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Go on.
Give me money to support two great cultural organisations in the North East, Northern Print and New Writing North
Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on.
You should support me because.....
1. Have you seen me? Do I look like a runner? Do I look like someone who will enjoy slogging 13 miles across Tyneside? If nothing else the mere thought of the hell I'm going to go through might be worth a couple of quid.
2. I'm running for organisations that I'm willing to bet will have no one else running for them. Not because they are not worthy of support and don't do great work but because in these kind of sponsorship endeavours people just don't think of supporting cultural organisations and they should. Hopefully where I lead other will follow.
3. When you saw 'go on' repeated above you may well have pictured Mrs Doyle from Father Ted and a small smile may have formed. That's culture that is, writing, performing, engaging and entertaining. Without it we are dull, grey people. Are you a dull grey person? If you are then go and see a play, read a book, visit an art gallery or....... chuck me a couple of quid so others can.
So who am I supporting? Well via The Community Foundation who will receive the money from this page, I will be wheezing, puffing and generally crawling on my knees around to South Shields for :
Northern Print, a gallery and printmaking studio located in the heart of Newcastle's Ouseburn Valley. When they heard I was running they suggested I go there to make a t-shirt to run the race in which is exactly what I'll be doing and to say thank you they'll be getting half of the money raised.
New Writing North is the writing development agency for the North East. I'm on the board and not running for them would have made me a useless board member*. The money will go towards supporting writers via the Northern Writers Awards 2011.
*Note to others on the boards of cultural organisations, I expect to see you glide across my TV screen as part of next years Great North Run which I will be watching from the luxury of my front room)
Give me money to support two great cultural organisations in the North East, Northern Print and New Writing North
Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on.
You should support me because.....
1. Have you seen me? Do I look like a runner? Do I look like someone who will enjoy slogging 13 miles across Tyneside? If nothing else the mere thought of the hell I'm going to go through might be worth a couple of quid.
2. I'm running for organisations that I'm willing to bet will have no one else running for them. Not because they are not worthy of support and don't do great work but because in these kind of sponsorship endeavours people just don't think of supporting cultural organisations and they should. Hopefully where I lead other will follow.
3. When you saw 'go on' repeated above you may well have pictured Mrs Doyle from Father Ted and a small smile may have formed. That's culture that is, writing, performing, engaging and entertaining. Without it we are dull, grey people. Are you a dull grey person? If you are then go and see a play, read a book, visit an art gallery or....... chuck me a couple of quid so others can.
So who am I supporting? Well via The Community Foundation who will receive the money from this page, I will be wheezing, puffing and generally crawling on my knees around to South Shields for :
Northern Print, a gallery and printmaking studio located in the heart of Newcastle's Ouseburn Valley. When they heard I was running they suggested I go there to make a t-shirt to run the race in which is exactly what I'll be doing and to say thank you they'll be getting half of the money raised.
New Writing North is the writing development agency for the North East. I'm on the board and not running for them would have made me a useless board member*. The money will go towards supporting writers via the Northern Writers Awards 2011.
*Note to others on the boards of cultural organisations, I expect to see you glide across my TV screen as part of next years Great North Run which I will be watching from the luxury of my front room)