Salford set to become arts and culture hotspot thanks to major funding boost

Residents across Salford can look forward to the biggest ever city-wide programme of creative activities and events thanks to a £749,600 funding boost from Arts Council England National Lottery Projects Grants. 

The announcement and confirmation of the funding follows a bid submitted by Salford Culture and Place Partnership, led by Salford City Council. It will now see the partnership working with cultural organisations, creative groups and residents across the city as part of the project to bring fun, entertaining and wellbeing focussed activities to the city’s parks, gardens, high streets and neighbourhoods. 

As part of the three-year programme, local organisations will create events and activities focused round different themes:

• RHS Garden Bridgewater will develop a new Working Wood for young people to benefit from the benefits of traditional woodland craft activities.
• Outdoor arts organisation Walk the Plank will train ‘Creative Explorers’ to bring new creativity and adventure to city events.
• The team behind Sounds From The Other City will have people dancing in the streets with mini pop-up music festivals.
• ‘We Invented the Weekend’ will again transform MediaCityUK and the Quays into a family friendly festival celebrating free time.   
• Local artists and creative groups will also be invited to develop and test new event ideas through a ‘Make it in Salford’ programme and schools in the city will get creative through new artist commissions led by the Salford Local Cultural Education Partnership.

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