Music For The Mind : A night of music provided by Sheffield based talent. 100% of money raised on the night and through this page will be split 50/50 between The Loop and Sheffield Flourish. This is a free event, but we have a just giving page for donations and will be taking donations on the day.
We are raising money for The Loop, a drug testing and safety charity. A big problem within the electronic and dance music scene is the association with drugs. It is, unfortunately, very rife at almost any event and night out. This consequently leads to people taking either very potent drugs or more commonly, drugs which have been mis-sold. This is why The Loop is so important, they offer free drug testing with no legal repercussions, to find out what's actually in the drugs people are testing, so they can alert other takers of dangerous batches etc. They also have staff trained in drug related harm to further improve safety. They are a charity, therefore, they need as much funding as possible to continue the brilliant work they do at events and festivals. I unfortunately lost my best friend, Max, to an accidental overdose. He was the best friend, brother, son, boyfriend and so much more; we would do anything to bring him back, so I know how important the work The Loop is.
Sheffield Flourish are a community based mental health charity. They support the talents and skills of people struggling with mental illness, to build lives they want to live. They support many different services such as platforms for people to share their own stories about struggling with mental health. As well as, other websites such as the Sheffield Suicide Support and the Sheffield Mental health Guide. They also support enterprises such as football teams, creative groups, theatre and film groups, music production groups and much much more. They offer a very hands on, community based approach to mental health problems, which is something 1/4 suffer with each year. In short, they are a phenomenal charity who are solely run by the community, thus they need all the money they can get and we hope our donations along with everyone else's can help to keep them going.