£3.3 MILLION RAISED FOR ACTING FOR OTHERS
AND ITS 14 MEMBER CHARITIES
Theatrical charity, Acting for Others,today announce that together with their network of charities they have so far raised £3.3 million as part of their ongoing efforts to support the industry. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the 14 member charities have offered emotional and financial support, welfare and benefit advice and worked closely to support over 5000 theatre workers in need, becoming the go to charity for the theatrical industry.
Through wonderful acts of industry support, the money has been raised by over 200 theatrical organisations and initiatives including Fleabag For Charity, Theatre Support Fund The Show Must Go On! merchandise, Les Misérables: The Staged Concert DVD and the Noël Coward Foundation with events including the star-studded A Marvellous Party and many others.
Sir Stephen Waley-Cohen, co-chair of Acting for Others, said today, “This moment of crisis has illustrated the magnificent creativity and supportive nature of those in the performing arts with the huge variety of fundraising efforts we’ve seen and generous donations received. It has been wonderful to see all our long-term supporters, including our Ambassadors, continuing to offer their time and resources to support their less fortunate colleagues, and to see many newly engaging with Acting for Others and its member charities. We – and the thousands of beneficiaries – are enormously grateful to all those who have donated and fundraised.
William Differ, co-chair of Acting For Others, added “Sixty years ago Combined Theatrical Charites was founded by Richard Attenborough, Laurence Olivier and Noël Coward; as Acting for Others we’ve become a network of 14 charities working together to offer financial and emotional help to all workers from the theatre community through times of adversity. Long may we continue to provide this central core for mutual support for our industry!”
Judi Dench, President of Acting for Others, also commented It is truly wonderful to see how much Acting for Others and the member charities are doing to provide help for those who work (or used to) in our industry at this time. Since March, the need for support has drastically increased and without so many generous people, donating and fundraising in all these incredible ways, the charities simply wouldn’t be able to do the work they do. It is important that our less fortunate colleagues among performers, backstage and front of house staff all know that we are here to offer that helping hand.
The generosity of our supporters who have raised this astonishing total is remarkable. Thank you from us all and for being part of the A4O family.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Vice President of Acting for Others, These numbers are evidence of the incredible solidarity at the core of the performing arts community, and a reminder of how precarious this time has been for many members of it. Here’s to a huge thank you for the passionate dedication of everyone at Acting for Others, and to those who have contributed, donated and worked so hard to ease the present and ensure the future of our peers.
Francesca Moody, Acting for Others, Ambassador, it’s incredible that the member charities have been able to raise so much – thrilled for everyone and I know it’s a much-needed lifeline for so many.
Donations to Acting for Otherscan be made here: www.justgiving.com/ctcafo
Twitter: @ActingForOthers
A FULL LIST OF FUNDRAISERS AND DONATORS
#LockdownSondheimQuizNight
#WEAREACTINGFOROTHERS
12 Days of Lockdown
2020 Jumble Sale, Craft Book & Quiz
24 Hour Dance Marathon
60 Hour Shakespeare
A4O Ambassadors
A Marvellous Party
A Song for Our Time – Looking at the Moon
After the Tempest
Alfie Boe – Birthday Fundraiser
All in this Together
All the Webs a Stage
Alone together Song
Amazon Smile
Amelie’s Daily Readings for the Arts
An Evening at Joe Allen
Arts Ed Theatre
Belle Weckmann
Bohemian Rhapsody
Brewing Actors
Brightside of Life
Bring on Tomorrow
Cabaret at the Covid
Carrie Hope Fletcher
Cast reunion of From Here To Eternity
Cat Ogden – Online Concert
CBD Dance
CelebriTeas Zeb Soanes
Charity Zoom Singing Showcase
Claire’s Acting Through Song Classes
Clive Dunstall’s Voxtet is raising funds for The Entertainment Industry.
Come From Away Standbys Quiz
Coming Together (Jason Robert Brown Song)
Connor Strange gaming Marathon
Conversations with Mark Curry
Corona Concert!
COVID-19 Charity Single of “Sing”
Covid-19 Theatre Support Memorabilia Raffle
Dad’s Army Radio Show: On Air – The HOME Front Edition
Dame Emma Thompson
Dame Judi Dench
Daniel Hope
Daniele Arbisi
Dan’s STAYINDERELLA
Dark Theatres Project – Nina Dunn
Digital Download
Digitally Shook
DMT QUIZ NIGHT
Do You Hear The People Sing
Dramatic Inking
Eugenius Live concert
Fiona’s 10 Ironman 70.3s at home!!!
