DECEMBER 2024
THE BIG GIVE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE: ONE DONATION, DOUBLE THE IMPACT.
HELP US HELP HOMELESS RESIDENTS AT AMAT UK BY FUNDING THE AMAT’s CREATIVE CONNECTIONS PROGRAMME VIA THE BIG GIVE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE. FROM MIDDAY ON 3RD DECEMBER UNTIL MIDDAY ON 10TH DECEMBER, ANY DONATIONS MADE TO US VIA THE BIG GIVE WILL BE MATCHED, MEANING YOUR GENEROUS GIFT GOES EVEN FURTHER TOWARDS HELPING US CONTINUE OUR WORK.
WHAT IS THE BIG GIVE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE?
The Big Give is the UK’s #1 match funding platform. They specialise in bringing individuals, charities, and philanthropists together to multiply their impact helping organisations such as ours. Every December for seven days it offers supporters, like you, of participating charities, like us, the opportunity to have your donation doubled.
WHY DO WE NEED YOUR HELP?
Many of the homeless adults and vulnerable community members that we work with experience social isolation and struggle with physical and mental health issues. Creative connections is a programme of creative and performance arts that has been produced in consultation with our community. The programme includes performance and creative arts which we know increases confidence, reduced social isolation and increases physical and mental wellbeing.
We need your help to maintain one of our most popular and rewarding programmes of activities that aims to address these issues.
Creative Connections will be hosted in our accessible building in the heart of the Medway towns. on average – we see 3,000 people experiencing homelessness or living with the issues that contribute toward homelessness every year. 100% of the people that we work with have experienced trauma, outside of becoming homeless. creative connections not only reduces social isolation in a safe place, it is also designed to increase confidence, and support people to engage in something positive and fun.
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Donated funds will be used to facilitate of AMAT’s Creative Connections Programme throughout 2024/2025, and our aim is to:
- Improve Physical Wellbeing – performance art activities such as singing, and dancing increase blood flow, improve fitness and breathing, as well as releasing endorphins whilst having fun and feeling good.
- Improve Mental Wellbeing – being part of a group that is working together, or working in a individual piece of art invites the participants to reflect, create and communicate. as well as developing new skills and ways of managing feelings, and expressing themselves creatively and appropriately.
- Decrease Social Isolation – loneliness is something that people experiencing homelessness talk to us about a lot. many people become homeless because of relationship or family breakdowns. creative connections invited people to join groups or work independently within a group.
HOW CAN YOU MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
Every contribution is important, however big or small.
Please donate via the official Big Give campaign page HERE
**Donations open 12:00 PM, Tuesday 3rd December and close 12:00 PM, Tuesday 10th December 2024**
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THIS CHRISTMAS!
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