the Reed Foundation and Phakama’s and Index's major supporters.

Your donation will:

* Help 25 young people gain access to a 20-week arts training programme designed to develop their leadership skills enhancing their prospects of further training and employment
* Enable the 25 trainees to run workshops themselves with peer groups widening the project’s reach
* Support a group of culturally diverse young people achieve Arts Awards Accreditation
* Enable the production of a final large-scale performance involving 60 young people (including the 25 trainees) in a two-week devising period with the support of professional artists


This chance to double the value of your donation is only available between 6 and 10 December 2010 – so please to log on during these days go to:
http://bit.ly/tripwires

Please make your donation go even further by choosing to GIFT AID. For every £1 you donate, we will receive a further 28p through HMRC.

Please pass this message to all your friends.

Thank you for your support!

Tripwires Voxpop

Check some interviews with our Tripwires trainees

Phakama's BigGive Campaign

This winter your donation can go further
Please give from as little as £5 to as much as £5,000
And every pound will be doubled!

Phakama and Index on Censorship have joined forces this year to run Tripwires - a young people’s leadership training and performance programme. We use theatre, poetry, music, dance, film and more to explore freedom of expression, offence and self-censorship.

This project has already secured the support of City Bridge Trust, Awards for All (Big Lottery Fund) and Queen Mary, University of London but in order to deliver the full programme, we are still fundraising and need your support.
We need your help to meet our target of £6,000 this December. Every donation made online between 6 and 10 December 2010 will be matched pound-for-pound by the Reed Foundation and Phakama’s and Index's major’s supporters.

Your donation will:

• Help 25 young people gain access to a 20-week arts training programme designed to develop their leadership skills enhancing their prospects of further training and employment
• Enable the 25 trainees to run workshops themselves with peer groups widening the project’s reach
• Support a group of culturally diverse young people achieve Arts Awards Accreditation
• Enable the production of a final large-scale performance involving 60 young people (including the 25 trainees) in a two-week devising period with the support of professional artists
  

This chance to double the value of your donation is only available between 6 and 10 December 2010 – so to log on during these days please click here

Please make your donation go even further by choosing to GIFT AID. For every £1 you donate, we will receive a further 28p through HMRC.

Please pass this message to all your friends.

Thank you for your support!