Five 4 Five
Fleabag For Charity
Fosse Ballet
Friday Night Rambles
Front of House Cabaret!
Fundraising Day For Acting for Others
Ghost Light – Save the Arts
Gigging with Grads
GLEEK OF THE WEEK: The Ultimate Showdown
Godspell 50th Anniversary Concert
Grinning Man Masks
Hamilton Quiz
Hannah’s Half Marathon
Harry’s Acting for Others – Light from Next to Normal
Hashtag Quiz
Ian McKellen – On Stage
Inspirations Theatre Company
Interviews with the West End
Irvine Iqbal
Isobelly Laughs
Jack shaves off his hair
Jen Kenney’s 40th Birthday
Joseph and the Amazing All Star ‘Highlights’ Concert
John Mclachlan
KCL G&S presents A Night at the Cabaret
Keep Theatre in the Frame
Kieran Brown
Kerry Ellis
Kids Monologue Slam
Kings of Broadway
Kymera’s ‘The Most Important Bits of Being Earnest’ Zoom Performance
Leave a Light on
Leave on a Light
Leicester Oldbags murder mystery
Les Miserables Live Concert DVD
LILY’s Theatre Rally
LockdownLive – West End Workout
Masks for Good
Masterclasses and workshops
Mayflower Supports
Mean Girls – Apex Predator
Metcalfe Gordon Productions
Monday Moon Store
Moving Pictures Theatre
Musical Marathon
Nathan Amzi
Noël Coward Foundation
Noir
Odiham Fest
OU Theatre Group Bookers Club
Our Big Theatrical Bike Ride
OUTGBC bookings
PATIENCE: THE AUDIO DRAMA
Paul Burton Productions
Phil’s VE Day Charity Show on Facebook Live
Pippa’s Lockdown Singing Showcase
Pips-drawing
Portfolio Websites for Actors
Pros From The Shows
Raise You Up – Kinky Boots
Ray Cooney
Rebecca Ward’s Birthday Fundraiser
Remember Us, Love the West End
Richard Clifford
Richard II – A Free Charity Production in association with Acting For Others
Roby’s Musical Marathon
Rock Perfumes
Rodgers & Hammerstein Virtual Concert
Rosie Glow Productions
Ross Noble
Run 100km in August for Acting For Others
Ruth Moore Vocal Coaching Online Student Showcase
Samantha Bond
Sarah Johnson’s – Birthday Fundraiser
Sarah Parker
Save The Arts!
Share your Shakespeare
Shook Productions
Show Themed Hearts
Show themed Scrunchies
Showtoons from Home
Sienna ‘s Birthday Fundraiser
Simon Greiff Productions
Simon’s Kitchen Sink Drama
Sir Derek Jacobi
SLOCOACH
Spotlight
Spotlight on the Future
St Eval Candle Company
Stepping Up For The Arts
Sunday Masterclasses
Support The Arts
Sustainable Book Club
Tales from the Edge
Talking Icons
The Araca Group
The Corona Sessions and Masterclass
The Craft Brewing Company
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Industry Craft
The Interval Act
The Lockdown Diaries
The London Throwdown
The Lost Alhambra
The Lovie Diaries – A4O Take 5 Challenge
The Other Palace
Theatre Support Fund The Show Must Go On! – Merchandise
The Stagey Couple
The Understudy
The Virtual Vaudeville
Theatre 5 Challenge
Theatre Fan Parties
Theatre Super Auction
Tils Theatre Graphic Week
To Broadway, With Love – A Virtual Concert
Todd’s Big Fat Musical Theatre Quiz of Lockdown
Towers School- #ForTheArts Performance
TOZI Restaurant
Trustees of Elizabeth Jolly
Until the Curtains Rise
VE Day Concert
VocalHome
Voices of the West End
Voodini’s Science Fiction Double Feature Challenge
Walk4TheArts Actors
We Are Theatre – Adam Clayton
West End Best Friends
West End Extravaganza
West End Illustrations
West End in Darkness
West End Talks
West End Understudies
West End Workshops Live Online Concert
What Matters Now
Where it all starts and Lifeline
Wind in the Willows screening – Jamie Hendry
Yorktown Tote bags
Zoe’s Support your theatre industry campaign