Only just over £200 left to raise in order to reach our target!

 

 

Thank you all so much for all your generous donations!

The Mono event last Thursday was a great success, with great music from Danny Saunders of Correcto, and Lenzie Moss, who very generously accepted to play for our big event. Our pop-up shop was very successful, and we sold almost 300 raffle tickets! We had a brilliant evening, so thank you all for coming.

Thanks also to Stephen at Monorail for his continued support and his great DJ set! And thanks to all the organisations that very kindly gave us prizes for our raffle: Saramago at CCA, SECC, National Theatre Scotland, Cupcake, GFT, ArtStore and Mr Ben!

We now have raised almost £2300!!! This is a fantastic amount! Our target is £2500, and the appeal runs until the end of the year, do you think we can reach it?? Every penny counts, and all the money raised will go towards providing more workshops to more people.

Once again, thank you all for your support and your donations! And happy Christmas!

 

 

Posted on 20th December 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Help us reach our £2500 target: join us in Mono this Thursday for our Xmas fundraiser!

 

 

We are well on target for reaching our 2011 Xmas Pounds Appeal fundraising total of £2500. To date we have raised a staggering £1358 in cash donations and a magnificent £650 profit from the sale of our original xmas cards and calendars making a grand total of £2008.

We are accepting cash donations up to our close of business on Friday 23rd December and the BIG annual fundraiser complete with music, exhibition, pop-up shop and a RAFFLE !!!! is this Thursday 15th December at Mono from 8pm ‘till late. There are wonderful prizes to be won, and the money made through the raffle goes towards our Xmas Pound Appeal!

Please join us for a fabulous evening of music and laughter.

Every donation contributes directly to Project Ability’s original and innovative programme of visual art production and exhibition.

 

 

Posted on 14th December 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Plenty of great prizes to be won at our Xmas fundraiser!

 

 

A great way to support us and help us reach the total of £2500 for our Xmas Pound Appeal is to join us at our big fundraising event at Mono on the 15th December from 8 pm. There will be music, art and laughter, as well as a raffle with great prizes, a pop up shop with original art work and a donations tin. We have now reached over £1060.00!!! This is all from cash donated in person and through text giving. (Text PABL11 then an amount up to £10 to 70070.).

Raffle tickets will be sold at the door on the night, £1 for one or £4 for 5. You could win one of these wonderful prizes:

A huge thank you to all the organisations that very generously donated a prize for our event!

Enjoy a good night out and know you are contributing towards a good cause!

 


 

Posted on 7th December 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Wonderful raffle prize from the SECC for our Xmas fundraiser!

 

 

The SECC has very generously donated 4 tickets for their panto towards our raffle/fundraising event, taking place in Mono on Thursday 15 December, from 8pm til late.

This year, they will show Robinson Crusoe and the Caribbean Pirates, with John Barrowman in the title role of Robinson Crusoe and Glasgow pantomime favourites, The Krankies, as Captain Crusoe & Jimmy Crusoe! After the succes of their previous panto and their use of 3D effects, the show’s producers have created brand-new and even more spectacular 3D for this production! What a prize! Perfect to put you in a holiday mood!

Many, many thanks to SECC for their generosity!

Raffle tickets will be sold at the door on the night, £1 per ticket or £4 for 5.

 

 

 

Posted on 29th November 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Xmas pound Appeal Update

 

 

In four weeks we have raised a massive £783.

This is a considerable amount of money and we are thankful to every person who has been kind enough to donate. This money will help us provide more visual art workshops and film classes to more people.

‘Gives you something to get up for in the morning, mixing with other people, gives you the opportunity to do things that if you didn't come you wouldn't take on” - participant on the Connect programme. Connect is our specialist arts and well-being programme for people with mental health issues.

“My seascape picture has worked out beautifully and I feel confident that I have achieved something.” – young person attending the Saturday Art Class.

