Press Release for ‘Can Do!’ charity launch event from People Around Here.
‘Can Do!’ will be launched at a special charity event by People Around Here with live music from Martyn Joseph at The Gate Arts Centre on 4th March at 7.30pm. All are welcome.
People Around Here is a community arts charity based in Roath, Cardiff. Over the last four years they have engaged with almost 2000 children and young people, as well as adult community groups across Cardiff and the surrounding area through ‘hands on’ creative projects.
Bill Taylor-Beales, Charity Principal, explains: “We believe in the potential of the arts to inspire, encourage and educate, to build community and to help people to realise their potential. We have been gathering stories from Cardiff people about the places they live, the struggles they face, and their hopes for the future. We are seeing an enormous impact in disadvantaged communities through people working together to create something they can be proud of.”
This spring, People Around Here will be launching a major new initiative called ‘Can Do!’ Painting it Positive: Transforming the Canvas of Cardiff.
The ‘Can Do!’ initiative is a massive vision to transform the torn and battered canvases of our struggling communities into rich, colourful pictures of a collective hope. This is an intergenerational project, mobilising everyone to work together to recreate their living environment. Improving the physical fabric of a community is proven to have a positive impact on the lives of local people. We’re hoping that many people will join us in ‘painting it positive’ across the schools, subways, parks and council estates of Cardiff.
The project works with the principle of everyone putting their hands in their pockets to pay for the paint and everyone grabbing a brush and painting the area...no experience needed just a willingness to enjoy yourself and meet some new folk...
For more info read some of the press printouts in PRESS
Venue: The Gate Arts Centre, Keppoch St, Roath, Cardiff, CF24 3JW
Date: 7.30 – 9pm, Thursday 4th March 2010.
Call 029 2049 4745 or email info@peoplearoundhere.com for more details.