Theatres Raise £112,866 for the Make a Difference Trust

With the last of the money now having been counted, once again across the UK, the theatre community has stepped up to truly Make A Difference.

Theatres across the UK joined forces in December 2011 to support TheatreMAD’s World AIDS Day bucket collections. Stars such as David Tennant, Matt Lucas, Catherine Tate and Vanessa Redgrave all threw their support behind this annual event which sees theatres, casts and front of house staff all rattle buckets to achieve a phenomenal result to support the Trusts work.

The Make A Difference Trust provides hardship support to those living with HIV and other chronic health issues as well as funding educational projects to tackle HIV awareness, stigma and discrimination in both the UK and Africa.

The appeal was supported by theatres in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland as well as across England and London’s iconic West End.

Charity Director, Steven Inman said “We continue to be very humbled by the generosity of the theatre community and of course the great British public, particularly at a time when everyone’s income is stretched to capacity. Our hardship fund continues to see a growth in people calling on us for support and collections such as this are vital to make our work possible”.

In particular this year, the cast and audiences of ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ led by two of the world's most respected actors, Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones at the Wyndhams Theatre, raised a remarkable £26,500 towards the appeal.

With a wide variety of granting programmes and fabulous fun events scheduled for 2012, the collection was a wonderful way to boost The Make A Difference Trust into their 21st anniversary year.

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