You can help us reach our target of £2500 by donating money – cash, cheque or card or through JustTextGiving (text PABL11 £10 or any other amount of your choice to 70070), buying our original xmas cards and 2011 calendar, purchasing original art work from the gallery (Project Ability takes a 40% commission on all sales) and publications and gift items from our shop and coming along to our fantastic fundraiser on the 15th December at Mono.

“Keep up the awesomeness!” - Create participant.

 

 

Posted on 23rd November 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
Categories: Artists  Exhibitions  Film & Animation  Fundraising  News  Shop  Workshops 

Xmas Pound Appeal update: over £500 already!

 

 

We have reached a staggering £512.50 – in 3 weeks!!! We are truly grateful for every pound and pence donated, thank you.

Our xmas cards are also selling well. This year's top seller is without a doubt Skye McLaughlin’s “Birds”. There are only a few packets left. Well done Skye! All proceeds from the sale of xmas cards and calendars will be added to our Xmas Pounds Appeal helping us reach our target of £2500.

Click here to see how you can help!

 

Posted on 15th November 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
Categories: Artists  Fundraising  News  Workshops 

Xmas pound Appeal update

 

We have received some fantastic donations this week, and after only two weeks the appeal has reached £300.00

If all of us were to give even just £1, we would have no problem reaching our target of £2500! Just text PABL11 £1 (or any other amount of your choice) to 70070, or click here to see how you can donate.

After the successful sale of books at last week’s First Thursday, Stirling Books have agreed to keep a stock of quality second-hand books in the shop through to the end of the Collected exhibition on the 19th November. Project Ability will receive a third of sales proceeds.

You can also contribute by purchasing our original Christmas cards and calendars.

We really appreciate your support and all funds raised goes towards our year round arts programme of classes, workshops, exhibitions and events for people with disabilities.

Thank you all!

 

Posted on 8th November 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
Categories: Artists  Fundraising  News  Trongate 103  Workshops 

The Xmas cards have arrived!

 

 

The Project Ability Xmas cards have arrived! We have three wonderful designs for you to chose from: 'Birds' by Skye McLachlan, 'Snowman' by Cameron Morgan and 'Penguins' by Ruth Much.

Each pack contains 10 cards and enveloppes, and are available to buy in our shop for only £5.

They will go fast, so make sure to buy yours soon!

 

 

Posted on 31st October 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
Categories: Artists  Fundraising  News  Trongate 103 

Launch of our Xmas Pound Appeal 2011

 

 

25th October is the launch of Project Ability’s Xmas Pounds Appeal 2011.

 We want your cash for Christmas! After last year’s success, our target this year is to raise a massive £2500!

 Please don’t spend money giving us Christmas cards or gifts - sweets, biscuits or alcohol will be used as raffle prizes. We just want your money! 

 There are several ways you can give money towards our Xmas Pound Appeal:
• You can hand cash into the office.
• Or, send a cheque to Project Ability, Trongate 103, Glasgow, G1 5HD
• You can donate money safely on line, via WorkWithUs or via JustGiving.
• Or you can text us your donation via JustTextGiving! Simply text PABL11 £amount of your choice to 70070 (i.e. PABL11 £10)*

All the money we receive will go towards providing more opportunities to our participants: workshops, exhibitions, training and events.

We offer a fun, lively, internationally renowned arts programme for people with disabilities and mental health issues. From our youngest participant who is 5 years old to our eldest who is 90!!,

Help us give the best experience possible to our participants!

 Many thanks from all of us at Project Ability.

 


 

* Project Ability receives 100% of funds donated through JustTextGiving.


 

Posted on 25th October 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Thank you BBC Children in Need!

 

 

Project Ability’s Create programme for children and young people would like to say a big thank you to BBC Children in Need for supporting our Saturday Visual Art workshops.

BBC Children in Need have offered continued support to Project Ability over recent years and have enabled us to provide a safe, professional artistic environment where children and young people with disabilities can explore, develop, learn and socialise.

