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Have you uploaded your sound to Soundtra…

3 July 2021

Have you uploaded your sound to Soundtrack to Skipton’s sound map yet? Here’s an easy step-by-step guide to recording your sound if you’re having any problems and where you can upload your sounds to! Head over to https://t.co/9mUGsKVQzH for more…

Have you uploaded your sound to Soundtra…

3 July 2021

Have you uploaded your sound to Soundtrack to Skipton’s sound map yet? Here’s an easy step-by-step guide to recording your sound if you’re having any problems and where you can upload your sounds to! Head over to https://t.co/IKYE8wDTR5 for more…

It’s been a couple of weeks since @skiptontownhall opened it…

2 July 2021

It’s been a couple of weeks since @skiptontownhall opened its doors and we hope you’re enjoying all the new features! Craven Museum & Gallery has been completely refigured and made fully accessible meaning more people can now enjoy its collections.…

It’s been a couple of weeks since @Skipt…

2 July 2021

It’s been a couple of weeks since @SkiptonTownHall opened its doors and we hope you’re enjoying all the new features! If you haven’t already, head over to the High Street and have a look for yourself! #skiptontownhall #townhallrefurbishment #livemoredomore #cravenmuseum…

The 1st #ArtfulWaysCumbria watery route …

30 June 2021

The 1st #ArtfulWaysCumbria watery route is in – a row on Derwent Water! Thanks to Stefan Escreet, who's one of the project gatekeepers (and must have strong arms). Check the map & add your own tracks! https://t.co/giGLUrvXHs@esriuk @arts_cumbria @GP_LakesDales @CumbriaCrack…

@somewhere_now.here’s 5th Artful Cumbria commission for thei…

30 June 2021

@somewhere_now.here’s 5th Artful Cumbria commission for their Artful Ways project is now live! The commissioned work will be given prime position in the Artful Ways exhibition. They would like it to become the project’s ‘signature piece’. As a response to…

Skiptonians, let’s create an iconic soundtrack for the town!…

29 June 2021

Skiptonians, let’s create an iconic soundtrack for the town! What are the sounds of Skipton that you love? Is it the market traders, the church bells, the waterfall in the woods, your favourite pub, children in the school playground, a…

Skiptonians, let’s create an iconic soun…

29 June 2021

Skiptonians, let’s create an iconic soundtrack for the town! Join in with a brand new collaborative audio project and create your #SoundtrackToSkipton! Find out more at https://t.co/pL2s6HyMkM @HinterlandsFest #HistoricHighStreets pic.twitter.com/V9fExdkZPG — Great Place: Lakes & Dales (@GP_LakesDales) June 29, 2021

@GP_LakesDales @SkiptonTownHall @ji_mukh…

28 June 2021

@ji_mukherjee also runs a 'Skipton Memories' Zoom Sporting Reminiscence Session Fridays 11am to chat and Reminisce about all things sport in the area. A Legacy of Yorkshire Cricket Heritage: Building a Legacy Project by @YCCC_YCF and funded by @HeritageFundUK @HeritageFundNOR…

@GP_LakesDales @SkiptonTownHall T’is gre…

28 June 2021

T'is great to see 👀two great rural heritage projects 👏adding value to each other in this way! 👍 @HeritageFundNOR — David Renwick (@dave_renwick) June 28, 2021

OPPORTUNITY KLAXON from our friends @imitatingthedog Appli…

28 June 2021

OPPORTUNITY KLAXON from our friends @imitatingthedog Applications are now OPEN for ‘Digital Routes’, an opportunity for an early career artist/artist led company, from an underrepresented background, based in the North of England. Their new programme offers a package of support…

Our friends @ImitatingtheDog have a grea…

28 June 2021

Our friends @ImitatingtheDog have a great opportunity for an early career artist/artist led co, from an underrepresented background, based in the North of England. Check out all the application details (d/line midday Weds 7th July) for #DigitalRoutes here https://t.co/neYhLdewq1 pic.twitter.com/RoirrTIBWU…

There’s a lot of exciting projects happening in the backgrou…

28 June 2021

There’s a lot of exciting projects happening in the background around Skipton at the moment, all working to breathe a mixture of arts and heritage into the town. Keep an eye out on the @skiptontownhall page in the coming months…

