Cardboard Citizens' Friends Scheme

The Cardboard Citizens’ Friends Scheme

Be Part of Our Story

Who are we?

Cardboard Citizens is a unique charity that has been making life-changing theatre with and for homeless people for 22 years. We create great theatre that makes a real and positive difference to our society and those living on its margins. We are the UK’s leading practitioners of the Theatre of the Oppressed methodology.Every year Cardboard Citizens effects change by:

• Presenting plays performed by homeless and displaced people, to share experiences and problem-solve together

• Producing high quality work for general audiences so that a wider public can share in the Company’s learning and understand the issues facing marginalised people

• Enabling participants to develop skills, qualifications and confidence through workshops, performances and accredited training

• Supporting participants’ practical needs in matters of housing, education, employment, health and personal development

• Working in partnership with arts and social sector organisations to widen the reach of the Company’s work and underpin its support for participants

The Friends SchemeCardboard Citizens has been at the forefront of telling untold stories for over 20 years. We bring stories from other worlds to the stage; stories that help their tellers get a handle on their lives. These stories often have homeless protagonists at the centre who could be any one of us, with a little bit of bad luck.

We invite you to become part of the Cardboard Citizens story by supporting us in using theatre to transform the lives of even more people with experience of homelessness.

You can support Cardboard Citizens by joining the Friends Scheme and committing to a regular donation. Simply fill in the form on the back on this brochure and follow the instructions to return it to us. Your regular donation will allow us to plan for the future with confidence.

In addition to joining the Friends Scheme there are lots of other ways that you can help us. For example, by offering contacts who can offer pro bono support, by giving your time to bring your friends to our events and performances, or by holding a fundraising event on our behalf.

For more information please contact Rachel Tiley, Events and Donor Development Manager on [email protected] if you are interested in this kind of support.

Be Part of Our Story The Cardboard Citizens’ Friends Scheme

How can you help?


Showtime – £3,000 The cost of taking a forum theatre performance to 6 hostels over the course of a week and performing to over 200 homeless people can be covered. The audience are encouraged to share their experiences (often for the first time), problem solve and participate by acting out scenarios on stage. They are guided to start their journey with Cardboard Citizens.

Sharing – £200 £200 Enables one person to attend a 4 week rehearsal period leading to a public show, allowing them to take the huge step of performing in public - confidently showcasing their new skills and gaining an accreditation.

Success – £50 Funds a participant achieving a Level 2 qualification, providing them with learning and employability skills.

Support – £25 £25 pays for a 1:1 support and advice session from our qualified team, providing advice on issues around housing, education, training or employment opportunities.

Skills Development – £10 £10 enables a participant to attend a full day of theatre and skills development activities by covering their lunch and travel costs.

Start the journey – £5 £5 covers travel costs of someone with experience of homelessness to meet our support staff or attend an evening workshop for the very first time.

Why dowe need

your help?In 2012-13 Cardboard Citizens made some exciting developments, leading to unprecedented success in many areas of our work. We moved to Whitechapel, where our new premises enable us, for the first time, to deliver all our core activities under one roof. Already we have seen an increase in the number of Members coming to workshops, support sessions and social events, and have enjoyed hosting partners and supporters keen to see our work up close. We also held a governance review, establishing a Development Committee and recruiting 4 new Trustees, each with specific skill sets geared towards supporting the organisation’s future. All this has helped us to:

• Reach over 3,300 audience members through four theatre productions

• Give 1,247 homeless individuals the chance to experience high quality theatre, and engage in active debate and problem-solving through our Forum Theatre Tour

• Enable 660 individuals to develop their creative skills through performing arts workshops

• Support Cardboard Citizens Members to achieve 124 qualifications or training and employment outcomes

• Progress 114 Cardboard Citizens Members onto education, employment or training opportunities with our support

• Train 281 professionals to use Theatre of the Oppressed and other creative techniques to enhance their practice

Cardboard Citizens occupies a unique space in the arts and social sector. Over the next few years, we are seeking to ensure that many more people know about our work as the UK’s leading organisation for engaging and telling the stories of excluded people through transformative theatre.

