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Impetus Connect Fund - Grant round: Youth Employment

Impetus Connect Fund - Grant round: Youth Employment

10 March 2024

Open for applications from organisations supporting young people to prepare for and find work, with a particular focus on young people from ethnic minority backgrounds

#IWD2024 Creative Women - Meet the Speakers & Watch the Event

#IWD2024 Creative Women - Meet the Speakers & Watch the Event

08 March 2024

Creative Lancashire hosted a special edition #IWD2024 Conversations in Creativity and Creative Networking event in the lead up to International Women's Day on 8th March 2024. Meet our wonderful speakers, and view the talk where they share ways we can #InspireInclusion, this year's IWD theme.

#IWD2024: Creative Women - Tina Redford

#IWD2024: Creative Women - Tina Redford

08 March 2024

​To celebrate International Women's Day on Friday 8th March 2024, we're featuring interviews with dynamic, trailblazing, and courageous women working in creative fields, who have a connection to Lancashire. Meet ​Tina Redford, who has been the Artistic Director of LeftCoast in Blackpool since 2017.

#IWD2024: Creative Women - Ellen Fincher

#IWD2024: Creative Women - Ellen Fincher

06 March 2024

To celebrate International Women's Day on Friday 8th March 2024, we're featuring interviews with dynamic, trailblazing, and courageous women working in creative fields, who have a connection to Lancashire. Meet Ellen Fincher, a 2nd year filmmaking student at UCLan.

#IWD2024: Creative Women - Kathryn MacDonald

#IWD2024: Creative Women - Kathryn MacDonald

05 March 2024

​To celebrate International Women's Day on Friday 8th March 2024, we're featuring interviews with dynamic, trailblazing, and courageous women working in creative fields, who have a connection to Lancashire. Meet ​Kathryn MacDonald, who has been involved with More Music, a music charity in Morecambe, since 1996.

#IWD2024: Creative Women - Zara Saghir

#IWD2024: Creative Women - Zara Saghir

04 March 2024

To celebrate International Women's Day on Friday 8th March 2024, we're featuring interviews with dynamic, trailblazing, and courageous women working in creative fields, who have a connection to Lancashire. Meet Zara Saghir, an artist and cultural programme producer from Accrington.

#IWD2024: Creative Women - Glenda Brindle

#IWD2024: Creative Women - Glenda Brindle

04 March 2024

​To celebrate International Women's Day on Friday 8th March 2024, we're featuring interviews with dynamic, trailblazing, and courageous women working in creative fields, who have a connection to Lancashire. Meet ​Glenda Brindle, educationalist and leader in arts education.

Big Hearted Film Company supports New Northern Filmmakers

Big Hearted Film Company supports New Northern Filmmakers

04 March 2024

Northern Heart Films are proud to announce the three winners of their Northern Heart Doc Fund 2024. These emerging filmmakers will receive the support needed to create their first fully supported short documentary.

Stories of Nelson Brought to Life in Immersive Walk

Stories of Nelson Brought to Life in Immersive Walk

09 February 2024

The stories of local people will unfold along the streets of Nelson as audiences are invited to take an immersive walk through Nelson in late February & early March 2024.

Lancashire Devolution Consultation

Lancashire Devolution Consultation

19 January 2024

The consultation provides an opportunity to contribute to the conversation about ways that culture and creativity can be positioned within plans and how new powers and spending capabilities could be applied to support the creative and cultural life in the region,

Showtown Tickets Now On Sale for March 2024 Opening

Showtown Tickets Now On Sale for March 2024 Opening

05 January 2024

With less than four months to go until their doors open to the public in March 2024, tickets are now officially on sale for Showtown: the museum of fun and entertainment.

Respect & Dignity Arts

Respect & Dignity Arts

28 December 2023

For this year's Festive Project, we collaborated with Respect & Dignity Arts. Read more about the youth-led creative arts initiative and Waqar Ahmed, the visionary creative director of the inspirational young company.

Creative Festive Project 2023: Respect & Dignity Arts

Creative Festive Project 2023: Respect & Dignity Arts

20 December 2023

We wish all our creative network, partners and collaborators all the best for the Festive Season and a Happy New Year. For this year's Festive Project, we have collaborated with Respect & Dignity Arts, a youth-led creative arts initiative that connects young people with a variety of artists to develop innovative and empowering creative content.

Arts Lancashire unveils 'Lancashire County of Song 2024' (A year-long celebration of Lancashire Voices)

Arts Lancashire unveils 'Lancashire County of Song 2024' (A year-long celebration of Lancashire Voices)

04 December 2023

Arts Lancashire supported by Lancashire County Council and in association with Horse + Bamboo and Encounter Voices proudly announces the launch of Lancashire County of Song 2024 (CoS24), a groundbreaking initiative celebrating the vibrancy and diversity of Lancashire's singing traditions.

Independent film company offering grants and support to new North West documentary makers

Independent film company offering grants and support to new North West documentary makers

01 December 2023

Northern Heart Films, a Greater Manchester film production company, have announced the launch of the second cohort of their own independent grassroots scheme which supports emerging documentary makers in the North West.