Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 7:32 am |
This past weekend Matthew Lewis visited the Burley Lodge Youth Centre to be quizzed as part of his support for Comic Relief and is the “Community Cash Champion,” backing the Yorkshire Evening Post’s giveaway of £100,000 Red Nose Day Community Cash. There is an accompanying photo, which you can view in the gallery.
Of his involvement he said, “I’ve been watching Red Nose Day since I was a boy growing up. I was more than happy to be a part of it when the opportunity came up.” And of the particular day’s events he noted that “all of the kids have been so engaging. You always hope you can in some kind of way be a bit of an inspiration. You want to come and help out, and all the kids have been so brilliant. It’s a real pleasure for me to come down here.”
Red Nose Day Community Cash grants of £500-£1,000 are available to small, locally-run organisations doing great work to help local people living tough lives in disadvantaged or deprived areas of Leeds.
To apply for a Red Nose Day Community Cash grant, visit: www.leedscf.org.uk/apply-for-grant/open-grants-programme/ before Friday, March 8.
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Posted by Cameron White on February 7th, 2013 @ 4:14 pm (Link Comment)
I was part of this event!!!
My name is Cameron and I currently attend an autism support/youth group which specialises with children aged 7-18 consisting of a range of social activities such as arts and crafts, sports and drama. Our group is held at Burley Lodge Centre and our group was invited by the Drama Club group leader to join in the event.
The event allowed us to sit around in a cirlce and ask Matthew Lewis questions about his work, including what it was like working with the other actors. Funnily enough, the question mentioned in the Yorkshire Evening Post was said by my friend!!. I remember the YEP taking photographs, including one of a youngster who pretended to have a microphone in his hand when asking a question.
I have a small number of exclusive images and am willing to share them in the future IF REQUESTED. I also have the answers to the questions asked, (including some of the questions I asked), and will also share if requested.
To finish off the event, we got our items signed (I got my questionaire signed) and a photograph with Matthew Lewis!
Overall, the event was an amazing oppertunity to ask questions about his work and involvement within Harry Potter, and was also fun to meet him in person too!.
I’ll share one image below of the event which is of me, but if any more images are requested I’ll be happy to share!:
http://www4.picturepush.com/photo/a/12137782/640/12137782.jpg