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YTFN! A week ago last night I hosted the 4th Youth Funding Network gig at The Hub, Angel. It's a night I can only describe as magical. Think Dragons Den meets The X Factor with a charity twist!       Ingredient 1: Three amazing charities each with 1 discreet project they can get people passionate about. Ingredient 2: A youth board of volunteers who screen applications from dozens of charities and whittle the selection down to the finest 3 Ingredient 3: Word of Mouth, Facebo...

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Early this year I decided to set up a new Community Interest Company to act as a sister company to MakeBelieve Arts. My initial idea for this grew from the connections I have been lucky enough to have made during the Social Enterprise Ambassador programme. I wanted to see if it was possible to generate money through another company that could fund some of the activities of MakeBelieve Arts. I also wanted to develop a series of progression routes for people in the arts wh...

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Looking forward to this Saturday’s charity memorial concert for my sister Sarah Heery in Covent Garden. As it’s just over a year since Sarah died we wanted to celebrate her memory and raise money for the Rural Libraries project in Peru, a project that Sarah was very impressed with when she visited Peru whilst working with Christian Aid. The Bibliotecas Rurales., brings library facilities to remote Andean villages and dramatically raises educational opportunities for over 500 hist...

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