An online fund-raiser set up just days ago to help save Newcastle's Side Gallery has already raised almost £56,000 - just shy of its lifeline target.
The gallery, which has had its home on Side - just off the Quayside - since 1977, was forced to close its doors on Easter Sunday due to 'critical' funding cuts and the cost of living crisis. It fears its closure will be permanent but, at the same time, it is hanging onto the hope that it might be saved.
With enough financial help behind it, it thinks it could re-open in September 2024 so it launched a £60,000 #SaveSide Crowdfunder campaign. And, by this Monday, this had raised a remarkable £55,726 - 92% of its target.