We aim to do this, by making more theatre as well as maximising the support of our network. This will allow us to increase our reach and improve the methods that we use to build relationships with people who are currently homeless or at risk of homelessness, as well as new supporters, partners and our stakeholders.

Over the next three years we would like people like you to become more involved in our organisation, to help us achieve our ambition and to change the perception of homelessness and excluded people in our society.


There are a number of exciting benefits available to you as a member of Cardboard Citizens’ Friends Scheme:

• Access to exclusive sharings and previews of our work

• Opportunity to see the Forum Theatre Tour in a hostel, night shelter or prison

• Priority booking for Cardboard Citizens training and courses

• Invitations to Press Nights

• Acknowledgement on our website

• 10% Friends’ discount when booking Cardboard Citizens’ rehearsal space (subject to availability)

• Invitations to ‘Meet the Citz’ events and Members’ Meetings

I’ve seen incredible changes in myself and in others because of Cardboard Citizens. I think it’s about feeling valued, being seen, and feeling that you have a voice.

Cardboard Citizens Member, 2012


What do we give back?

Top ‘Rough Pearl’ performance by Cardboard Citizens Members at the 2011 Fundraising Dinner

Bottom Cardboard Citizens’ Ambassador Kate Winslet, CBE takes part in a workshop with Cardboard Citizens’ ACT NOW youth programme

Name and full postal address of your Bank or Building Society

To: The Manager

Bank/Building Society

Address

Postcode

Name(s) of Account Holder(s)

Bank/Building Society account number

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Instruction to your Bank or Building Society

to pay by Direct DebitService User Number

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CAF, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4TA

Instruction to your Bank or Building Society

Please pay CAF Re Cardboard Citizens Direct Debits from the account detailed in this Instruction subject to the safeguards assured by the Direct Debit Guarantee. I understand that this Instruction may remain with CAF Re Cardboard Citizens and, if so, details will be passed electronically to my Bank/Building Society.

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Banks and Building Societies may not accept Direct Debit Instructions from some types of account

This is not part of the Instruction to your Bank or Building Society and must be detached by CAF Re Cardboard Citizens before submission to the Paying Bank.

This guarantee should be detached and retained by the Payer

The Direct Debit Guarantee• This guarantee is offered by all Banks and Building Societies that accept instructions to pay Direct Debits• If there are any changes to the amount, date or frequency of your Direct Debit, Charities Aid Foundation will notify you ten working days in advance of your

account being debited or as otherwise agreed. If you request Charities Aid Foundation to collect a payment, confirmation of the amount and date will be given to you at the time of the request

• If an error is made in the payment of your Direct Debit, by Charities Aid Foundation or your Bank or Building Society, you are entitled to a full and immediate refund of the amount paid from your bank or building society - If you receive a refund you are not entitled to, you must pay it back when Charities Aid Foundation asks you to

• You can cancel a Direct Debit at any time by writing to your Bank or Building Society. Written confirmation may be required. Please also send a copy of your letter to us.

My Details

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Address

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Donation DetailsI would like to make a regular donation of £ _____

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01/ / or15/ / Gift Aid DeclarationThis means that £10 can be turned into £12.50 just so long as donations are made through Gift Aid. Imagine what a difference that could make and it won’t cost you a thing.I am a UK tax payer and would like the charity to treat all donations I have made for the four years prior to this tax year and all donations I make from the date of this declaration until I notify you otherwise to be tax effective under the Gift Aid scheme. I confirm I have paid or will pay an amount of Income Tax and/or Capital Gains Tax for each tax year (6 April to 5 April) that is at least equal to the amount of tax that all the charities or Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) that I donate to will reclaim on my gifts for that tax year. I understand that other taxes such as VAT and Council Tax do not qualify. I understand the charity will reclaim 28p of tax on every £1 that I gave up to 5 April 2008 and will reclaim 25p of tax on every £1 that I give on or after 6 April 2008.

Tick to apply

Please complete all sections of this form and return by post to Rachel Tiley, Cardboard Citizens, 77a Greenfield Road, London, E1 1EJ or by email at [email protected]

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Cardboard Citizens' Friends Scheme