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Lancaster charity hits fundraising target to hold young people's fair

A Lancaster charity’s fundraising campaign to hold a young people's fair to launch their new centre has hit its target.

Escape2Make (E2M) is set to open its brand new creative, free space for young people in Lancaster, due to open in early 2025.

Nearly 100 hours of free workshops for 11-18-year-olds will take place in February half term, supporting young people to learn new creative skills, make friends, and create things that will bring the new space to life.

Each workshop will lead to items that will become part of the new E2M Space, and activities that will be showcased at a youth-led E2M Fair event, open to the community, on Saturday February 22, 2025.

A Crowdfunding campaign was launched on Spacehive to support the project, and has raised £33,000.

An E2M spokesperson said: ‘’We are so grateful to everyone who has made a donation to our Crowdfunder! Thanks to all of you, we have now reached our target!

‘’All of the money is going to go towards our upcoming event, The E2M Fair 2025 which is going to provide more opportunities for young people to make things, make friends, and make a difference.

‘’Thank you so much for believing in us and helping us achieve our mission of helping all of the young people in Lancaster and Morecambe.’’

Earlier this year, E2M received a £221,400 boost towards its plans for a young people's centre in the city.

The charity was offered three years of funding from the National Lottery to open a ‘test site’ for a creative youth space in Lancaster, likely to be inside an empty shop unit in the city centre.

Read more: Lancaster youth charity awarded £221,400 towards vision for 'creative youth space' in city - Beyond Radio

Last year, Escape2Make revealed their long-term goal to establish a permanent building in the heart of the city's Canal Quarter area.

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