Many Hats Theatre Development Project

SkillWise supports over 220 intellectually disabled adults from our city-central premises in Christchurch. We have a race team participating in the Hanmer 8 Hour Mountain Bike Race, with all funds raised being donated to the transformation of our auditorium into a performance theatre that has been specially designed for the inclusion of disabled people.

This is an exciting project with state-of-the art lighting and sound equipment, plus specially designed seating, stage and backstage areas. Our theatre will provide professional quality facilities that will be an asset to the whole of Christchurch for years to come. It will be used extensively by SkillWise's theatre company, Many Hats, on weekdays and will also be a space for other community groups, organisations and small businesses to come together through performances and events of different and diverse kinds.

Our race team is a mix of SkillWise staff members plus one of the people we support. Our goal is to complete a combined distance of 100 km over the 8 hour race and to raise $5,000 towards the on-going redevelopment of the SkillWise auditorium. We are looking for supporters to financially partner with us to achieve this goal.