Who: Western Edge Youth Arts is a youth arts company giving young people a voice and shaping communities through the arts. Young people aged 12- 25 are given opportunities to express themselves and their ideas through powerful performances that have wide reaching outcomes for themselves and their peers.

What: Every year we make anywhere between 8 - 10 new theatre works. Last year we had 500 students participating in schools program, 85 weeks of full time work for young emerging artists, 21 total performances, 3000 total audiences, 18 young artists mentored, 400 workshop sessions and 4 outreach theatre workshop programs.

We do all this with only 2 full time staff and very limited funds to tell people what we do so that more people can participate and attend.

Why: We need your help to grow our communications capacity so that we can ensure the word gets out there. Your help will enable us to pay for email marketing tools, increase our social media activity, and get expert assistance in public relations.

Your assistance will help us to provide more arts opportunities for asylum seekers, refugees, migrants and culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Melbourne's west.

How: Every dollar you give is going to be matched by Creative Partnerships's Plus 1 initiative if you donate by 29 May 2015.