The Community Fund
The Assembly House Trust is a registered charity, which aims to develop the creative arts and support the local community. Throughout the years The Assembly House has played host to a wide range of art exhibitions, live concerts, theatre, lectures and other community activities.
As part of its mission of public benefit, The Assembly House Trust introduced a fund to support charity and community organisations. The fund offers subsidised or free use of The Assembly House for local organisations in need of high quality facilities for events, fundraisers or community outreach.
Anybody interested in joining any of the groups below should email info@assemblyhousetrust.org.uk for further information.
The Assembly House Trust in partnership with The Assembly House sponsored this year’s Norwich Pride Art Exhibition held in the Noverre Ballroom.
Norwich Pride chose the theme Queer Activism History with the title ‘Revolting’ for its second exhibition at the Assembly House which was held from July 24 to 29.
In celebration of Norwich Pride’s 15th anniversary, the organisation wanted to honour how pride began…with a protest.
A spokesperson said: “When the Stonewall riots erupted in 1969, Gay Prides began popping up across America and Europe.
“Although now we think of Pride as a celebration of the queer community, a time to come together and fly the flag for the LGBTQIA+ population, Pride has and always should be revered as a protest. Norwich Pride strives to continue its work in protecting the rights and lives of LGBTQIA+ people no matter their background, and to this day fights for queer revolution.”
The exhibition also showcased items from Queer Norfolk, a grassroots volunteer-led project based at Norfolk Heritage Centre which aims to hand ownership of queer collections back to communities
and empower people to access, discover, and contribute to collections that reflect their shared histories.
Items from the project that were on show include historic objects such as protest signs, AIDS crisis memorabilia, and Section 28 ephemera.
Following the exhibition, Head of Fundraising and Sponsorship for Norwich Pride, Robert George, said: “Thank you so much for your brilliant support with this year’s Pride event. The exhibition was a huge success and was really cherished and appreciated by the community.”
Artists whose work was included in the exhibition included Freya Elise Kemp, Beccy Mundy, Milliella King, Crash King, Emily Foster, Arlo Lawton, David Shenton, Tricia Mercer-David, Poppy Marriott, Rachel Collier-Wilson, Robyn Burgess, Bryony Doyle, Georgia Rowles, Nicolas Baker, Leo Lovejoy, Rowan Frewin, Lauren Graham, Binx Kingdom, Samantha Osborne, Stevie Savage, Leigh Mitchinson and Jane Hattrick in collaboration with Norwich Amnesty, Bethany Stacey, Cherryfizzwhizz, Sian Posy and Elis Welch.
The exhibition was curated by artist Alice Bigsby-Bye.
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If you are interested in using The Assembly House for your event or a community group that regularly meets and believe the Trust might be able to help, please fill in this form. The Trust is not able to support all the applications that are submitted. Please contact the House directly in regards to room capacities and room prices.
For questions relating to the community fund application please use: info@assemblyhousetrust.org.uk