Caim Services

creativity and arts for life...

I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to get funding to do something positive in your community as a self-employed individual, or even as a private business?  If you have you’ll know how difficult it can be.  Of course in an ideal world us arty types could afford to do everything out of passion for an issue and our media.  However, the reality is we have homes to run and families to care for and we live in a society that demands you have money however counter cultural you wish to be.  

 

This is how, along with my friend Hetty Chapman (a talented community and public artist), and Lyndsay Flannigan (a master of accounts) we decided to set up a social enterprise through which we could legitimately apply for funding for community arts projects.

 

In September 2003 Think Make Grow Ltd was legally established and has since contracted more than 35 artists to deliver participatory arts projects with over 60 community groups in North East England and the Scottish Borders.  

 

Art forms used have included: drama; watercolours; sketching; animation; photography; lyric and music writing; music recording and production; mask making; jewellery making; junk sculpture; samba; African drumming; costume design and making; ceramics; storytelling; creative writing; puppet making and performance; sea glass crafts; batik; screen printing etc.  

 

This huge range of arts is not because we are jack of all trades and average at everything, but because we have a network of more than 50 artists available to deliver projects in their specialist art form.

 

TMG is a not-for-profit company.  The management group all give their time on a voluntary basis.  We employ a part time administrator and relevant artists have short term contracts according to need.  We have a work / office base in The Maltings Theatre and Arts Centre, Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is usually staffed Monday - Thursday 9.30-11.30am.  

 

You are welcome to drop in.