Once again, the entire city will be positively electric with excitement, with over fifty very special and unique cultural events happening across multiple venues for Culture Night on Friday September 22. Experience entire street transformations, innovative theatre, candlelit concerts and visual arts. Learn new skills including sign language, juggling, origami, boatbuilding and even try your hand at the harmonica! Gain a better understanding of Galway’s growing international communities including Spanish, African and nomadic cultures. Events run all day and into the night in our ‘Culture Night Late’ programme. All activities are available completely free of charge supported by the Arts Council and Galway City Arts Office.
A SKIPTON social arts project has been bringing the community together during the coronavirus pandemic with help from the Health Lottery. The Sunday Social project, run by The Greatwood and Horseclose Residents Association, received £10,000 from the People’s Health Trust, raised by Health Lottery Yorkshire and Humber, to provide weekly craft and social events for residents of all ages. Those behind the project, including Skipton’s Mayor, Karen McIntyre, established a monthly weekend social cafe for residents of the estate which ran until the end of 2020, before widening its remit to deliver online events, reaching out to even more. Sessions were intended to bring members of the community together, and establish new friendships, and were run by led by residents. This has all happened in a community which has been struck by economic difficulties, social isolation and mental health issues.
Its rules prohibited grants for fundraising activities. Martin said the decline had come as a total shock. He had received an enthusiastic response from the committee members who first reviewed his application, and no advice that the fundraising effort could be an issue. In the past, people attending the concert had been asked to pay a koha at the door to help cover costs. This time, in the hope of raising a decent sum for Myanmar, organisers had adopted a more formal way of collecting donations. Bowen said it was no surprise panel members had been enthusiastic, but that was no guarantee of the final outcome, and as a frequent applicant, Unions Manawatū should have been familiar with the criteria.