RAISING FUNDS FOR ART RAFT

Based in Moretonhampstead, Devon, the Art Raft creativity group provides 30 creative sessions a year for local people who want to explore their creativity in a friendly and supportive environment.

Delivered in 10-week blocks of sessions at Moretonhampstead’s Green Hill arts centre, Art Raft provides each participant with “the space to socialise and explore their own creativity at their own pace, in their own way”.

Activities include drawing, collage, painting, poetry, stories, music and a range of other creative activities. Each two-hour session ends with tea, coffee and biscuits.

Of course, all of this costs money for art materials, admin, and other overheads.

The key fundraising event of the year for Art Raft is the Turning of the Year event, in which a range of musicians, storytellers and other entertainers donate their time to create a special, acoustic-only evening at the start of the new year. Performances range from music to poetry, storytelling and comedy.

If you can’t make it to this year’s event - from 7pm on Friday 10th January at Moretonhampstead Parish Hall, you can donate here.

Every penny is greatly appreciated and goes to making sure that – 10 years after its founding – Art Raft continues to serve the people of Moretonhampstead and surrounding areas.