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We hope you are all doing ok adapting in these uncertain times. The Society of Authors have funding available to help in the current crises. Applications are open to all professional authors who are resident in the UK or British subjects – including all types of writers, illustrators, literary translators, scriptwriters, poets, journalists and others…

It’s the last day of Creativity and Wellbeing week and what a week it has been. Of course, though, creativity and well-being should be year-round. What are your top tips for getting into the habit of getting creative? #CreateWell2020 #creativityandwellbeing

👊🏽👊🏽 Young people are speaking up – we have to listen. We worked with @Beatfreeks on our 2018 research and they have just released their #TakeTheTemp report, with insight from over 1500 young people across the UK about their experiences of the pandemic. Download it via the link in bio. “The findings are clear: young…

How therapeutic is this to watch? @laurenink is based in the Dales and posts about her creative process – both its joys and its challenges. Her recent posts on injecting moments of joy into your stay at home life really inspired us! Definitely one to follow this #mentalhealthawarenessweek (Time lapse filmed 2019) – – –…

On our plan for today was “recover from @hinterlandsfestival” which should have taken place in Skipton at the weekend. Saturday night should have been the screening to Monos. The festival will take place in 2021 instead and in the meantime have a listen to Oscar winner Mica Levi who created Monos’ mesmerising score, talking with…

It’s National Thank A Teacher Day! Who has inspired you to be creative and follow your passion? It might be a teacher from school or someone who has run a club you’re in. This is from The Watershed last year, a project we funded, delivered on a canal boat by @weare_ive and @igniteyorks – –…

It’s #mentalhealthawarenessweek and if you’re a young person living in Yorkshire you can use the BUZZ texting service to talk to a wellbeing worker if you need to- this week and any week. @wearelscft also offers a similar texting service for those in the Lake District. All details in images. Don’t hesitate to speak to…

Otis Mensah is Sheffield’s first Poet Laureate. He is a young rap-poet embodying a contemporary take on alternative hip-hop music and spoken word poetry. Together with @settle.stories Otis, and the people of Yorkshire, are creating a brand new poem for the region. Do you want to be a part of it? Just head over to…

Over on the @freshperspective account this Sunday at 11am, Poppins Presents will be co-hosting a LIVE instagram workshop, demonstrating the different ways that you can engage with poi performance! 😮 Head there now to watch a video on how to make a set so you can be ready to go on Sunday! – – –…

Don’t forget we have 2 X £1k commission in partnership with @aerialfestival for artists working with sound, and living in Cumbria or Yorkshire Dales, or with a strong link to either. The commissions are for a piece of audio, designed to sonically transport the listener to the Lakes in lieu of visiting the Lake District…

We love this artwork from Creative Champion @matthew_rory Made in ‘TiltBrush’ on a VR headset and then exported into an App which allows you to turn things you create into Augmented Reality, he says “The shot is in Skipton woods and I made it with the idea of the arrow being fired from the archer…

Hurrah! We are so pleased to be able to join @hinterlandsfestival in announcing this today. Great news for Skipton, the Lakes and Dales and film-lovers everywhere. We’d also like to echo the below post in saying a huge thank you to everyone who has supported the festival in these turbulent times including our funders @aceagrams…

@freshperspective exists to test new ways to represent younger voices in and around Skipton but work with people across the Lakes and Dales! The group are on the lookout for local creatives and businesses to get involved in its Joy in Numbers project! 👀☀️ They are hosting weekly workshops, tutorials and live sessions on Instagram.…

Now, more than ever, you or a young person you know might be thinking about their future career. We have developed a unique resource, Create Your Future, complete with activities which help you identify sectors you’ll enjoy working in. Get advice from people with successful careers here in the Lakes and Dales, watch films about…

This webinar might really help you if you work in the creative industry. It’s tomorrow and we’ve put a link to the sign up in our bio. – – – #create #creative #creativeindustry #arts #culture #artsprofessionals #crowdfunder #innovation #tuesdaythoughts

Have you listened to the new podcast from @bluemoosedance yet? We are LOVING it! A particularly good listen if you’re thinking about your next steps after school or college. Perfect listening for a rainy Sunday… A podcast giving you real life, industry relevant creative careers advice, featuring Artists who are actually “making it happen” right…

You may remember that back in April we shared a bit about one of our seedfunding projects, a collaboration between Another Space and The Lake District Holocaust Project. The Project is a charity dedicated to telling the extraordinary and poignant story of 300 young Jewish Holocaust survivors who stayed in Cumbria in 1945. As we…

SOUNDS OF SILENCE | 2 X £1k commission: A partnership between Great Place: Lakes and Dales and @aerialfestival for artists working with sound and living in Cumbria or Yorkshire Dales, or with a strong link to either. A commission of a piece of audio designed to sonically transport the listener to the Lakes in lieu…

@bbcthree and BBC England are to champion local production companies in the North of England who want to tell unique and regional stories that can appeal to the whole of the UK. The Northern Voices scheme will focus on working with new local talent to explore what it means to be young and British in…

“The creativity here could probably rival that of Shoreditch”…back at the end of March, we were proud that our programme and it’s aims were a cover story in Big Issue North. Did you see it? Obviously, vendors are unable to sell the magazine at the moment but you can download this and any issue for…