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Raising awareness for LS

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deb09833
deb09833

Hi guys,

There has been some discussion around how we can help raise awareness of LS.  A few of us artists have already said we would be happy to donate a painting to go towards doing this.

i have spoken to Kelly Taylor from British Skin Foundation who was delighted to come on board. BSF is the only charity dedicated to skin research and all of their donations and fundraising events are crucial to enabling them to continue their work. They estimate eight million people are living with skin disease in UK. Some are manageable, others are severe enough to kill.

The thought is to get a gallery to get involved, along with media, raise some funds and more importantly awareness of LS both in UK and Australia.

Whether you you are an artist or not, any assistance would be great. Logistically, I'm in Brisbane and whilst modern technology can connect me it does have some drawbacks. 

Please advise how you would like to be involved. 

We we would need a spokesperson, someone to find a gallery, contact made to media someone to co ordinate, people to donate art. It can be as simple as making a suggestion on what you think would help.

From my side I am happy to ship over a painting, contact our current affairs/newspapers here in Australia and see if we could get a story out there.

I really hope some of you get behind this. I just don't think I can sit here and continue to do nothing.

 

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  • deb09833
    deb09833

    Posted

    FYI

    The following is an excerpt of a response from Kelly Taylor Fundraising Officer British Skin Foundation with thoughts along the line of Suedm.

    "unless you are able to get a venue for free, or virtually nothing, I would strongly suggest you do it online. There are a few ways you would be able to do this including using an auction site such as eBay, we are signed up as a charity and are able to sell items and we are able to receive a percentage or all of the profit".

    and in closing,

    "but whatever you choose, we will support you as much as possible via social media awareness and generate funds".

     

    • Guppy007
      Guppy007 deb09833

      Posted

      Deb...Sounds good..have you managed to find someone that is whizz with IT to help with this.?
    • deb09833
      deb09833 Guppy007

      Posted

      Sued was going to speak to her friend.about it - busy time of the year for everyone. Hopefully we can progress in the New Year. Hope you had a great Christmas!
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