YOUR SUPPORT ENABLES SOME OF OUR MOST SPECIAL PROJECTS ON CAMPUS YOUR SUPPORT FUNDS CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH AND SPECIAL PROJECTS ON CAMPUS, AND IT ENHANCES THE EXPERIENCE OF ALL OUR STUDENTS DURING THEIR TIME AT SALFORD. THIS YEAR, MANY OF YOU ALSO SUPPORTED OUR VERY SUCCESSFUL CROWDFUND – ENABLING SALFORD COMEDY STUDENTS TO PERFORM AT THE WORLD-FAMOUS EDINBURGH FRINGE FESTIVAL.
Crowdfunding success for the next generation of Salford comedians This year saw eight Salford students head for the bright lights of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, thanks to the generous support of everyone who helped them far exceed their crowdfunding target. The group already had a spot on the Festival bill, they just needed to find a way to get there… Under the name ‘SalFUNNI’, the group - all undergraduate students on either the comedy, writing and performance course, or the media and performance course – decided to set up a page on Salford’s FundUS crowdfunding site. They reached their initial £1,600 target within just three weeks, and finally closed the campaign on a staggering £3,023. The campaign also attracted the attention of Salford Alumnus, Jason Manford, who pledged his financial support and boosted the social media campaign. This fantastic opportunity gave the budding comedians exposure at the world-famous Festival, and a head-start in an industry that is famously difficult to break into. One of the SalFUNNI group, Erika Ehler, said: “The Fringe is the ultimate comedy workout. It’s impossible to go into that Festival and not leave a better comedian.”
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