Can you help support Stage2's Mentor Scheme?

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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 theMentoring and Befriending Foundation, who awarded us their Approved Provider Standard - 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 Trustfor 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 - we don’t want to miss this opportunity. Can you help by either donating or passing 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 be collecting donations at the 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.   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!    “I thank Stage2 for welcoming me into a lovely, exciting theatre company.”    “Stage2 has really helped make a positive change to her social skills  and school studies.” “Stage2 is an important part of his weekly routine giving stabillity and helping  him cope with life changes.” “I really admire all the tutors at Stage2 because you all give me the drive to improve.” “I have met so many lovely people at Stage2 I will always recommendyou to other parents and children.”   “Thank you so much for your continued help, to enable our son to continue with his full involvment and commitment to Stage2.”   “Help with my confidence will be particularly useful at this time as I am doing a lot of job interviews, something that without Stage2 I wouldn’t have been able to do.”   “Stage2 has made a great difference to my life and who I am as a person and I am proud to be a member of such a wonderful company.” “If you mention Stage2 in front of me, my face will say it all.”