Posts Tagged ‘Autumn 2020 newsletter’

We’re on a mission to change perceptions of the area as younger generations are choosing to leave in favour of places which are seen as more affordable with better career opportunities. The Lakes and Dales needs to attract diverse, dynamic individuals to move here or stay here. So, what has public art got to do…

At the end of 2019 we launched our careers and business resource – Create Your Future – for help and advice on pursuing a creative career in a rural area. With young people’s GCSEs and A Levels cancelled this year and challenges surrounding results day, this resource is more important than ever. Please help us…

As you may be aware, we pressed pause on the Live More, Do More campaign during the height of the pandemic but as lockdown eases we feel now is the time to get going with it again. This is an opportunity to join together in promoting the area as a diverse, vibrant and exciting place to live and…

Are you on TikTok? Come and see how people in the Lakes and Dales are getting creative, what they are inspired by and what they are open to on our TikTok channel @greatplacelakesdales and look out for opportunities to get involved! TikTok is about having fun and there’s also a big arts following with videos…

You might already know that back in 2018, near the beginning of the GPLD programme, we commissioned a research project which considered younger peoples’ attitudes towards and perceptions of living and working in the Craven and South Lakeland. See the results of this research. We’ve used these findings to inform our work from then on,…

Not one but TWO writers have been successful in the 2020 Northern Writers Awards. A huge congratulations to Polly Atkin and Hannah Hodgson on receiving the Northern Writers’ Award for Poetry 2020 judged by Vahni Capiledo. Both are based in the Lakes and Dales and are pictured here at our Seedfunding Social last year. What…

With the continued uncertainty surrounding Covid-19, live events programmed as part of Aerial festival in 2020 will no longer be going ahead but they’ve adapted to the unique situation. Aerial will continue to support artists by presenting its programme online, to do what Aerial was created to do – work with artists in order to…