NOTTINGHAM shopping centres intu Victoria Centre and intu Broadmarsh have announced their support of local organisations Edwalton Cavaliers and BACKLIT Young Persons Project with a total donation of over £3500, aiming to support young people in the city.
As part of intu’s devolved budget, a fund of £10,000 set aside by the company to support local charities and community project, intu has donated £3000 to BACKLIT, an independent art gallery and studios in the heart of Nottingham, to help fund its Young Person’s Project. Through the scheme, young people between the ages of 14-19 from Sneinton and St Ann’s are invited to the gallery to take part in art classes, designed to promote self-confidence and pride in the local community.
A further £630 was also donated to Edwalton Cavaliers U10’s team, recommended by intu team members, Darren Uveges and Glen Staniforth. The team were in desperate need of new football kits and with this donation, all 14 Under-10s players received a brand-new full kit, including shirts, shorts and socks.
Speaking of the donations, Nigel Wheatley, general manager at intu in Nottingham, said: “Both of these organisations are incredibly important to young people in Nottingham and we hope the funds will continue to support the quality the service they deliver.
“Our team play a huge part in selecting local causes for us to support, meaning each and every donation we make will help incredible organisations across Nottinghamshire such as these. We’re pleased to know that we have helped to make a positive change to the community and we look forward to seeing the difference it makes over the upcoming year.”
Rosemary MacLennan, participation and learning manager at BACKLIT, said: “The funding from intu in Nottingham enabled us to hold our screen printing and photography project. The young people from St.Ann’s and Sneinton who took part loved the chance to work with two artists and were really inspired by the range of creative careers the project opened their eyes to.
“Without this funding we would have been unable to provide this opportunity, which helps to develop creative skills as well as confidence building and interpersonal skills which contribute greatly to employability.
“It’s been great to work with intu and the donation has really made a difference to the Backlit programme.”
Darren Whiteside from Edwalton Cavaliers, said: “We are very grateful to intu for providing this donation and both the coaching staff and the team are over-the-moon with the new kits. The team work so hard and it was great to be able to reward them for it.”
