Our Place Receives Place Partnership Funding from Arts Council England

In the summer of 2024, Herefordshire Cultural Partnership was awarded £596,000 through Arts Council England’s Place Partnership Programme, funded by the National Lottery.

This funding is being used to establish “Our Place”, an initiative to enhance opportunities and improve residents' quality of life by creating a new model for creative and cultural engagement with the arts in one of the UK's most rural counties.

Our Place has also received £86,400 in funding from Herefordshire Council under the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and £15,000 from public health funding.

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Our Place will deliver transformative, place-based cultural programming that improves lives in Leominster, South Wye (Hereford), and the Golden Valley.

The programme will be led by Herefordshire Cultural Partnership and delivered by three local cultural organisations - Leominster Cultural Consortium, Rural Media, and Meadow Arts who will collaborate with local communities to create and showcase live performances, digital content and visual art.

The programme will make a lasting impact on the cultural landscape of Herefordshire, enhancing health, well-being, and community spirit through the arts.

There will be an Our Place public launch event in autumn 2024.

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Megan Clark-Bagnall and pupils visit Faye Claridge's Inventive Offspring an art exhibition with 5 large artworks on a brick wall.
Young people using a camera to film a scene with directors claperboard
Colourful frames in the landscape with two young people and artist Daniel Pryde Jarman at National Trust The Weir Garden

Opportunity: Our Place Evaluation Consultant

Herefordshire Cultural Partnership is seeking an external Evaluation Consultant for the "Our Place" programme, a three-year initiative aimed at improving community health and wellbeing through creative arts in Herefordshire.

The consultant will be contracted from October 2024 to May 2027, with a total contract value of £15,000. The role involves evaluating the programme's impact on participants, practitioners, and the broader community, collecting data throughout the project, and delivering a final report with key findings and recommendations. 

Applicants should have experience in community-based arts and health evaluations, and proposals are due by 15th September 2024.

Find out more and apply.

Logos including Arts Council England, Funded by UK government and Herefordshire Council

Header Image: Jubilee celebrations in Leominster, including a lion puppet and members of the Broseley Beats Samba Band. Photo credit: Richard Shakespeare.