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The Big Give 

Part 2: “THE CHALLENGE”

                                                                                                

As you may know Stage2 are raising awareness & funds for our
Mentor Scheme via The Big Give’s Christmas Challenge.

Stage2’s Mentor Scheme was set up 8 years ago to enable us to welcome new members and nurture current members. Our excellent work in this field has been acknowledged by the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation, who awarded us their Approved Provider Standard - and we were the first (and are currently still the only) youth theatre in the UK with this status!

This Scheme (including all related overheads and subsidies) costs Stage2 in excess of £11,000 per year and we have been extremely lucky to have been supported by Four Acre Trust for the past 4 years, but this funding has come to an end, hence we are searching elsewhere.

In the first stage of this process Stage2 had generous pledges amounting to £3,800. This is matched by The Cabinet Office, so we get a potential maximum of £7.600. The final stage is THE CHALLENGE. Stage2 needs to raise as much money as we can to match all our pledges. If we raise the full amount of £7,600 we could get £15,200 for Stage2’s Mentor Scheme and we don’t want to miss this amazing opportunity. Can you help by either donating or passing the message onto others?

Anyone who hasn’t already pledged can donate anything from £1 upwards via our page on the Big Give Website:  thebiggive.org.uk/charity/view/4162/stage2 All you need to do is click on “Donate Now” on the right hand side and follow the on-screen instructions. Stage2 will also be collecting online donations at this term’s Sharings (14th December). If all of this sounds too complicated then just donate via one of our collection tins which will be at our events. . Online Donations will open on Thursday 5th December at 10am and will run until Wednesday 18th December at 5pm. If you find you can’t donate on a certain day then please try the following day as close to 10am as possible.  We are extremely grateful to everyone who has already pledged; anyone who donates in December or anyone who generally raises the awareness about this fundraising effort – Thank you!