Who for?

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• Do Likes, Comments, Followers, Subscribers, Shares help you?
• Felt ignored by algorithms,  inadequate or invisible?
• What's the point of posting if no one  engages with us?
• Struggled to get seen or heard on social media?
• Genuine community & real friendships
• Practical opportunities, proper gigs
• Tangible support, helpful income 
• Find gigs, promoters & venues
• Recruit band members

• Support through mental health, e.g. bipolar, depression, PTSD, 
• Thought provoking conversations you can’t have anywhere else
• Collaborate with people who do similar / different things
• Talk with people who care about the same things
• Make better, more well-informed decisions
• Get to know people who live & work near you
• Discover expert perspectives every day
• Swap stories, experiences, and ideas
• Get paid fairly for the work you love, 

Cheeky Fest is social impact.   We connect in person through the arts to help people with mental health challenges and those struggling with unemployment / to find & get paid fairly for the work they love to do.

We find our voices, express ourselves, discover how we coexist with society, manage our mental health, challenge stigma, foster empathy by listening to each other's stories, build friendships, share experiences, create & collaborate with people and develop & apply skills. 

Introduce members to more people, unlock valuable collaborations, and develop fresh ideas & practices.  Invite 5 new members & add to what this community can accomplish together.  Get Cheeky & help make this happen.  

Passionate about performing arts?  Struggling with work and/or with your mental health? Join our Facebook community & introduce yourself

"... a feeling of wonder - at all that you have accomplished and continue to seek out and learn. You are a forever scholar, and you inspire others like myself to keep on seeking and learning about every aspect of music. There is always going to be more and more to learn about it.   As a board-certified music therapist, I know it affects human behaviour, emotions, and interactions - ... "

"... - but I'm searching for even more research on music and neuroplasticity - how it can re-channel neural pathways to reestablish skills that might have been lost due to stroke, etc. Speech can be regained through the use of clinical music therapy interventions. But, again, there's so much more research to conduct! Thank you again for re-igniting the motivation to keep learning!!!"

'I appreciate everything you've done to support me my friend with this.  You're a person I could turn to when I just didn't get what was going on. Thank you.  With you having had your accident, you helped me understand cognitive difficulties a little bit better.  You helped me get it a bit better how to handle it.'

If Cheeky / Rupert has helped you in any way, please let us know

Tell us about your experience, skills, knowledge. How would you like to help us & our members? 

Share a story, experience, or idea to help others to make better decisions.  

We’d love to grow Cheeky from a 1 - man - band into an ensemble.