Help spark change through play
You’re invited to join us as a supporter and friend, in an exchange of gifts.
In exchange for your support, we’ll give you something fun and meaningful to play (or for you to gift to someone else). Your support will also enable us to continue making play in innovative and impactful ways in various charitable contexts: for young people; in communities; for the next diverse generation of playmakers.
Like many charities, while we are ever-resourceful, our financial position is fragile. We appreciate all forms of support; perhaps you could introduce us to someone who might want to commission us, or spread the word about our activities so we can make more friends.
If you like what we do and are able to support us, we would love to welcome you on our mission to spark change through play, and to help make the world a little lovelier.
Some of the ways we’re working towards that mission…
Empowering young voices
Take The Young Coneys Training Programme for example, a free programme empowering Year 5s to bring about social change, engaging nearly 500 state school pupils each year. During the programme, young people make gifts for their school community – one recent group of Young Coneys created a Kindness Tour of their school for incoming reception students.
Connecting communities
We make play to connect audiences who couldn’t normally be in a room together. Last year, we reached over 1,500 people in over 22 countries and 78 towns.
With projects like We The People, we land in communities and team up with locals to co-create new artworks, or choose someone in the local community to receive a specially created gift. Read about some loveliness connected to We The People (of Margate) here.
Supporting emerging artists and makers
We’re supporting the next generation of interactive playmakers and artists from under-represented backgrounds. Last year, we collaborated with 87 creatives from Augmented Reality designers to interactive dramaturgs.
Become a Friend of Coney
Would you consider becoming a regular donor? Continued support allows us to plan our ambitious programme and build sustainability for the company.
Becoming a Friend of Coney gets you closer to the heart of our work, and you’ll also receive some playful privileges. Or, if you prefer, you can make a one-off donation to Coney here.
Adventurer
£10 a month or £120 a year
This contribution would fund a bursary place for an emerging artist from an under-represented background to attend a Coney workshop about interactive, immersive and digital playmaking.
You’ll receive:
- Our thanks, and an invitation to jump down a Rabbit hole to discover a playful secret…
- A bi-monthly story about Coney’s impact
Discoverer
£21 a month or £250 a year
This contribution would ensure that a primary school class can experience The Undercover Caretaker Agency, a free creative programme equipping young people with the tools to take care of their mental health and wellbeing at school.
You’ll receive:
- Free access to all events in the Coney Zoom Bar and advance access to all games in The Pop-Up Playhouse,
- Our thanks, and an invitation to jump down a Rabbit hole to discover a playful secret…
- A bi-monthly story about Coney’s impact
Player
£42 a month or £500 a year
This contribution would enable a primary school student in Tower Hamlets to take part in The Young Coneys Training Programme, a programme of activity taking place across the school year, developing creative skills and confidence and empowering them to make change in their community.
You’ll receive:
- A game night in the Coney Zoom Bar, curated for you and family/friends, or to be gifted to another group of your choosing,
- Free access to all events in the Coney Zoom Bar and advance access to all games in The Pop-Up Playhouse,
- Our thanks, and an invitation to jump down a Rabbit hole to discover a playful secret…
- A bi-monthly story about Coney’s impact
Gift-giver
£84 a month or £1,000 a year
This contribution would fund A Gifting Mission, supporting local playful agents to deliver a surprise gift with a lovely impact to a linchpin of their community.
You’ll receive:
- A Magic Trick devised around a theme of your choosing, for you and friends and family, or to be gifted to another group of your choosing,
- A game night in the Coney Zoom Bar, curated for you and family/friends, or to be gifted to another group of your choosing,
- Free access to all events in the Coney Zoom Bar and advance access to all games in The Pop-Up Playhouse,
- Our thanks, and an invitation to jump down a Rabbit hole to discover a playful secret…
- A bi-monthly story about Coney’s impact
Game-changer
£167 a month or £2,000 a year
This contribution would enable a primary school to host a Coney artist-in-residence over a school year, who will work with a year group on creating a piece of Playful Activism especially for their school.
You’ll receive:
- A Magic Trick devised for your workplace, or gifting to another workplace of your choosing,
- A Magic Trick devised around a theme of your choosing, for you and friends and family, or to be gifted to another group of your choosing,
- A game night in the Coney Zoom Bar, curated for you and family/friends, or to be gifted to another group of your choosing,
- Free access to all events in the Coney Zoom Bar and advance access to all games in The Pop-Up Playhouse,
- Our thanks, and an invitation to jump down a Rabbit hole to discover a playful secret…
- A bi-monthly story about Coney’s impact
Did you know…?
We also offer Adventure Gifts – an adventure devised as a gift for an individual, happening in their life, delivered magically. You can commission an Adventure Gift for a friend or loved one, and also take part in the devising.
“An adventure like no other. Genuinely transformative – but in a relentless, adrenalin-fuelled, mysterious joy-ride across the landscape of both your life and your city.”
– Recipient of an Adventure Gift.“This was the most fun I’ve had pulling a birthday present together. I loved working with Coney to get the details just right – and I loved how expansive and thoughtful they were as extending my expectations in the most delightful way. Loved it. Loved it all.”
– Giver of an Adventure Gift.
To find out more and to start building your Adventure Gift, send us an email at [email protected]
Our thanks to:
Friends of Coney
Ben Yeoh, Christopher Hong, Edwina Stevens, Jonathan Wakeham, Juliet Desailly, Kat Nilsson, Lydia Hayes, Matthew & Molly Hawn, Paul Groombridge and one anonymous individual.
Our recent funders & commissioners
Artsadmin, Arts Council England, Backstage Trust, Barbican, Canary Wharf Contractors, Chester Zoo, City of London Corporation, Goethe-Institut, Greenpeace, National Theatre, National Trust, Natural History Museum, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Norfolk Wildlife Trust, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, The National Archives, Trinity Centre Bristol, UCL, UKRI.
