#SaveOurVenues - Paper Dress Vintage

Paper Dress Vintage is part of a national initiative launched by Music Venue Trust to prevent the closure of hundreds of independent music venues, #SaveOurVenues

As a small independent business operating on thin margins and with rent on two expensive properties in central Hackney we're worried about our future due to the Covid-19 crisis. We've calculated that our monthly expenditure on rent, wages, loan interest, utilities and all the other demands small businesses are faced with is about £12,000.

It's also clear that, even when lockdown is lifted, it will take time for us to be able to open fully and operate at a level that will meet our monthly outgoings over the coming year.

Your donations will be used to help us keep hold of our building, support our freelance sound engineers who are currently out of work, and leave us in a position where we will be able to survive the troubled months we have ahead of us.

If we hit our target, we will donate to the Music Venue Trust GMV Crisis Fund to protect other venues just like ours, right across the country.

Thank you

PDVx

p.s. this Crowdfunder is in addition to our initial Crowdfunder we launched in March (where we've already raised close to £6k), this campaign is as part of the national effort aligned with the MVT which is encouraging artists and the public to help us raise funds to reach our total, more info on the Save Our Venues website here: http://saveourvenues.co.uk/artists/#/