By Nick Gauntlett | Deputy Chief Executive
Aurora's Crowdfunding Campaign started in July 2015 and this is the latest progress report on what we've done with the money so generously donated by you. To date we have received over £9000 from nearly 250 donations which is just fantastic. As you no doubt know, the initial campaign was to raise funds so we could offer free/low cost counselling to victims of childhood abuse and so far your money has helped 6 people receive 129 low cost or free counselling sessions. The campaign is ongoing so we hope to raise more money to enable us to offer sessions to more people in need who otherwise are unable to afford it.
Some really great news to share with you is that we were successful in a very recent funding application to a "Community Grant" scheme hosted by Global Giving. This means we will have more funds so we can continue offering sessions to clients and to have the funds to be able to offer workshops and classes. It is also great news for the Aurora Choir (now called "Aurora Chorealis") as we will be using some of the grant to produce a CD of inspiring and uplifting songs. We hope to have this ready for next year to celebrate Aurora's 10th year as a charity.
Talking of songs, our Crowdfunding Campaign has had a musical element to it with two video versions of a "Song for Aurora" posted during the Gateway Challenge part of the campaign last July. "You've Got a Friend" was performed by Susannah (Aurora's CEO) and also by a group called Rogue Herries. I realise this is overdoing it somewhat but I wanted to share another version which is a remix of the one by Rogue Herries. See link below.
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