Posts Tagged ‘Spring 2021 newsletter’

A brand new website, Run the Dales, is shining a light on one of the most accessible and traditional sports of all – Fell Running – the original sport of the Yorkshire Dales.   Sponsored by the Yorkshire Dales National Park and us, Run the Dales and its accompanying photographic exhibition celebrates one of the oldest but most…

42° is an intimate music and arts festival held in the Lake District, with the first festival on 16th-18th July 2021, tickets will be released soon! Organised by 24 volunteers, it will be a weekend of shared experiences through funk & soul, jazz, disco, hip-hop and house live music and DJ-sets, comedy, spoken word, film,…

The outbreak of Covid-19 meant that our flagship international rural film festival, Hinterlands, had to be cancelled in 2020. However, we’re delighted to join Producers, Wild Rumpus in announcing it is back in 2021! The stunning line-up of inspirational films includes the multi-Oscar nominated movies Nomadland, Minari and Wolfwalker, Skipton-based horror The Banishing, Francis Lee’s…

Finally, we promised to update you on the future of Great Place: Lakes and Dales. Since launching in 2018 we’ve been working to change perceptions of the area to tackle the fact that the number of 16 – 35 year olds choosing to live and work here is 44% less than the national average. We’ve…

More and more information is emerging about the impact of the last year on young people and their attitudes towards their future. A survey of 2,000 young people aged between 16 and 24 found that 21% were more confused about their career path than before the outbreak, with 43% choosing to put career or education…

Despite the challenges of the past year, The Fold is going from strength to strength. Co-curated by young people in Bentham, Settle and Kendal the project has so far seen artists work with young people to install a mural and flags in Bentham skate park, half-term activity packs with work from professional artists included delivered…

A huge ‘congratulations’ to the team of young people who have been working on Fresh Perspective for over two years now. It began as a project to test new ways to represent younger voices in and around Skipton. However, in that time, they’ve run in-person events including meet ups in cafes usually closed in the…

Funded by Arts Council England and supported by ourselves, The Knotted Project’s Forge the Future allowed young artists, based in the South Lakes (aged 15-22) the opportunity to develop their creative skills, networks and artistic practice. Supported by an experienced team of professional creatives in 2021, the Forge the Future Performance Company produced a piece of film…

The second instalment of our project in which we match people who need a space to try out their inspiring idea with under used venues in the area began again in February adhering to the lockdown restrictions and government guidelines at the time. Two venues, Comida restaurant in Kendal, and Yorkshire Dales Guides’ barn in…