Brighton Festival 2008
www.brighton-festival.org.uk

Every year, we sponsor an event at the Brighton Festival, which runs throughout May in Brighton and Hove, and gives us the chance to support new, inspiring and artistic performers.

Brighton Festival 2008

This year is no exception, and we are delighted to sponsor Johnny's Midnight Goggles by SharpWire. This one-man operatic thriller is described in The Guardian as "an intoxicating and intimate passion play of sound, song, movement and video."

A mind- and genre-melting mix of story-telling, ravishing singing, virtuoso cello-playing and sonic wizardry. Witty, nailbiting and entrancing. Johnny's been kidnapped, the Black Camel of Takrilakastan has showed up and a mysterious pair of goggles has opened a portal to another world. Midnight is fast approaching and the chase is on to rescue Johnny. Returning with their third show, SharpWire are cellist/singer/theatre performer, Matthew Sharp and writer/composer, Pete M Wyer. Renowned for their "astonishingly comprehensive versatility" (Daily Telegraph) and uniquely rich cross-disciplinary explorations, their spellbinding work has been acclaimed around the world. SharpWire have been hailed as one of the most original acts in years, combining breath-taking physical, vocal and instrumental virtuosity. In Johnny's Midnight Goggles expect a rattle-bag of operatic yarns – Scheherezade meets your favourite bedtime story. Voice, cello, technical wizardry...and a rocking chair. Huddle round for strange, intimate and epic tales of the unexpected.

Brighton Festival 2007

Ockham's Razor – four aerial artists specialising in creating physical theatre around new pieces of aerial equipment and combining circus, dance and visual theatre

Brighton Festival 2006

Simunye – South African/UK choral group, made up of I Fagiolini and the SDASA Chorale of Soweto

Brighton Festival 2005

zygo – Brighton-based theatre group performing two plays: The True History of the Tragic Life and Triumphant Death of Julia Pastrana, the Ugliest Woman in the World and The False Corpse

Brighton Festival Fringe 2004

www.brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk

Sponsorship of the Live Performance section of the Brighton Fringe Festival.

Brighton Festival 2003

Pieter-Dirk Uys in Foreign Aids

The Final Cut

www.finalcut.gb.com

Final Cut is a short film-screening event that takes place in the city of Brighton & Hove on Sunday every month at the Komedia, Gardener Street, Brighton. Its aim is to provide an opportunity for film makers, mainly those living and/or working in the South East of the UK, to show their work to other film makers and the general public. Established in October 2002, Final Cut has now become the largest screening event of its kind on the south coast. Facilitate are sponsors of their website.

The Lion Ward, King's College Hospital, London
The Lion Ward at King's College Hospital, London was the recipient of the 2006 Facilitate charity donation. The choice was very personal for one of Facilitate's staff Morag Chambers whose daughter Eleanor had successful neurosurgery at King's to treat intractable epilepsy during the Summer of 2006.

During her daughter's recovery on the ward Morag was struck by the enormous challenges facing children, parents and staff as they tried to stimulate children with very complex neurological conditions to play with and gain pleasure from their environment. Traditional toys and games are often not appropriate for kids with very complex medical needs. In consultation with the hospital Facilitate's donation was used to part-fund a sensory play and therapy room.

Eleanor and her sister Heather presented the cheque for £5000 to Eleanor's surgeon Mr Chris Chandler in December 2006. The sensory room was fully equipped and ready for business in September 2007. The room offers children and staff on the ward a calming environment in which they can interact with colour, light, touch and sound. Eleanor, now fully recovered from her surgery and her epilepsy, is pictured proudly holding the plaque which recognizes Facilitate as one of the four organisations that funded the project.

AVERT
www.avert.org
AVERT is an international HIV and AIDS charity based in the UK, with the aim of providing advice on the prevention of HIV and AIDS worldwide, through its web site and through sponsored projects in some of the neediest countries.

Health & Development Networks - Thailand
www.hdnet.org
The Health and Development Networks (HDN) is a non-profit organization helping to mobilize a more effective response to AIDS and other health- and development-related issues by improving information, communication and the quality of debate.

International Workshop on Strategies for Scaling-Up HIV/AIDS Treatment in Resource-Poor Settings
Held in Amsterdam, July 9-11, 2003, Facilitate provided some in-kind support in the form of logistical services. Workshop organizers included the AIDS Healthcare Foundation-Global Immunity, Harvard Medical School Division of AIDS, Helping AIDS in Resource-Poor Areas, Partners in Health, and UN Millennium Project HIV/AIDS Task Force.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation - Uganda
www.aidshealth.org
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation's mission is to provide cutting-edge medicine and advocacy, regardless of ability to pay. In support of its mission, AHF is committed to:

• Working to end the AIDS epidemic through prevention, research and advocacy
• Providing the finest medical care
• Assuring that medically indigent persons infected with HIV have equal access to healthcare
• Partnering with other organizations in order to insure appropriate outreach and continuity of care
• Advocating for the rights of all persons living with HIV / AIDS, with particular emphasis on the most underserved including women, gay men, people of color, the incarcerated and drug users
• Advocating for equal access to healthcare for all persons