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Artist Josh Simpson (from Kendal) is developing a family friendly theatrical art workshop for festivals which involves teaching children about famous artists as well as showing them drawing techniques. Our seed funding is supporting this work and we can’t wait to share more with you about it. . . . #familyarts #artsandcraft #inspiringyoungminds #kendal #lakes…

Rachel Thornton, an artist from Bentham is one of our seed funding recipients. Rachel is setting up a creative exchange with an artist from Scandinavia. There will be a focus on learning from each other about how to make a living and life as a young creative in a rural area. An exchange, joint exhibition…

IT STARTS TODAY! So much hard work has gone into bringing this international rural film festival to #Skipton. @hinterlandsfestival is a partnership between us and @_wildrumpus and IT’S GOING TO BE FANTASTIC. Have you met anyone involved while out and about? There’s still time to book tickets – you can get tickets for individual events…

Have you visited @threeharescafe in Sedbergh? Owned by James and Nina the food is influenced by James’ upbringing in the local area and Nina’s background of growing up in Germany with Japanese parents. We have some incredibly passionate business owners in our region and these guys are a great example of that! . . .…

Did you know? Whistle Down the Wind, which features in @hinterlandsfestival at Plaza Cinema Skipton on Fri 17 May was filmed just outside of the GPLD area? Skipton based photographer @stephengarnettphotography visited the village of Downham recently where the killer (or is it Jesus?) is discovered…

Budding stunt performers aged 8 and over can try their hand at throwing their own punches in stage combat workshop, The Good, The Bad and The Punchy, this time next week at 1pm & 3pm. Part of @hinterlandsfestival . . . #stagecombat #theatre #film #familythingstodo #skipton

Looking for something to do this weekend? The second day of @alexanders_bar Film Club is on Saturday at 2pm. ‘Oyster Farmer’ includes a talk from film producer Piers Tempest and gourmet Australian BBQ. Don’t forget to pick up a full-programme for Hinterlands Festival​ which starts on the 16th May. If you’re going to see Teddy…

The @hinterlandsfestival Trail Blazer event starts at @alexanders_bar tomorrow. The new Film Club will launch showing two of Skipton and London based Tempo Production’s critically acclaimed films. On Friday, see Teddy Pendergrass, a recent audience award winner at the Philadelphia Film Festival. It’s followed by a soul and funk disco – we can’t wait! .…

As part of @HinterlandsFestival amateur filmmakers were invited to create a short film under 5 minutes which celebrates the rural environment and the communities that live within them. Entries have now been shortlisted and we’ll post one a day from now until the winner is announced over on Facebook and Twitter so make sure you…

Ramadan has begun and we are reminded of this fantastic project we learnt about at #yms19 last month: @dosomething encouraged people to send Ramadan cards to mosques across America in response to news that Islamic hate crime had increased across the country. So many people got involved that in the end every mosque in the…

So that’s #TourDeYorkshire in #Skipton done! Luckily we only have to wait ten days for another huge event to hit the town! Have you got your tickets booked for @hinterlandsfestival yet? Read more about it on the festival website and head to our blog to discover why we are supporting Skipton’s first film festival. .…

The #TourdeYorkshire reaches Skipton today and people are already gathering! Where are you watching it from? . . . #tdy2019 #yorkshire #skipton #gpld #cycling #sport

What a beautiful setting for the RIBA judging panel to meet. They’re at @the_dalesbridge in Austwick today to look at the huge number of architect entries for our Flexible Housing Concept competition. It is one of the most entered competitions the organisation has ever had. The aim? To create homes in rural areas that younger…

The Wild West comes to Skipton! Saturday night at @hinterlandsfestival will see hoedown collective The Beau Dillies, host a barn dance in The Lost Horse Saloon celebrating all things Western. Have you got your tickets yet? 22 events across 8 venues from 16-19 May . . . #barndance #skipton #yorkshiredales #dance #film #liveentertainment

@hinterlandsfestival comes to Skipton this month! Read why festivals such as these are so important to our communities and find out more about what’s on by following the link in our bio. What are you looking forward to seeing? . . . #film #festival #skipton #rurallife #filmbuff #whatson #may #yorkshire #gpld

Thanks to Craven Herald & Pioneer for covering this story (link in bio) about our funding programme for young people in the area. Charles Tyrer of @settle .stories said: “I feel like there are few opportunities for young people to have a ‘proper job’ in the arts locally so this really matters. It is creating…

Did you know Skipton has it’s very own coffee shop, @theclubhousecoffee, dedicated to cycling? This time next week the @letouryorkshire will be whizzing through Skipton and parts of Craven. We can’t wait! Are you doing anything special to celebrate? Maybe your business is hosting an event or perhaps you’re just inviting friends to your garden…

Maybe you’re a film lover, or maybe you just think watching a film in Skipton Castle sounds like a great way to spend an evening! Either way, tickets for the 50th anniversary screening of Kes are selling fast. Visit the @hinterlandsfestival website to book. @skiptoncastle . . . #film #hinterlands #gpld #skipton #thursday #whatson

Registration has opened for A Future for Culture, a new development programme for professionals without the long-distance travel! This training will equip you with the tools to engage your current and new audiences in new ways, to turn programming on its head and allow true participation to occur in your organisation. We’re super excited about…

Throwback to our conference in November where we had over 120 attendees and 20 speakers. We were all working together to see how we can make the Lakes and Dales a more attractive place for young people to live and work and so much has happened since then…stay tuned for more! . . . .…