Art Saves Lives is a community interest company that is dedicated to finding space and to giving a platform to any artist, writer or musician that is, for whatever reason, marginalised by society. Our aim is to raise awareness to the talents and the passions for the arts that exists from within the margins, to break down doors, to disseminate stereotypes.
We believe that there are too many arts based organisations out there feeding off of the backs of others less fortunate. Organisations that exploit former prisoners, the homeless community and the disabled. They have a conveyor belt to a golden ticket for excessive funding. Art Saves Lives does not manipiulate or exploit anybody.
Last year we recieved just £3500 in funding for the entire year. We got turned down by the arts council 4 times. It did not stop us putting on life changing events and from changing hundreds of peoples lives. That figure is 1% of the what the Koestler Trust recieves annually in funding (250k) and one tenth of the salary the Artistic Director from Cardboard Citizens gets a year (45k). We question their worth? We want them and organisations like them to stop taking advantage of the funding system.
The reason we plough happily along is because we have a belief in what we are doing, a resolve, a wonderful set of supporters and a dogged team of volunteers. Please join us?
ART SAVES LIVES. IT MIGHT SAVE YOURS!
