Contact in Manchester has launched the final phase of its Capital Redevelopment fundraising campaign, with a target of £500k, after raising more than £6m of its £6.65m target.
The campaign was launched with Making Contact, an event at Manchester Art Gallery introduced by Contact advocate Julie Hesmondhalgh, chief executive and artistic director Matt Fenton and a performance from Contact Young Company’s radical show She Bangs The Drums.
At the centre of the campaign is Con:Struct, the team of young people aged 13 to 30 leading the project to transform the building. They revealed plans for the building, which is looking to reopen in summer 2019, along with a new film to introduce Contact to a wider audience.