Posts Tagged ‘Autumn 2021 newsletter’

Innovate Educate Ltd worked with GPLD on the business strand of the project since 2018. Our research showed that although there’s a lot of support out there for either business start-ups or scalable businesses in the GPLD area, there’s very little business designed specifically for creative and small businesses. The majority of businesses in the…

In July and August of this year we said goodbye and good luck to two of our young work placement students as they finished their projects with us and moved onto the next chapter in their lives. Ava Grace, GPLD project intern and musician and Seth Benn, architecture work placement student both began working with…

Kendal’s Brewery Arts Centre Saturday 9th October 2021 Aerial and Brewery Arts presents Aerial X Hayden Thorpe Tickets £15 available from https://www.breweryarts.co.uk/ Aerial, Cumbria’s festival of new work, is proud to be teaming up with Kendal musician and former Wild Beast Hayden Thorpe, for a very special day and night of events at Brewery Arts,…

We’re proud to be a member of Skipton High Street Heritage Action Zone’s (HAZ) Cultural Consortium which is a group of representatives from creative, cultural and heritage organisations working in the town. Part of our role as a member of the consortium is to deliver an exciting element of the HAZ Cultural Programme. You might…

Youth-led community group Fresh Perspective have installed the first in a series of new public art murals across the Town Centre at the new Craven Arts House, formally the North Yorkshire County Council Community Centre on Otley Street, marking the start of a high street regeneration project called “Community in Colour” that aims to bring…

Artful Ways, a new Arts Council funded project has been bringing people together across Cumbria in an exciting celebration of creativity and connection. Showcasing the wealth of creativity and innovation in the area it invited people from across the cultural sector to meet up outside and walk between studios, venues and other cultural landmarks, and…

Summer 2021 has seen a glorious return of festivals and events in the Lakes and Dales, some back from a short hiatus and others brand new! The festival season was kicked off in May with Hinterlands International Rural Film Festival, a film festival celebrating rural film in dramatic ways across the landscapes of the Lakes…

A series of portraits titled ‘HOME’ reveals glimpses into the lives of young people living and working in the Yorkshire Dales and Cumbria. The portraits have been exhibited at the newly launched and redeveloped Brewery Arts in Kendal in August and was available to view at independent shop and cafe Car and Kitchen in Settle,…

A striking new mural has been unveiled in the heart of Settle, North Yorkshire, painted by Signs by Umberto with co-design led consultation involving young people in the local area. Stretching the full height of the three-story facade, the eye-catching mural is sited at the top of historic Kirkgate, close to the main marketplace in…

Research, consultation and listening is what we’re all about. Right from the research The Audience Agency completed back when we were just starting out in 2018, we’ve always aimed to back up all our decisions about what needs doing with evidence. From bob-ups and graffiti walls to conferences and surveys, we’ve used all different types…

I’ve worked as the Programme Officer for Great Place Lakes and Dales for nearly four years and in that time not only have I learnt how to do things I never thought I would do, but the whole programme has learnt so much that can now inform what happens next and help others from across…

GPLD’s four-year journey has travelled many roads and many miles through some magnificent landscapes and creative communities. Often challenging but always rewarding it has opened lots of new doors (and gates!) and we have met some wonderful people, sharing and exploring together how we connect to the heritage and creativity of this beautiful area. We…