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Hants and Dorset charities use social media to boost fundraising

BBC News

6 days ago

Business
BBC News

Hants and Dorset charities use social media to boost fundraising

Charities say they are increasingly using social media video campaigns to plug the gap caused by a drop in donations from the say using pictures and videos of clients has the most impact on their Rose Road Association in Southampton and Julia's House which has children's hospices in Dorset and Wiltshire both use videos across their social Charities Aid Foundation's UK Giving 2025 Report reveals that charities are now relying on donations from only 50% of people, down from 58% in 2019 — equivalent to approximately four million fewer donors. Mike Bartlett, deputy CEO at Julia's House says it is constantly working on its social media presence: "A lot of the best work that we produce on social media is really storytelling. "It's helping to demonstrate the impact of our work. So children's stories, children playing at the hospice, children having fun with our nurses and carers. That's what's most impactful, either to reach new people or to tell people about the work we're doing."Social media is quite a cost effective way to reach new audiences, and also to communicate with existing supporters".He says it's important that its social media videos focus on the children at the hospice and the care they are receiving."In a way, people aren't supporting Julia's House as an organisation, they're supporting the children and the families we care for", he said. The Rose Road Association is a Southampton based charity, specifically for young people with manager Beth Rogers says social media posts are very important: "It's essential, because every piece of fundraising we do, we're competing against other causes. "So the more touch-points we have with someone, the more likely they are to say 'that cause, that's the one for me'. "So yes, we have to keep doing it, we have to be fast and we have to do it regularly, otherwise we will just get left behind in the current market."We have to work a lot harder to attract each new person to us as a cause. It's not all doom and gloom in the sector, but it is harder than it's ever been, the cost of living, it's really difficult." You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.

The Donmar Warehouse has announced its autumn season

Time Out

10-07-2025

Entertainment
Time Out

The Donmar Warehouse has announced its autumn season

A new Donmar Warehouse season has been announced and it kicks off pretty sharpish: it seems likely (if unconfirmed) that the playwright Caryl Churchill's recent decision to withdraw an unnamed play of hers from production at the boutique Covent Garden powerhouse has led to a bit of scrabbling around to shore up the schedule. The schedule would now seem to be shored up, however, kicking off next month with the debut of a new play by the prolific, mercurial Mike Bartlett. Directed by James Macdonald, Juniper Blood (Aug 16-Oct 4) follows Lip and Ruth, a couple who have quit the city to pursue a more ethical life in the country. But what's the real price of pursuing your dreams in an imperfect world? As you'd imagine for a play that basically starts in a month, it has a full cast already: Terique Jarrett, Hattie Morahan, Nadia Parkes, Jonathan Slinger and Sam Troughton will star. The most intriguing show of the season is an adaptation of Jean Genet's The Maids (Oct 13-Nov 29) by Kip Williams. Genet's surrealist class satire is a reasonably regularly performed classic (Jamie Lloyd did it not so long ago) but the really interesting dimension here is Williams. The Australian director is essentially solely known over here for his ultra high tech one-woman take on Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray (which starred Sarah Snook); next year he's back in the West End with a similar version of Dracula performed by Cynthia Erivo. Will this be along similar lines? We're promised a 'wild reimagining'; it'll be fascinating to see what that involves. Finally, Donmar boss Tim Sheader directs a revival of JB Priestley's When We Are Married (Dec 6-Feb 7 2026). The comedy about a trio of Yorkshire couples who discover on the occasion of their triple silver wedding anniversary that they are not in fact married is probably Priestley's most famous play that isn't An Inspector Calls, but it's still not been done in London in an age and should be a fun way to see out 2025. The cast includes Siobhan Finneran, Samantha Spiro, Sophie Thompson and Marc Wootton.

EXCLUSIVE! ‘Mirzapur' actress Shweta Tripathi on ‘Pride Month': 'How can we celebrate others if we refuse to...'

First Post

07-06-2025

Entertainment
First Post

EXCLUSIVE! ‘Mirzapur' actress Shweta Tripathi on ‘Pride Month': 'How can we celebrate others if we refuse to...'

In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, Shweta Tripathi spoke about it and the evolution of queer love stories in Hindi cinema read more The incredibly talented Shweta Tripathi is all set to come back to theatre, this time as she is producing a play after over a decade under her theatre production company, AllMyTea. The play is a very popular international play by British playwright, Mike Bartlett. The play titled Cock is a queer drama, directed by Manish Gandhi. The play is a revival of the play that was last performed in India over a decade ago. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Shweta will be producing the play under her theatre production company, AllMyTea and will make its grand new premiere in Delhi on 6th June and in Mumbai on 10th June at Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai before travelling to other cities in India. The play is being launched in June as a celebration of International Pride Month with a key highlight on this unique queer themed drama that focuses on sexuality as its core theme. And in an exclusive interview with Firstpost, the actress spoke about it and the evolution of queer love stories in Hindi cinema. Edited excerpts from the interview You are returning to theatre as a producer after a decade so what's the feeling like? They say you'll get anything that you like. Sometimes things come to you that you want to choose. We do attract a lot. I got into acting because I saw actors on stage. The control over their craft and the magic that unfolded. And whatever they created, I believed in that world. It has always been a magical world for me and it is only because of them that I have been able to understand my own emotions. It made my bubble bigger because actors are preoccupied in their own world. This definitely had an influence on me. Is this your debut as a theatre producer? No, this is not my debut. I have been producing shows and plays before. I became an actor because ever since childhood I wanted to be on stage. I want to live with myself through a certain medium or platform. So I really enjoy that. What do you have to say about the title Cock? This title belongs to the British playwright who has written the play. This is not an Indian play nor we are adapting it. This is an award winning play. This is a really popular playwright to whom the story and the title belongs. We are in the Pride Month. What does it mean to you in today's times? Just the word pride says it all. We are losing our individuality. How can we celebrate others if we refuse to celebrate ourselves? The conditioning has become so strong that other people are telling us who we are, but we should do and what we should not. We are going with the flow, but where is the fun in life? We have become products on a conveyer belt. How much have queer love stories evolved in cinema? We can evolve as much as the society does. For instance Gorej. And now, so many people have come out and spoken about it. We will be able to see the changes of the society on the big screen. The stories around queer are only going to see a rapid increase. One of my favourites is Rani Kohenur. What a brilliant performer. I went to her play and there was so much happiness and love that I was just mind blown. Why do we need to limit ourselves and put ourselves in a bracket?

India Today

06-06-2025

Entertainment
India Today

Mike Bartlett's play 'Cock' in theatres

It was 14 years ago that Cock won a number of prestigious awards at the Thespo National Theatre Festival 2011, including Best Actor and Best Actress. The Olivier Award-winning play written by British playwright Mike Bartlett was directed by Manish Gandhi and produced by actor Shweta Tripathi. The latter also debuted her AllMyTea Productions with this show. All these years later, the play is being revived by the duo, but with a new cast and a fresh perspective brought on with life's experiences.