insideKENT Magazine Issue 87 - June 2019 | Page 163

CHARITY
Art & Charity CONT.
Nucleus Arts
www.nucleusarts.com
Nucleus Arts was created to enhance people’s lives
through art. Its mission is to inspire using affordable,
innovative creativity and sho wcases, encouraging
diversity and inclusivity. It has been promoting access
to the arts for over 15 years throughout Kent, and
specifically in the Medway area.
The Arts Society North Kent
www.theartssocietynorthkent.org.uk
The Arts Society North K ent has ar ound 150
members and, like all other af filiates of The Arts
Society, it aims to promote and preserve the fine arts.
It is one of over 330 member societies of The Arts
Society, spread throughout the UK and Europe. It
is a leading arts charity whose aims include accessing
the w orld of the arts thr ough lectur es, and
encouraging arts projects for young people in schools.
This preservation of our arts heritage is ac hieved
through voluntary work at sites such as museums,
stately homes, libraries and archives.
and Shepway Voices), as w ell as special ‘f ools art
days’ which include a combination of art, drama,
dance and singing.
Pie Factory Music
www.piefactorymusic.com
Music and Arts for the Shepway Community
www.masccharity.org.uk
Music and Arts f or the Shepway Community is a
charity set up to bring music and the arts to everybody
in Shepway (Folkestone, Hythe, Dymchurch, New
Romney, Ly dd, Ha wkinge, Densole , and all
surrounding towns and villages). The charity believes
in the social, physical and mental benefits that music
and the arts can bring.
There are a n umber of choirs set up under the
MASC banner (including Shepway Primary Singers
Music has been shown to be important in therapy
and in our lives in general, and Pie Factory Music
takes this idea and runs with it. The charity provides
accessible music and related arts workshops for those
up to the age of 25 throughout East Kent.
The c harity belie ves tha t m usic is a wa y f or
people to express themselves and be as creative as
possible. It of fers self-confidence and inclusion,
and helps those in w hat might be ter med
challenging situations such as being in care or those
who have disabilities.
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