Case studies

A dedicated commercial team within Liverpool City Council’s cultural service has generated more than £6 million in cash and in-kind support in four years.

Union Chain Bridge – which has provided a link between Scotland and England for 200+ years – faced an uncertain future. Co-owned by two local authorities, with an anticipated cost of repair in the millions, the world’s oldest vehicular suspension bridge would likely be mothballed, severing links across the Tweed, and disavowing the region of an internationally important monument.

Radio Chopwell was an innovative partnership project to empower the community of Chopwell, Gateshead to collect and share digital sound that interpreted theirs lives and community and create a regular online radio broadcast and in-person social events to showcases the lives and work of Chopwell residents.

‘Picturing Sounds’ was part the British Library’s UK wide project ‘Unlocking our Sound Heritage’ that aimed to help save the nation’s sounds and open them up to everyone.

Together with partners, Kirklees Council’s Culture and Tourism services have developed a place-based approach to transform Huddersfield’s town centre into Kirklees’ Cultural Heart – a designated cultural quarter featuring a new art gallery and museum and the re-development of Queensgate Market.

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

The Professors are an independent performing arts company, named for professing our knowledge and demonstrating our particular expertise in arts and collaboration. They are a group of learning disabled and non-disabled artists, create their own performances, films, installations, music, events, and exhibitions.

The role of arts and culture in supporting the health and wellbeing of our citizens is well recognised by Birmingham City Council. Throughout the last year, we have worked to champion our local grassroots community organisations to conduct arts, culture, and health projects specific to communities.

This case study is part of a series from the LGA Culture Commission The challenge

The Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums (TWAM) wellbeing programme was written to include heritage sessions using a variety of our collections and a creative art output, led by the patients.