From the Adam Smith Global Foundation:
LAUNCH OF THE TARTAN CENTS CROWDFUNDING INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN WHICH HAS BEEN ORGANISED TO CELEBRATE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF TARTAN WEEK – INTRODUCING THE ADAM SMITH BIRTHPLACE INITIATIVE
Adam Smith Global Foundation are privileged to have been chosen as one of only three pilot projects from across Scotland to take part in the first ever Tartan Cents International Initiative which runs from 6th April to the 6th May 2018.
Tartan Cents is a Crowdfunding platform which is founded on the premise that Scotland matters well beyond her borders and we are asking all those who love Scotland’s rich culture and heritage to help us create a better Scotland for all to live, work, play and visit.
Adam Smith Global Foundation is hoping to raise £100,000 of funding through the Tartan Cent Platform to support its Birthplace Initiative projects.
This funding would allow us to build upon the historically significant restoration of the Adam Smith Heritage Centre and Close as well the delivery of the very successful Adam Smith Festival of Ideas which attracted over 5,000 visitors to Smith’s home town of Kirkcaldy.
Visitors to the Festival enjoyed seeing and hearing from Sandi Toksvig, David Tennant, and Arabella Weir to name but a few. The Adam Smith Festival of Ideas which took place in March this year attracted interest from around the world.
The next stage in the Adam Smith Birthplace Initiative will see the development of two projects. Firstly, Adam Smith’s Garden which is of international historical significance, will be restored to its former 18th century glory. The Garden is located at the rear of Adam Smith’s Heritage Centre within the heart of Kirkcaldy’s Town Centre and will play a pivotal role in the development of Adam Smith’s Birthplace Initiative contributing to the social and economic regeneration of his home town.
The second project will see the Adam Smith Exhibition and Heritage Trail come to life with our ambitious Augmented Reality project. This project will bring Smith the boy, the man, the philosopher, and the economist to life. Visitors to Kirkcaldy will be able to walk in the footsteps of Adam Smith and see first-hand the people and the environment which shaped his thinking, leading to the writing of his greatest works in his hometown, from which the Scottish Enlightenment grew and developed.
To find out more and support the Adam Smith Birthplace Initiative please visit http://www.patronicity.com/adamsmith.
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