Raw 5 was not only an opportunity to celebrate 5 years in business and collaborate with hundreds of artists from around the world, it also allowed us to raise the rather lovely and, hopefully useful, sum of £600 for the Wood Street Mission.
It was really difficult to try and choose a charity when we started to plan the Raw 5 event as there are so many causes to support and messages to champion. It was the ever-helpful photographer Andrew Brooks who suggested we look into the work that Wood Street Mission carry out in and around Manchester.
We found that the charity was established in 1869 by members of Manchester’s business community who wanted to help local people living in poverty. After reading about countless families that have been helped and children’s lives that have been cheered by the work of Wood Street Mission, we let all of the Raw 5 contributors and guests know that the aim was to do our bit and raise as much money as we could to help their good work continue.
Day-to-day activities that are carried out by the wonderful volunteers such as sorting clothes, acting as collection points and gathering Christmas gifts for local kids all take time and cost money which needs local business support to grow and continue. It was great to discover Wood Street’s Creative Friends group which is made up of creatives from around Manchester who are lending their time and skills to help out as well, so our £600 contribution will hopefully be the first of many.
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