A selection of projects we fund - Page 19

Marc Brew

Marc was a promising ballet dancer when he was involved in a car accident that left him with life-altering injuries, he retrained to become a choreographer and dancer, founding the Marc Brew Company in 2001.

Nandi Jola

Nandi Jola is a poet, storyteller and playwright born in South Africa.

Sir Peter Murray CBE

Sir Peter Murray is a British curator and educationalist best known for founding the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) in 1977 with a modest grant of £1,000 and no staff.

Craig MacLellan

Former Marine Craig MacLellan, who has been helped to survive post-traumatic stress disorder by the companionship of his pet Labrador, set up Veterans with Dogs in 2012 to help others like him.

Elvire Mavusi Matu

Elvire  grew up in Barking and Dagenham and watched as local community centres closed and gang violence overwhelmed the area. At 14, she didn’t feel like there were any safe spaces left for her and her peers to go, and so created Konverse Dance Crews.