Everyone involved locally in Dalston Bridge is giving their time for free and we have been so lucky to have their help.
Strategic communications: With PR
Graphic design: Cat Drew
Social media: Rachael Williams, Dalston Superstore
Copywriting: Jennifer Coyle, WordPerfect Communications
Our own advisory group includes
- Dee O’Connell, local resident and founder, Dalston Bridge
- Dan Beaumont (owner, Dalston Superstore, Dance Tunnel and Voodoo Ray’s)
- Cat Drew (local resident and graphic designer)
- Tamsin Blanchard (local resident and Telegraph journalist)
- Anne Currell (owner, Currell Residential estate agents)
- Melek Erdal (owner, Route café)
- Davina Pilkington (business community engagement specialist)
- Karim Zaman (local resident, parent and Operations Director, With PR)
They oversee the fund, provide advice, expertise and support to the project and make grant decisions.
You can be confident your money will be used wisely. The money will all go into a restricted fund held on our behalf by The London Community Foundation (registered charity 1091263) the meeting place for many different donors, private and public, with differing interests and areas of concerns. The London Community Foundation has a wealth of experience supporting grassroots groups and charities across the capital.
The London Community Foundation has carried out due diligence checks on all the groups we’re supporting. They will hold the money on our behalf, claim the gift aid where relevant, make the grants to the organisations and will monitor the spending. It receives a 15% contribution to cover its costs.
- £5 – one complete set of stationery for a child at Hackney Pirates to use during sessions
- £10 – two books for the Hackney Pirates library
- £28 – the cost of a professional work placement through Bootstrap campus
- £49 – one sturdy camp bed for Hackney Winter Night Shelter so that a guest can get a decent night’s sleep
- £50 – to train one Hackney Pirates volunteer
- £56.25 – the cost of providing a guest of Hackney Winter Night Shelter with the basic furnishings they need to move out of the shelter and into an empty new room or flat
- £150 – replenishes basic art materials for one month for Studio Upstairs
- £250 – to pay for a young person to take part in a professionally accredited event management training course called “Bootcamp Live”
- £500 – could pay for a child to attend The Hackney Pirates for one term
- £1500 – the cost of Studio Upstairs attendance and support for six months, helping someone to recover from mental ill distress
