The Oyster Project has teamed up with Oakley Property to form their first Community Partnership, following a donation from the Brighton and Lewes based property agents.

The award-winning UK disability charity will be working with Oakley Property throughout the year to promote each other in a Community Partnership, which will help to raise the profile of fundraising events.

Based in Lewes, The Oyster Project encourages volunteering in the community and offers help in the form of their Crises Food Aid work. The project engages groups of disabled, elderly and young people in creative and meaningful ways through drama, dance, film and radio.

Soraya Cotwal, Director at Radio Lewes and volunteer and fundraiser for The Oyster Project invited long term friend and Executive Director of Oakley Property, Chris Oakley, to contribute to her community radio show. Upon learning more about the charity, Chris was so impressed that he made a generous donation to support their annual running costs.

David Beaken, Director at Oakley Property’s Lewes branch said: “We have been looking for opportunities to give back to Lewes and have known about The Oyster project for some time. The work that Soraya and her team do there is fantastic. I am really excited to have grown our working relationship.”

Soraya Cotwal said: “We are delighted to be working with Oakley on our first Community Partnership, which will allow us both to raise our respective profiles of the work we do. Oakley's generous donation to The Oyster Project will help in allowing the vital and important work we do to continue and for the charity to thrive in what is a challenging time for organisations likes ours.”

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