Photograph: Pudsey and BBC Radio Scotland’s Bryan Burnett presenting the BBC Children in Need plaque to Project Ability, courtesy of BBC Children in Need.

 

Posted on 4th May 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Well done John!

 

 

Our very brave staff member John Fitzpatrick ran The Mighty Deerstalker 2011 this weekend, and made it to the end in one piece! Not only that, but he also raised a fantastic £324.91 for Project Ability! 

"It was really tough. It ended up being 14K instead of 10K over all types of terrain. Road, mud, grass, scree, rivers, more mud, up steep gradients, down steeper ones, more mud, waist deep water....and all done at night. It was great fun.
We had a lot of support before and during the race, and I'd like to say a very big thank you and well done to everyone who sponsored us and helped us smash our target. Your support made every squelchy step a good bit more endurable. Thank you all very much."

Thanks to everyone who donated, and thanks to John!!

 

 

Posted on 21st March 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Two year pilot project starting in April

 

 

We are delighted to announce a new two year pilot project in partnership with NHS GGC Directorate of Forensic Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Occupational Therapy services.

 
The project begins April 2011 and works-in-progress will be exhibited in our gallery in Trongate 103 in September 2012. 


This project is funded by the LankellyChase Foundation.

 

Posted on 21st March 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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FUNDRAISER - The Mighty Deerstalker 2011

 


 

Staff member and artist John Fitzpatrick and his friend Pat Kane are taking part in The Mighty Deerstalker 2011 on the 19th March.

The Mighty Deerstalker is a 10K turbo-charged roller coaster of a run. It's fun, it's fast, it's action-packed and it's as tough as you can bear (and its at night!). The onus is on fun but this is also a serious challenge, involving off-road terrain, steep gradients and exciting obstacles.

          'It will be my first Deerstalker so I’m not too sure what to expect. I’m not aiming for a time as it is cross country, through rivers and over a series of obstacles. I’m starting to wonder what I’ve gotten myself into!' John.

John and Pat very generously decided to raise funds for Project Ability: if you want to show your support, and help us reach our target of £300, you can click here and donate online.

Good luck to both of them, they'll be needing it!

For more information on the event: http://www.ratraceadventure.com/notorious/deerstalker.html

Posted on 16th February 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Thank you!

 

We raised £1071.00 during our Christmas Pound Appeal!!! Thank you for your kind donations.

You took us at our word and gave us cash rather than chocolate and (most) of the staff were very grateful not to have boxes of biscuits and tins of chocolate in the office at a time when there is so much excess.

THANK YOU!

Posted on 18th January 2011 by PA Editor : permalink
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Wonderful prizes for our Xmas raffle in Mono!

 

As you already know, we are having our Xmas fundraiser in Mono on Thursday 9 December, 7pm till late. As well as performances by RM Hubbert, Alasdair Roberts and International Airport djs, a beautiful exhibition of new works by Tommy Mason and a small pop up shop for the night, we will be holding a raffle!

There are plenty of great prizes this year! We would like to send our warmest THANK YOU to all the organisations that donated something towards the raffle, as well as Mono and Monorail for hosting the event.

So, what could you win this year?

- a £30 voucher for the treatment of your choice at Karada Massage
- 2 tickets for the STG show of your choice at Ramshorn Theatre
- three great prizes from Mr Ben Retro Clothing: a £15 voucher, a brooch and a bottle of wine! Mr Ben also gave Project Ability a £20 donation.
- a voucher for 6 delicious cupcakes at Cupcake
- free lunch for 2 (drinks not included) at Trans Europe Cafe
- 2 bottles of wine from Cafe Gandolfi
- 2 rare magazines (The Ride Journal (cycling) issue 4 and It’s Nice That (Art) issue 4) from GmbH
- 3 books from the Fruitmarket Gallery: Air Iomlaid - On Exchange, from a project they did last year with children from Edinburgh and Skye led by artist Julie Brook. Childish Things - From their current show, and second collaboration with Glasgow University's David Hopkins. Preserves - Christine Borland.
- One of the framed pieces by Tommy Mason exhibited in Mono.

