The Dutch printing company Drukker Voor U has printed beautiful postcards for the Heutink Foundation for free! Are you curious? Send us an email and we will happily send you a set of real postcards for your own use.
E-commerce company De Nieuwe Zaak from Zwolle supports the Heutink Foundation by realising the website at a reduced rate. We thank De Nieuwe Zaak for this sponsorship and their contribution to the reputation of the foundation!
Thanks to a sponsorship contribution from the Heutink Foundation in Rijssen, the Orchestra of the East can again produce Join-in concerts this school year for primary school students throughout Overijssel. Singing, dancing, drumming and a Mexican wave – all the things that are usually frowned upon during a concert of a symphony orchestra are encouraged...
In the beginning of June, Jessica Heutink, chairperson of the Heutink Foundation, and board member Maartje Schel visited the Kara Tepe camp on Lesbos to see how the educational materials sponsored by the foundation are used and to help the volunteers of Movement on the Ground. A special and emotional experience. Maartje writes about her...
More than 2,500 children from Dutch asylum centres and Overijssel primary schools are participating this week in a special music project by the Orchestra from the East, Refugee Work The Netherlands and the Sonnevanck Theatre. “Singing Verdi together: will dissolve all boundaries”. The children come from Iraq, Syria and Iran, but today you cannot tell...
From: Amigoe, newspaper in Curaçao. Most people know Drazans Youth Theatre School for its enchanting shows such as Beauty and the Beast, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Peter Pan. What not many people know is that Drazans also offers theatre lessons to children in disadvantaged areas. Children who do not come into contact with...
Empowerment! Last week a number of colleagues from various Heutink companies helped one afternoon in The Movement Hotel. This pop-up hotel in the former Bijlmer Bajes is run by refugees and professionals. A wonderful and much needed initiative to increase the chance of asylum seekers finding a job. We listened, analysed, brainstormed, washed windows, painted...
Our visit to Lesbos in May this year with ten colleagues led to a very successful shoe campaign. A total of 2,500 pairs of shoes were transported to the Kara Tepe camp in Lesbos in early June and were gratefully received there. Jessica Heutink explains: “During the tour of Kara Tepe (refugee camp on Lesbos),...
On Sunday 13th and 20th January, colleagues from the Heutink Group, in collaboration with Theaterhotel Almelo and dance and singing teachers Tessa, Jenny and Fee, created a 2-day theatre project for the children of ‘Toppers Op Zondag’ Weekend School. Colleague Annemiek explains her experiences over the few days. Annemiek: “I work for the Heutink group...
