We're still collecting donations
On the 3rd December 2021 we'd raised £4,035 with 15 supporters in 35 days. But as every pound matters, we're continuing to collect donations from supporters.
We are funding the development of our new show The Chronicles of Atom and Luna including more free resources for schools, families and clubs
by Matthew Linley Creative Projects in Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom
On the 3rd December 2021 we'd raised £4,035 with 15 supporters in 35 days. But as every pound matters, we're continuing to collect donations from supporters.
More, more, more - hit our stretch target and we will be able to work with more schools and share more activity packs with children across the UK
What magic can you help us make happen?!
Your support means the world to us, and to the 6000 children we’re hoping to share our work with. Here are the things we’re planning that you could help us make a reality….
* * A heap of new Atom and Luna resources for schools – building on our existing work plan - to introduce children to the world of Atom and Luna and feed their hunger for words.
* Distribute a further 200 activity packs free to after-schools clubs. The packs are designed to inspire a passion and interest in storytelling and ignite little imaginations. Who knows where that could take our Atom and Luna ‘clubbers’?!
* 3 new Atom and Luna audio tales; perfect bedtime story material that will transport littl’uns to a magical world where action is louder than words!
* A new script from Murray Lachlan Young for the Atom and Luna show we’ll be touring in Autumn 2022. It’s been so long, we can’t wait to bring this show to a theatre near you!
But hang on… Who are Atom and Luna, and what is The Chronicles of Atom and Luna all about?
Atom and Luna are twins, and the focus of our magical story! Left home alone by their mother, our brave twins are saved from starvation by the arrival of the magical but strange Iffly Sney. When Iffly falls terribly ill, only the twins can save him, and to do that they must seek out the mysterious Old Mother Redbeard. And so begins a journey, deep into the heart of the forest, which will change their lives forever….
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We began telling this story during lockdown 1 (remember that?), using zoom to bring a bit of theatrical magic to children who were stuck at home and missing their friends. This team of young ‘creative agents’ (thanks all!) have been brilliant this past 18 months, responding to our creative challenges with gusto, enthusiasm and bucketloads of imagination! They are great storytellers, all of them! And with their help, we’ve made lots of brilliant things happen, for other children up and down the country. Here are the highlights!
* When Christmas got cancelled, and with it all the pantos, we made SIX FREE AUDIO TALES, full of magic and mystery. Drawing on our creative agents’ amazing ideas, these tales tell the back story to Atom and Luna’s adventures in our magical world. Gripping stories for young and old, you’ll find those here for FREE!
* In deepest, darkest January 2021, we released a FREE AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) GAME that fed hundreds of young minds over winter. Players can go into the woods ahead of Atom and Luna, to find Old Mother Redbeard. Watch this video to find out how you can download the game for FREE!
* Produced a FREE ATOM AND LUNA SCHEME OF WORK FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS, and visited schools online, to help them support pupils and re-ignite their hunger for learning, as they returned to school in Spring 2021. You’ll find the digital version here.
* Made an ATOM AND LUNA ACTIVITY PACK which was distributed for FREE through summer holiday schemes in Colchester, Ipswich and Ellesmere Port
That’s a lot for free, but extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures
At the heart of our work is a commitment to inspire and enable young people to get lost in words, encouraging them to create their own stories across different mediums and develop a live performance habit.
And at a time when so many children were isolated – from their friends, wider family members and school communities – we wanted to do what we could to bring some colour and adventure to their worlds. We’re so grateful to have been supported by Arts Council England, The Space, Action Transport Theatre, Eastern Angles and others to do just that. It felt good to be making a difference, when things were so different from normal for all of us.
Your support now will make a world of difference to children across the country
These are still extraordinary times, especially for children. Over the next year, we want to bring the magic of Atom and Luna to 6000 young people up and down the country. To do that we need to raise £4000.
You can help us do that, and we hope you will! Those activity packs, schools resources and audio tales – and the children they’re destined for – need you!
We’ve put together a whole host of lovely things you can buy or do, to help us reach our £4000 target – from a £10 donation that will get a family an activity pack to sponsoring a day’s rehearsal/R&D. And with Christmas coming, we’ve included a few possible gift ideas too!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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