With prizes like these, the snow doesn't stand a chance! See you all in Mono on Thursday, from 7pm!

Posted on 7th December 2010 by PA Editor : permalink
Categories: Exhibitions  Fundraising  News 

Janette Stewart raised over £1,000 !

 

Janette Stewart, who ran the New York Marathon back in November, donated all the money she raised to Project Ability last week end, and it's over £1,000 !!

We are all very, very grateful and would like to send a warm THANK YOU to Janette! You can see her on the photo above, just passing the 'Finish' line (white Project Ability T-shirt).

If you wish to fundraise for Project Ability, just get in touch with us and we will do what we can to help. You can also donate towards our Christmas Pound Appeal: just click here for more information.

 

Posted on 6th December 2010 by PA Editor : permalink
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The Christmas Pound Appeal

Project Ability has launched a Christmas Pounds Appeal!

Please, don’t buy us presents or send us Christmas cards; no chocolates, cakes, biscuits or bottles of wine! Just give us the money!!

We want your PENNIES and POUNDS!

Our target is one thousand POUNDS.

It costs £500 to design and print an exhibition card, send out the invites and organise a preview evening.

£1000 buys a 10 week project for people with mental health issues and learning disabilities.

£1500 buys a 10 week project for children and young people.

A £5 donation rather than 5lbs of chocolate will help us to raise much needed funds...

Click here if you wish to donate to our Christmas Pound Appeal.

Many thanks to you all!

Posted on 2nd November 2010 by PA Editor : permalink
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Janette Stewart is running the New York Marathon for Project Ability

 

Janette Stewart, who's son attends one of our visual arts classes, will be running the New York Marathon on Sunday 7 November.

She has very generously decided to raise money for Project Ability. If you are interested in supporting Janette and Project Ability, please click here.

From all the staff and participants: thanks a lot Janette, and good luck!

Image: taken from Running Advice and News website.

 

Posted on 1st November 2010 by PA Editor : permalink
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Charity Christmas Cards

3 original designs created by Project Ability artists: Daniel Dillon, Carole Lee and Edward Henry.  10 cards per pack at £5 per pack.  Buy now from the Project Ability shop.

Posted on 7th October 2010 by PA Editor : permalink
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25 Year Fundraising Appeal has now closed

Project Ability would like to thank all the friends and supporters who generously donated over £2000 in just 4 months (December 2009 to March 2010) towards our 25 year campaign.  This funding will support our 2010 exhibition programme ensuring our exhibitions continue to delight our audience.  “fantastic show”...”Wow!! keep on showing us your work”...”Oh my goodness – beautiful, exciting, expressive, inspiring work.”

This campaign has now closed but we are, of course, continuing to accept gifts and donations.

Find out more information about sponsoring our exhibition programme here.

Posted on 17th May 2010 by PA Editor : permalink
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‘100 Club Draw’ comes to an end

Two years ago we launched the ‘100 Club Draw’ and over one hundred people took part, helping to raise around £1500 for the ‘Big Move appeal’. Thank you, we really value your support. 

We discovered that many of you use the ‘100 Club Draw’ as a way to donate a regular amount to Project Ability each month, in order to support our charity. Moreover, many of the winners insist that we keep the prize money, which is extremely generous however, creates additional administrative costs. Taking all of this into account, we have decided that the December 2009 draw will be the last ‘100 Club Draw’, however, we hope you can continue to support us.           

Find out how you can continue to support us here.

If you already have a 100 club standing order with us and wish to continue supporting us, there is no need to do anything

Your ongoing support is gratefully appreciated,

Elisabeth Gibson, Executive Artistic Director

Posted on 23rd December 2009 by PA Editor : permalink
Categories: Fundraising