There’s a lot of exciting creative proje…

28 June 2021

There’s a lot of exciting creative projects happening in the background around Skipton at the moment. Keep an eye out on the @SkiptonTownHall page in the coming months to hear more about all the exciting work that’s happening!#projects #skiptonartsandheritage #livemoredomore…

Exciting news from @thefarmersarms_! Their new festival The …

27 June 2021

Exciting news from @thefarmersarms_! Their new festival The Farmer’s Yarns is coming to the Lake District on Saturday 3rd July! It will bring together over 20 stall holders from across the UK to celebrate the versatility of British wool you’ll…

Exciting news from @TheFarmersArms_! The…

27 June 2021

Exciting news from @TheFarmersArms_! Their new festival The Farmer’s Yarns is coming to the Lake District on Saturday 3rd July! Head over to the link below for more information.https://t.co/Ilcv6RLSZo#farmersarms #farmersyarns #lakedistrict #livemoredomore #yarnfestival pic.twitter.com/1hQVRgj9cJ — Great Place: Lakes & Dales…

“Is the future rural? It has to be. We need to be ambitious …

26 June 2021

“Is the future rural? It has to be. We need to be ambitious and bold. 90% of the land is farmed and given the environmental worries that brings we need to be forthright and positive in what we want to…

“Is the future rural? It has to be. We n…

26 June 2021

“Is the future rural? It has to be. We need to be ambitious and bold. 90% of the land is farmed and given the environmental worries that brings we need to be forthright and positive in what we want to…

Are you opening up your small or medium-sized heritage organ…

25 June 2021

Are you opening up your small or medium-sized heritage organisation again? Thanks to @heritagefunduk, Cause4 and Arts Fundraising can welcome 150 more participants onto their Heritage Compass programme – a FREE business support programme for heritage organisations! Participating organisations will…

Thanks to @HeritageFundUK @OfficialCause…

25 June 2021

Thanks to @HeritageFundUK @OfficialCause4 and @artsfundraising can welcome 150 more participants onto their Heritage Compass programme – a FREE business support programme for heritage organisations! Head over to https://t.co/xkGYpHlECe for more info & to apply! #heritagecompass pic.twitter.com/BAB823VN8W — Great Place:…

Pls share @arts_cumbria @ace_national @G…

24 June 2021

Pls share@arts_cumbria @ace_national @GP_LakesDales @cmckate @MuseumsAssoc https://t.co/kAPm93F1I2 — C Living Heritage (@CLivingHeritage) June 24, 2021

The Branching Out and Acorn Funding schemes were launched in…

24 June 2021

The Branching Out and Acorn Funding schemes were launched in November 2018 to support the future of creative industries in the Great Place: Lakes and Dales area. Since then we have funded 32 projects in the Lakes and Dales, all…

Find out how to get involved & build a m…

23 June 2021

Find out how to get involved & build a map of Creative Cumbria through Artful Ways: tonight 6.30pm.https://t.co/xFPCkBhLaM@arts_cumbria @lakelandarts @TullieHouse @MadeinEVAN @edenartsUK @Ullswater_Way @GreenDoorArt @Art_Gene @KirkgateArts @GP_LakesDales @YappersChappers — somewhere-nowhere (@butnorain) June 23, 2021

Now open! From 17th June – 12th December Grizedale Forest Vi…

23 June 2021

Now open! From 17th June – 12th December Grizedale Forest Visitor Centre Gallery has a new exhibition; David Nash Return to the Forest. Hazel Stone, Arts Development Manager, Forestry England said: ‘This exhibition will showcase for the first-time drawings, sculptures…

Now open! From 17th June – 12th December…

23 June 2021

Now open! From 17th June – 12th December Grizedale Forest Visitor Centre Gallery has a new exhibition; David Nash Return to the Forest.https://t.co/ICElIeUUaq#ReturntoGrizedale #sculpture #forestartworks #returntotheforest #forestsculpture #arts #grizedale — Great Place: Lakes & Dales (@GP_LakesDales) June 23, 2021