Hi My name is Michelle Baharier
I am the founder of CoolTan Arts as it is in it's current state CoolTan arts is a mental helath Arts charity in South London. I am serverly dyslxic so I ask that you take the time to cope with my home page having spelling mistakes and lern how to get to know me for who I am.
CoolTan Arts Largactyl
Shuffle, has been voted one of London’s
top ten walks by Time out, and attracts a wide audience to our anti-stigma
campaign. This project is opening new doors for CoolTan arts and enabling us to
offer a wider choice of activities.
CoolTan Arts continues to grow in popularity our cunnet home is an old linseed oil wearhouse, with a poter-loo
yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our local aurioty have buildings for sale that are sitting empty including one across the rd from were we are based called John Smith House...........it use to be the labour party head quaters...........................and it is an ideal place For CoolTan Arts.
Currenlty CoolTan Arts really needs a space so we can have fourt differnt art studios, a Sweing machine room, IT suite with vidoe and sound ederting, a music room a gallery and a garden as well as a cafe a kicthen and parking and cycly racks.......................................
what we have noe.....................................
CoolTan Arts physical
space consists of three workshops, an office, reception kitchen and an amazing
gallery area.
CoolTan provides a
bespoke service mainly to people living in South London
although participants and volunteers come from much further a field due to the
lack of similar organisations. We provide a range of educational and social
arts activities at mixed levels helping participants increase confidence in
their social and personal skills. We endeavour to fill the need for accessible
creative workshops taught by
professionals and leading to positive outcomes.
Our work directly impacts
upon the lives of those who we come in contact with, either through
teaching, participating
or being a paid member of staff. We aim to tackle the isolation and
discrimination that our
participants face through the workshops, exhibitions, public events and
volunteering
opportunities that we offer.
We provide a range of
educational and social arts activities relevant to the needs of local people.
CoolTan s workshops are
accessible to those with mental health issues. CoolTan's volunteering opportunities
and events are open to all sections of the community and are all free. We try
to breakdown social barriers by bringing different people together and
developing art activities that celebratedifferent cultures and individuality.
By creating such a multicultural space CoolTan Arts breaks down barriers and
tackles discrimination and fear head on.
Our emphasis on inclusion
and diversity is well demonstrated in our five web sites:
www.cooltanarts.org.uk
www.afunnyfarm.org.uk
www.poetryatyourfingertips.org.uk
www.digitalwomenmakeart.org.uk
www.thearchdevlopers.org.uk
It costs £64 per person per 2 hour workshop this pays for art materials, tea, coffee, heat light web sites phones and trips out staff to enable and much mcuh much more the avarge person who comes is dontaing £20 that is 25% of thier income can you add to it and help us do a bettter job by makeing incresd provision.
The numbers of people
wanting to attended CoolTan Arts have soared since April 2008 but due to the
removal of our toilets and faculties by the landlord our numbers have been
seriously affected.
Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving – they’ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they’ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it’s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst saving time and cutting costs for the charity.
So please dig deep and donate now.
CoolTan Arts is a company
limited by guarantee 3244552 and not having a share capital and is governed by
its Memorandum and Articles of
Association.
The company is a
registered charity 1064231.
many thanks and lots of love
Michelle Baharier
CEO
