Leeds education and music charity Cloth Cat gets lottery cash to help young people

The money will allow the charity to provide life changing opportunities to young people from the city through its Get Your Act

Together scheme.

Youngsters are invited along to the launch of the event from noon to 3pm on Saturday, January 11 at Old Chapel Studios, Czar Street, in Holbeck.

Visitors can meet the team that will be delivering the activities, play an instrument in one of the rehearsal studios, record a song or try out the very latest music production software.

People will also be able to sign up for one of the courses on offer, or for the youth music mentoring where they can form a band under the guidance of music mentors.

Project co-ordinator Shelly Johnson said: “We’ve been successfully running aspects of this project for quite a few years now, whether it was youth music mentoring through Leeds City Council, workshops at Wetherby Young Offenders’ Unit or courses for adults around the city with the Workers Education Association.

“The funding from the lottery is a godsend in that we can package it all up all for young people in the area and run this project as a whole for the next three years and really let them get their teeth in to it, developing their skills and giving them a feeling of self-worth at the same time. We’ve always felt that music is the ideal way to bring people together and be inspired.”

Cloth Cat aims to improve the life of people around the city using the power of music, running courses, projects and events both in partnership with organisations and by themselves.

The Get Your Act Together programme sessions will start on Monday, January 13 following Saturday’s launch..

For more information, call Shelly Johnson on 0113 244 2773 or email [email protected].