King Charles’ Seeing is Believing programme is one of the most well-established and widely respected leadership projects in the UK. Recently the programme included a visit to Keighley Creative to encourage local business leaders to better understand the challenges facing the community.
The project invited locally-based people to come along to visit our premises and meet our team and Tim Dewey, Chief Executive of Keighley-based brewery Timothy Taylor’s, took them up on the invite. Tim wanted to find out more about people and organisations working locally and consider how Timothy Taylor’s might be able to help.
As Tim explained:
“I was fortunate to be able to join Business in the Community’s ‘Seeing is Believing’ day in Keighley earlier this year. It certainly served its purpose, opening my eyes to some of the great initiatives going on in the town, including the inspiring work at Keighley Creative.”
During the visit, Tim recognised the positive impact that our work has on the community so Timothy Taylor’s saw an opportunity. They wanted to help the town in a direct and practical way, so they decided to donate £2000 to us, which we have spent on laptops for the team.
Riaz Meer, Executive Director at Keighley Creative thanked Tim for their support:
“The generous donation from Timothy Taylor’s has made a vital difference to our work as a charity. It has proved a step change for us, providing our small team with the IT equipment they need to improve their efficiency and better serve the artistic and creative needs of the town. Our partnership with Timothy Taylor’s is something we value highly, and we enjoyed collaborating with them in the recent flowerpot trail. Having close and positive relationships with local businesses is something we at Keighley Creative welcome and encourage.”
Tim has also offered to mentor Cat Murray, our Events Manager, who is keen to take on personal development opportunities and encourage the relationship between the Keighley Creative and it’s funders.
Tim is happy to support what we do, as he explained:
“As a major employer in Keighley, I felt ‘seeing’ was not enough, and that Timothy Taylor’s should do its part to assist the charity. Therefore, I was delighted to be able to offer some financial and practical support and pleased to hear that the funds we donated were put to such good use.”
For more information on our work and how we support Keighley people, please email admin@keighleycreative.org or call 01535 957980.
