Prestatyn puts on a show The new Scala Cinema and Arts Centre opened its doors on Friday 13 February 2009 after the old cinema, which had been showing films on Prestatyn high street for 100 years, closed its doors and was demolished. The community worked closely with the authorities to rebuild the cinema. The building [...]
Art sits very successfully on the fence in Colwyn Bay Art on the Fence is a new, local concept to promote and sell affordable, original art to the wider community in the heart of Colwyn Bay while providing regular and attractive street entertainment. There is an abundance of artistic talent in the area. This concept [...]
From corn exchange to cultural powerhouse This community-based project to modernise the fine Diss Corn Hall and give it new life as a centre for arts, culture and heritage to serve Diss and its surrounding villages was made possible by the partnership of Diss Town Council, who invested in the project, and the volunteer Diss [...]
Rural Arts Spring 2011 programme at the Courthouse in Thirsk has now started with a wide range of workshops, performances, exhibitions and events. From March onwards, there will be French conversation classes, a screenwriting course and various artist-led workshops including life drawing, felt making, music technology, quilt making and willow weaving. Saturday morning kids art [...]
Ode to Polesworth Improving the attraction of a town to visitors and tourists can have economic benefits – and is also a challenge to local people to devise and implement a strategy. Action for Market Towns worked with a number of towns in the West Midlands on the Regional Development Agency’s Better Welcome programme, designed [...]
Sherborne brings colour to the station Many railway stations in small towns are dank and dismal places. Sherborne in Dorset was no exception – except that local community groups, businesses and young people decided to do something about it in partnership with South West trains. Platform 2 of the station is reached by a footbridge [...]
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