Become a Founding Torchbearer

Be there at the beginning.

Bright Torches became a charity in 2026. During our first two years, we’re inviting people who believe in our work to become Founding Torchbearers.

A regular monthly gift gives Bright Torches something especially valuable: the confidence to plan ahead. It helps us reach more young people, support more teachers, develop new ideas and take our work to communities where it can make the greatest difference.

Choose a monthly gift that feels right for you. Whether that’s £10, £25, £50, £100 or more, you’ll become part of the community helping to build the next chapter of Bright Torches.

And you’ll always be a Founding Torchbearer — one of the people who helped carry the light at the beginning.

Help us find our first 50 Founding Torchbearers.

Choose a monthly gift above to become a Founding Torchbearer →

What your support makes possible

  • Reach more young people

    Bring story, drama and creative learning to children and young people who might otherwise have limited access to these experiences.

  • Support teachers

    Share practical creative approaches that teachers can carry into their classrooms and use with future generations of young people.

  • Develop new work

    Give artists and educators the space to create, test and evaluate ambitious new projects.

  • Build lasting partnerships

    Work with schools and communities over time, rather than limiting our impact to one-off experiences.

  • Build for the future

    Give Bright Torches the capacity to grow sustainably and bring this work to more young people and teachers.

More than a donation

Be part of the beginning

Founding Torchbearers are the people helping Bright Torches build its next chapter as a charity.

By giving regularly, you give us something especially valuable: the confidence to plan ahead, develop new work and reach more young people and teachers.

As a Founding Torchbearer, we’ll keep you in touch with the work you’re helping make possible, with occasional updates and invitations from Bright Torches

And because you joined during our founding period, you’ll keep the title Founding Torchbearer permanently — a recognition that you were there at the beginning.

Other ways to support us

Make a one-off donation

Every gift helps us reach more young people and teachers.

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Partner with us

We’re interested in building relationships with trusts, foundations, businesses and individuals who share our belief in the power of story, talk and creative participation.

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