If you live in Blackpool and refer to ‘the park’ many will assume you mean Stanley Park as though there was only one in the town. Hopefully readers of this site will be aware we are blessed with a number of smaller parks that punch above their weight. Thanks to their loyal bands of Friends Groups some are becoming better known outside their neighbourhoods, for example Watson Road Park and Devonshire Rock Gardens.
One of the newer organisations promoting a local amenity area is the Friends of Crossland Road Park. For those unfamiliar with this green space it is just off Vicarage Lane opposite Evans Halshaw Ford. The local PCSO Debby Savage and others have worked to promote local civic pride in the area, and particularly to engage with the young people who congregate there.
An exciting development in this youth engagement is taking place over the school summer holidays. #ProjectHaweside is facilitated by Left Coast, who have commissioned internationally recognised recording artist Danny ‘Falz’ Fahey (TPG) to run free music production and recording workshops for teenagers aged 13 and above, based from a portable container. At the end of the summer a small micro festival will be held with sound and a DJ, where participants can share the work that they have created with the community.
Danny Fahey said, “Working on Project Haweside over the summer is going to be an experience, delivering anything creative in open spaces is always a good vibe. Hopefully the weather will be good and we’ll create some special art and music.”
Cath Powell, LeftCoast’s Creative Community Engagement Officer, said, “I am delighted that LeftCoast have been able to commission Danny Fahey for project Haweside. Danny is an international recording artist working across various genres so he will have no problem in engaging the young people of Haweside on this project. I think the young people are in for a very productive summer.”
For more information contact Cath Powell at LeftCoast on [email protected] or call 01253 477973. Check out Danny at www.thirtypoundgentleman.com.
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