Case studies

Gainsborough’s Mayflower 400 cultural programme was a wide ranging arts-led approach to engage the public with a shared heritage connecting them to people and places across the world.

The Church Street Regeneration Programme aims to improve the quality of life of the people who live and work in the area and will bring around 1,750 high quality new homes, greener and more pedestrianised spaces, and new community services to support the health and wellbeing of the local community. 

York Life is a new, free music festival for York. Funded by City of York Council (CYC) through the UK Government’s Additional Restrictions Grants and organised by a partnership between Make It York and York Music Venues Network.

This is a story of how the Bradford Council thought innovatively to support businesses, culture and communities throughout the pandemic.

Cambridge Junction, in partnership with HighRise Theatre and Romsey Mill charity, worked with young people at risk of exclusion or excluded from education and employment in a newly built area of Cambridge.

Open House is a long-term creative collaboration between Kettle’s Yard art gallery and its neighbouring communities in North Cambridge. What initially started as an audience development programme resulted in broader impact developing pride, a sense of place, a reduction in social isolation and improved wellbeing.

Tales from the Edge of Town invited children aged 8-11years to tell stories about what happened in lockdown. Professional artists performed these stories to a wider audience.

Estuary 2021 was the second edition of the arts festival celebrating the lives, landscapes and histories of the Thames Estuary.

Culture Liverpool has utilised and supported its creative and cultural sector to regenerate Liverpool’s community, neighbourhoods and creative industry in light of the global pandemic.

The Future Curator Programme (FCP) is an England-wide programme to develop disabled curators and create a force for diverse change in the visual arts sector.