DOUBLE Your Donation

We're now in phase two of the Big Give, where your donation to us can be DOUBLED at no cost to you.

Click here to make a donation - and don't forget to tick the Gift Aid box if you are a UK taxpayer as that makes the donation even larger.

Please share the link http://tinyurl.com/SandHBigGive with anyone and everyone you know - and tell them why you feel they should consider donating to Scene & Heard.

We'll keep you in touch with our progress as we try to raise £20,000.

The Big Give - an apology from Scene & Heard

We are so sorry for the frustrations that many of you have experienced trying to participate in the Big Give.  Scene & Heard is completely dependent on donations from our volunteers, supporters and their colleagues and friends.  We thought that the Big Give Christmas Challenge would be an opportunity to make your generosity go further, but it has caused a lot of frustration with our volunteers, supporters and the office.

The Big Give exhausted its allocated matching funds for the day and stopped doubling donations much earlier than expected on both Tuesday and Wednesday; on Wednesday they stopped doubling by 10:15am.

If you are one of our prospective donors who we know are now determined to get their donation doubled, and want to attempt a 10:00am donation promptly on Thursday or Friday morning, please click here to donate.

If that's just asking too much, we will be able to access up to £8,000 of matching funds already promised from our own sponsors through the Big Give website after donations close this Friday 9 December until Thursday 22^nd December, via  http://tinyurl.com/SandHBigGive . 

Thank you again for all you do for Scene & Heard and we apologise again for the frustration and confusion that The Big Give has caused.

Be an Early Bird for Scene & Heard

The Big Give is complicated - if you don't get your donation in early enough during the day they can run out of available funding to DOUBLE it - even thought they have given away £7 million pounds so far the matching funding available ran out this morning in under half an hour!

If you or someone you know have plans to donate to Scene & Heard, please be online at the Big Give website promptly at 10am PROMPT tomorrow, so that you can be sure that The Big Give can make your kind donation go twice as far.

Thank you for your generosity!

Sam West tells you why you should consider giving to Scene & Heard during the Big Give!

Click here to make a donation - and don't forget to tick the Gift Aid box if you are a UK taxpayer as that makes the donation even larger.

Please share the link http://tinyurl.com/SandHBigGive with anyone and everyone you know - and tell them why you feel they should consider donating to Scene & Heard.

We'll keep you in touch with our progress as we try to raise £20,000 during the week.

The Big Give Christmas Challenge is now LIVE!

As of 10am on Monday, December 5th any donation made to Scene & Heard through the Big Give Christmas Challenge will be DOUBLED at no cost to the donor.

Click here to make a donation - and don't forget to tick the Gift Aid box if you are a UK taxpayer as that makes the donation even larger.

The Big Give is having trouble with the huge demand created by us and other charities for the Christmas Challenge, if the website is down when you try to donate, please do try again later.

Please share the link http://tinyurl.com/SandHBigGive with anyone and everyone you know - and tell them why you feel they should consider donating to Scene & Heard.

We'll keep you in touch with our progress as we try to raise £20,000 during the week.

THANK YOU!

Don't take our word for it!

Today is the last performance of the most recent plays written by the children of Somers Town - Wading Through Treacle: The Sticky Plays

Here is some of the feedback we have had from our audience


"Had a great time last night. Haven't laughed that much in ages!"

"I had the most awesome night at Scene & Heard - wonderful, hilarious, inspired theatre, written by ten-year olds, performed by professionals"

"Ten amazing & hilarious plays written by 10 year olds!"

"Excellent night of new writing - death, love, friendship, hilarious gags & touching lines. The writers were 10 years old"

"Watched 10 fab plays written by 9/10 yr olds - part of Scene & Heard's amazing project! Inspirational. And hilarious! Check them out!"

"Brilliant night, brilliant night at Scene & Heard. Can never tire of this super, hilarious, cocklewarming stuff. :-)"

"Another fantastic night of theatre @SceneandHeardUK. Funny, heart warming, sad. You have to go. That is all."

"Another fantastic production @SceneandHeardUK tonight, brilliant plays"

"Just saw @SceneandHeardUK for first time. So brilliant and moving...can I go so far as to say phenomenon?"

"Brilliant evening at @SceneandHeardUK watching plays to make you laugh and cry. One day will make my friends see what they're missing."

"Saw @SceneandHeardUK 's young playwright's plays this eve. Brilliant, hilarious and wildy inventive. Best theatre I've seen in ages!"

"@SceneandHeardUK should be on the NHS,warms your cockles,soothes your soul,makes U laugh with the abandon of a 10 yr old&does FANTASTIC work"

"Still bursting with pride after @SceneandHeardUK's wondrous 1st night. Those children have written some hilarious, moving, storming plays."

"No doubt 1 of the best pieces of theatre i've seen. So witty it hurts, and still moving. Written by 9-11 year olds."

""I must kill all the mangos and all the tents!" What a delightful insightful sad funny odd evening."
 

And this is from the Headteacher at Edith Neville Primary School, Somers Town

"Bravo, bravo!

The Plays last night were wonderful, truly wonderful.
Congratulations to all of the Scene and Heard team, volunteers, theatre professionals and, of course, the children (and the families who support them). Just by setting such amazing standards term by term does not make the challenges nor successes fewer; you amaze me with what you achieve.
Keep up the fine work."

Scene & Heard are one of the charities participating in The Big Give - from December 5th - 9th 2011 any donation made will be DOUBLED at no cost to the donor - to make a donation to Scene & Heard during the Big Give click here

Why should you donate to Scene & Heard?

We thought we'd share with you a couple of emails we've had in the office in the last two days.





This is from a parent of two of the children we work with.

"Our oldest son has done really well over the last year. He passed his Maths GCSE with an ‘A’  grade this summer at the end of Year 8 and was student of the year from 200 pupils. He is also captain of his successful local football team.  His brother has also done well in his studies and has won various awards. Their progress is in no small part down to their time at Scene & Heard. Where they grew up as individuals outside the school environment. They developed a personality and an enthusiasm for getting on with things that we are all very appreciative of."

And this is from the Headteacher at Edith Neville Primary School, Somers Town

"Bravo, bravo!

The Plays last night were wonderful, truly wonderful.
Congratulations to all of the Scene and Heard team, volunteers, theatre professionals and, of course, the children (and the families who support them). Just by setting such amazing standards term by term does not make the challenges nor successes fewer; you amaze me with what you achieve.
Keep up the fine work."

Scene & Heard are one of the charities participating in The Big Give - from December 5th - 9th 2011 any donation made will be DOUBLED at no cost to the donor - to make a donation to Scene & Heard during the Big Give click here