GASP! Big Give
BIG News! We have been selected to take part in Big Give’s ‘Arts for Impact’ campaign 2025!
Big Give is the UK's leading match funding charity. They support organisations like us to double down on the positive impact we make. From midday 18th March to midday on 25th March, donations that we raise (up to £5,000) will be match funded by Big Give.
If we can raise the whole £5,000, they will make it £10,000!
With £10,000, we can do a whole lot more good in Gloucester.
Big or small, every single one of your donations will be doubled.
DONATE BY CLICKING HERE
(between 12pm 18th March & 12pm 25th March 2025)
( Note : Gloucester Culture Trust are kindly collecting funds on behalf of GAS Projects for the duration of the campaign )
What Are We Fundraising for?
Windows of Welcome in Gloucester
Our project 'Windows of Welcome' is an art project supporting young refugees and strengthening communities in Gloucester.
Art provides an important space for people to meet and learn about others and their experiences. Recognising and understanding different perspectives removes barriers between communities and makes lasting changes to neighbourhoods.
Joke Amusan at Tate Modern : image by Sophie Shaw
We are creating three ambitious artworks for Gloucester.
The first artwork will see us engaging with young refugees to co-create an artwork for the city. We will also work with two other community groups in Gloucester to design and make two further large-scale artworks in the city.
Though some brilliant support services are available for unaccompanied young people who’ve arrived in the city, resources are stretched. After the age of 18, this level of support drops even further. These young people struggle to find community and belonging.
Windows of Welcome will ensure that they have a safe space to connect within the community and develop a sense of belonging. Through supportive workshops with international artist Joke Amusan, supported by GAS Projects, they will design a new artwork for Gloucester. The artwork will explore themes around home and welcome.
All three artworks will animate the Gloucester high street by making use of vacant shops around the city centre for their exhibition during Refugee Week 2025 - June 16th - June 22nd 2025.
So please support this project - Big or small, every single one of your donations will be doubled.
The work of Joke Amusan - at GAWP! 2024
GASP!
Why donate to us?
We're a vibrant and impactful artist-led organisation bringing socially-engaged arts opportunities to Gloucester. We’re raising the profile of Gloucester as a thriving city for the contemporary visual arts and addressing issues of social need and inequality.
We're ambitious, and in a short time have already made a difference to the city, so we're worth backing. You can find out about the projects we’ve created so far on our Projects page.
We’re a very small team with very low overheads. All of the money raised during Big Give will go back into Gloucester, where it’s needed most.
You can also find information about our whole team on the About page.
(Please note that we are being supported by Gloucester Culture Trust who will collect funds on behalf of GAS Projects for the duration of the campaign.)
How You Can Help
Donate - Mark your calendar and donate between 18th – 25th March.
Share - Ask your friends and contacts to donate that week too! Share our social media posts to widen our reach.
Attend - Our art auction at the Long Table, Stroud : 7-9pm Thursday 20th March - JOIN US!
Talk to Us - If you have an idea, can donate art for our auction, or think you can help us fundraise in other ways, we’d LOVE to hear from you - admin@gasprojects.org.uk
