Red Ladder supporters start #GisATenner
On Tuesday it was announced that Leeds-based theatre company, Red Ladder was to receive a 100% cut to its Arts Council funding.
Well, that was Tuesday.
Today an independent campaign has been set up to save the UK’s leading radical theatre company. Tweeting from @saveredladder a team of supporters has launched an online fundraising campaign in association with online giving platform Localgiving.com to raise back the £160,000 required to cover the full production budget for two UK tours.
The #GisATenner campaign is based on the fact that if each of Red Ladder’s Twitter followers gave £10 that would be £80,000. That’s one show covered.
The campaign is working with online fundraising platform Localgiving.com, which is offering its support to the cause. Localgiving.com provides a place for small and local charitable organisations to raise funds online, benefit from automated Gift Aid and access match funding opportunities. Its annual match fund campaign, Grow Your Tenner, will be launching later this year, matching online donations pound-for-pound up to £10 and enabling Red Ladder supporters to maximise the value of their giving.
Visit saveredladder.co.uk