How to donate The cost of an intensive, week-long residential programme for 50 young people and 30 adult staff mentors is £35,000. A LIFEbeat Community Fund Sponsor can opt for all or any of the following updates: " " LIFEbeat newsletters to update you on our work " " A personal thank you card from a young person you have supported " " Invitation to a LIFEbeat annual event " " Invitation to attend a LIFEbeat Creative Practice workshop. This two-day, free workshop is for staff, teachers and youth workers. We welcome Community Fund supporters who wish to explore their own creativity; experience refreshing arts-based practices for self-expression and have lots of fun! If you have any questions about our work or wish to discuss other ways to support us, please don’t hesitate to contact us at lucy@lifebeat.co.uk www.lifebeat.co.uk £60 per month will fully sponsor a young person’s LIFEbeat experience £30 per month will cover post- Summer Camp events, gatherings and reunions +25% Boost your donation by 25% with Gift Aid Free School Meals and Eligible for Pupil Premium LIFEbeat also works with inner city London Schools. Our criteria for programme bursaries are that pupils are eligible for either free school meals or pupil premium. These subsidies indicate that their families are at a socio-economic disadvantage. At LIFEbeat we see time and time again the huge array of challenges facing many of these young people. They often tell stories of domestic violence; parental neglect; bereavement and mental health issues. LIFEbeat offers a chance to develop soft skills; to experience the creative freedom to express themselves; and to tell their personal stories without stigma or shame. The LIFEbeat Community Fund is vital as we celebrate our 10th anniversary year. It will enable us to serve young people across the country at a time when many more could benefit from our support. The LIFEbeat Community Fund will directly support individual youths who require bursaries. It will also support staff of our partner organisations who serve young people and youth workers who seek to develop their training with LIFEbeat. LIFEbeat will be happy to work with its Community Fund supporters and friends to raise awareness around the challenges and issues facing young people today. LIFEbeat Community Fund 2019 fundraising target “I didn’t have the best home environment and coming to LIFEbeat and having a family outside of the family I was born with was really nice. I feel like I can be my best me… you can have a room full of people who will allow you to be yourself. That safe space is always there. I can be as silly and goofy and funny as I like and I feel that there is room for me to be that and I can also be as quiet and distant as I want to be and there is also room for me to be that too.” Oly, former youth participant and current staff member, aged 21, 2018 LIFEbeat, Stanford Hall, Lutterworth, Leicestershire LE17 6DH   T: 07770 440453    E: info@lifebeat.co.uk “Brown Rudnick pride themselves in having supported LIFEbeat over the past eight years, because we’ve seen for ourselves the very big difference it makes to young people’s lives. We are delighted to support The LIFEbeat Community Fund during this exciting phase of growth and development.” Al Wallis, Executive Director, Brown Rudnick Center for the Public Interest 6 7