SOLT & UK Theatre today announces a Theatre Artists Fund to assist individuals in need of emergency financial support. The fund has been established with a £500k donation from Netflix and is spearheaded by director Sam Mendes. Click here to find out more: olt.buzz/40n

.@Netflix has kickstarted donations for an emergency fund for theatres workers in need of urgent support during the pandemic, spearheaded by director Sam Mendes, Society of London Theatre and @UK_Theatre bit.ly/2Z1cywP

Thank you Oliver Dowden for the much needed funding. And thanks to my local MP Duncan Baker for lobbying and supporting. I reserve the right to disagree with most Tory policies and actions, but credit where its due.

I’m delighted to become an ambassador for Sir Norman Lamb’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund at Norfolk Community Foundation, supporting children, teenagers and young adults in Norfolk. Find out more about the important work Sir Norman’s doing here: bit.ly/32NKBc8”

Never mind the media circus. This is the truth. This sister says so much in 2 minutes.

The Lemn Sissay Law Bursary. Please Share. Deadline 31st May. socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/connect/making…

So excited that lemn sissay OBE FRSL took time out from Brighton Festival to come and see the Project Harar team including our Patron anwen hurt today at @Projects_btn

We are beyond excited to announce that lemn sissay OBE FRSL has accepted the role of charity Patron alongside anwen hurt . Lemn Sissay MBE is a BAFTA nominated award winning writer, international poet, performer, playwright, artist and broadcaster – welcome to Project Harar Lemn!

This is so great for Project Harar . Can’t thank lemn sissay OBE FRSL enough for agreeing to be part of our journey.

12 meters and lots of movement. Large scale work in progress brought to you compliments of @holtfestival and LoveHoltNorfolk delight your senses with art out in the open at Star Plain in Holt. With help from my art elves @anwenhurt @jamesalanglennie and @MarkHow01476087.

Today I was made an OBE. I have written this to say thank you. blog.lemnsissay.com/2021/06/12/a-b…

NEW: YouGov / PCA for the Arts poll shows most British adults support continued funding for arts courses in higher education, despite plans for a catastrophic 50% cut. Join me & 160,000+ others telling Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP: #ArtsEducationMatters. campaignforthearts.org/petitions/stop…

Donating to our campaign via the Big Give Christmas Challenge will have double the impact on our vital services in Ethiopia, read more about the impact of your support here: projectharar.org/pages/category… Donate here: donate.thebiggive.org.uk/donate/a056900…

🎥 We're so excited to have had the opportunity to enter the Charity Film Awards - which is now LIVE! You can vote for our films in two separate categories ✨ First up, in the long form category, we have Sifan and Tirusew's story: smileymovement.org/single-award/72

🎬 Our second film in the Charity Film Awards is Stories from our Cleft Programme: smileymovement.org/single-award/1… Voting for Project Harar in the Charity Film Awards is free and straight forward. It would be amazing if you could vote for us to help us raise awareness about our work 🧡

The Big Give closes today at 12 noon - and we are SO close to reaching our target! Thank you to everyone who has supported our campaign so far 🧡 Your support will transform the life of a child living in rural Ethiopia. donate.thebiggive.org.uk/donate/a056900…

Thank you to everyone who has donated to our Big Give campaign so far! We've got just about 30 minutes until the campaign closes and we've had 99 donations so far, could you be the 100th? donate.thebiggive.org.uk/donate/a056900…

The voting deadline in the Charity Film Awards has been extended to this Sunday, 23rd Jan 🚨📅 🖊️Vote here: smileymovement.org/single-award/72 🖊️Vote here (we have two films entered!): smileymovement.org/single-award/1… 📗Read more: projectharar.org/vote-for-proje… @CharityFilm_

The fabulous Lemn Sissay Holt Festival

Appalling and terrifying. Are police taking lessons from their counterparts in Russia or China? #JournalismIsNotACrime