We are moving stuff around Oblong this Monday and Tuesday (21st and 22nd).
Come down and help out. There will be a free lunch and hopefully
lots of stuff to move!

Yeah !

Oblong has been awarded £60,000 from the Tudor Trust, over three years. This will help pay some of our overheads and staff costs. We will do the sums and work out exactly what soon. It will keep the wolf from the door, but we need around £110,000 per year to keep going at the rate we have been. We should hear from the Lottery before the end of June.

Everyone at Oblong is very sad to hear of the death of Paul McSporran, an Oblong member who worked incredibly hard to raise money for our centre as well as other local groups. Paul was friendly, energetic and outgoing and put his love of music to use in helping his local community by putting on a huge number of gigs, including a huge fund-raiser for Oblong which raised over £800 for us as well as showcasing 15 local acts and providing a platform for Pat from Mothers Against Violence.

Pat's funeral is at All Hallows Church, Regent Terrace, Hyde Park, on Friday 20th June at 12 O'clock.

Oblong has just made it's first three grants since we took over the running of the Can Do Investment Fund for Hyde Park and Burley. We're really happy to be able to support local people in this way to get their projects up and running and we hope to be able to give out loads more grants in the future.

The first awardees are:

Brudenell Primary School Summer Fair £448.97
Unity Day Theatre Tent £500
Peshroom Art (art and craft sessions and exhibition)£499.24