Help me release my first album!

My name is Issy Winstanley, a 17yr old singer songwriter based around Cheltenham. I've sang for as long as I can remember, and have been writing songs since I was 11. I learnt the piano and guitar and 13 to facilitate my writing, and have since been lucky enough to have gigged and performed all over the place - and, with your help, I hope to continue growing as an artist and songwriter! 
I was approached after a recent gig asking if there was anyway they could contribute to the release of my first album, which I sort of found mind-blowing. After a really positive response to suggestions of following this through... we have this page!
The funds will be put towards studio time in a local recording studio to be able to release my own official and recorded music! I would love to have the opportunity to record my own music. 
I am leaving school next June for a gap year, and my goal for that year is to release an album! Therefore, I am aiming to have all my funds together to produce this album in Summer 2019, and hopefully release later that year. 
Music has always been, and what will continue to be, my dream and what I love above anything else. Support for those dreams honestly means the world and more to me, as it makes me feel like maybe I can achieve what I have always wanted to.
Writing songs that can make people laugh, make people cry, touch people and help people, is my passion - and even if one person is touched, one attitude is changed, one person feels less alone, that is enough for me. And to have support, so that I can bring these songs to the world, means so much to me. 
Thank you for anything you are able to donate - it truly means so much to me. Thank you, thank you, thank you!