The Imagine Collective
Fiscal Host: The Social Change Nest CIC
Connects & supports local people, projects and ideas in the City of London.

About
The Imagine Fund
The Covid-19 pandemic prompted the Barbican Centre's Communities & Neighbourhoods Team to deepen their interaction with the surrounding area, forge new relationships and support its communities to create projects that would benefit the area and the lives of its residents. The Imagine Fund was developed out of this and offered 5 grants of £2000 and 5 grants of £500 to support local people to develop new ideas - creative, cultural or community based. All projects were welcome to apply and were judged by a panel of local representatives with a strong local interest.
We learnt a huge amount from this process and, building on this, we are excited to launch year 3 of the Imagine Fund.
We learnt a huge amount from this process and, building on this, we are excited to launch year 3 of the Imagine Fund.
Our team
George Ackerley
Admin
Divya Satwani
Admin
Elena Symeou
Core Contributor
Jacqueline Sw...
Core Contributor
Jennifer Colwell
Core Contributor
Kaya Birch-Sk...
Admin
Spare Ribs Club
Core Contributor
Leyla Tabrizi
Core Contributor
Jewellery Mak...
Core Contributor
Laura Rees
Core Contributor
Caroline Kennedy
Core Contributor
Wilna Fourie
Admin

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Projects
Support the following initiatives from The Imagine Collective.
Project
Artist LULA.XYZ will develop a theatre show presented in Tigrinya, with a cinematic sensibility, ...
Project
Opera singer Caroline Kennedy will deliver a programme of personalised Operatic performances for ...
Project
This project will offer mind-stimulating creative activities for disadvantaged people of any ages...
Project
Babes in Development is an incubator and development space for Black women/non-binary creatives.
Project
A community participatory theatre project that interrogates the question of "how are you?" for pe...
Project
The Golden Lane Jewellery Making Club is weekly, 3 hour evening class teaching local menopausal l...
Project
A show exploring what it takes to be a professional musician, from parental expectations to the c...
Project
A recipe archive of traditional fermented food preparations that reflects "US" - the people who m...
Project
Spare Ribs Club is a feminist book and supper club based in central London (SE1).
Project
A visual lexicon of life on Golden Lane Estate. With just five words each what will our word clou...
Project
A group for beginners/intermediates meeting regularly to share creativity and friendship while se...
Project
The aim of Music Together is to create a friendly and nurturing community for less experienced mu...
Project
The Fidget Wrist Cuffs project creates fun, colourful and tactile sensory objects for children su...
Project
Creating a diverse, supportive and inclusive platform for community voices.
Project
10 sensory art workshops with the City Memory Group based at the Golden Lane Community Centre.

Budget
Transparent and open finances.
-£221.71 GBP
Approved
Invoice #141836
-£38.40 GBP
Scheduled for payment
Reimbursement #141350
-£470.00 GBP
Paid
Reimbursement #140836
£
Today’s balance£36,500.00 GBP
Total raised
£62,500.00 GBP
Total disbursed
£26,000.00 GBP
Estimated annual budget
£62,500.00 GBP