Big Give: Making an impact
Free and fun activities for families during the school holidays
Back in March, we took part in Big Give’s Arts for Impact week 2025.
You helped us raise an amazing £4,719, exceeding our target of £4,000 from 87 donations plus £502 in Gift Aid. Your generosity will go towards our goal of providing 1,000 children across Dundee with access to fun and free creative activities throughout the holidays.
Now that the summer holidays are underway, we've started work on this project and want to keep you updated on our progress. Here we share some details of the impact your support is already having.
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Creative fun in Whitfield
We began our summer activity in Whitfield at The Roundhouse Community Kitchen & Cafe. We welcomed families for free creative workshops, where they had a go at gelli plate leaf printing, tried marbling onto paper, and created collages using recycled materials that were inspired by shapes found in the DCA building. Here's what families had to say:
Great messy time - freedom to try - free activity - easy place to get to - thank you!
I liked everything. I loved the crafts but marbling was my fav.
Very well organised, great instructions, lots of new and interesting activities.
Groups like this are so important during the holidays.
Ninewells Community Garden
On Sat12 July, we got creative outside in the sunshine at Ninewells Community Garden. Families had fun doing gelli printing and taking inspiration from the garden space around them. They also made some colourful bugs and worked collaboratively on a giant woven heart artwork. Visitors said:
Simple, joyful activities like this bring instant happiness!
Lovely relaxed activities outdoors. Nice to connect to nature with printing and insect crafts.
Our lad was mesmerised by the marbling!
Good fun and a great sense of achievement.
More to come
We'll be working throughout the summer and October holidays to deliver more of these high-quality workshops to communities across Dundee, and will keep you updated as we go along.
Working with our local partners, such as ScapAntics Family Club, Whitfield Roundhouse and local Community Learning and Development teams, our goal is to provide free, fun activities that help prevent isolation and improve wellbeing. We'll continue to provide safe spaces that allow families to gather, access materials and explore craft and printmaking for free as well as providing support for parents to help keep the creativity going when they get back home.
This is all possible thanks to Big Give’s Arts for Impact campaign and your generous donations.
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Your donation, no matter how large or small, helps us to keep enriching people's lives through art, culture and creativity.
Your donation, no matter how large or small, helps us to keep enriching people's lives through art, culture and creativity.
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