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18 Feb

Calling Fylde Coast Creatives!

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLocal News, Opportunitiesartist, Blackpool, Blackpool Council, funding, fylde, heritage, research, wyre

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Artists, creatives and organisations on the Fylde Coast are being invited to take part in new research to inform Blackpool Council’s Heritage Action Zone plans. The research aims to understand what creative skills and resources are available in the area and ensure that artists don’t miss out on opportunities to be commissioned as part of the project. Blackpool based organisations Aunty Social and Abingdon Studios are leading the research on behalf of the council and are encouraging as many people as possible to take part. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Catherine Mugonyi, Director of Aunty Social, said: “The council knows that there’s a wealth of…

05 Feb

Aunty brings Aardman Animations workshops to the Fylde Coast

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsLocal News, Visual Arts & ExhibitionsAardman, animation, Blackpool, children, clay, families, Fylde Coast, model making, online, workshops, wyre

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This February, Blackpool-based community arts group Aunty Social are hosting online model making workshops with the fantastic Aardman Animations. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Fylde coast residents are invited to join expert model maker Jim Parkyn for a fun, hands-on clay modelling workshop where participants will make their very own model of Shaun the Sheep – The unusually bright and clever sheep who lives at Mossy Bottom farm. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Jim has been a freelance sculptor and model maker for Aardman Animations for over 20 years. He's lead on several series of Shaun the Sheep and you can see his work in a variety of Aardman…

18 Nov

In Her Place: The Wyre Light

Stephanie Cottle0 CommentsColumns & Opinion, Heritageheritage, history, local history, Place, wyre

In this instalment of In Her Place Stephanie Cottle takes us to the lighthouse. When we were first told to ‘stay home’ isolation was, for the most part, a pretty daunting concept. Since March the ‘out every weekend’ types haven’t had chance to see the wee hours in munching kebabs, as night-time entertainment venues doors still remain firmly closed. Similarly most ‘live to travel’ types, fearful of the repercussive 14 days isolation, will have been lucky if they have driven further than a few hours from their home. Our elderly, who might ride the bus into town to sip…

13 Nov

Wyre Parks Fly The Flag

Stephen Dunstan0 CommentsLocal NewsGreen Space, park, wyre

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] This month of renewed lockdown it’s easy to focus on what we can’t do, and how limited the experience is of some of the things we still can enjoy. But parks and green spaces are a notable and precious exception to that, and several of Wyre’s have been successful in the national Green Flag Awards. The Green Flag Award scheme, managed by environmental charity Keep Britain Tidy under licence from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, recognises and rewards well-managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark standard for their management across the United Kingdom and around…

09 Nov

Wyre Community Lottery helps celebrate Christmas

David Simper0 CommentsLocal Newscommunity, FUNDRAISING, goodcauses, local, lottery, wyre

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Wyre Community Lottery is asking you to take a chance and buy a ticket for their exciting weekly lottery that raises money for good causes in Wyre. It's an example of local, community focused fund raising and has raised over £17,500 for local good causes since its launch. All good causes supported by the lottery benefit Wyre and its residents; so far thirty nine local groups have signed up to benefit. 1,000 £1 tickets are purchased every week and 20-30 of these are prize winners. The National Lottery supports so much nationally, but this lottery is designed to help out people…

09 Aug

Proposed Wyre Lottery Could Benefit Arts Causes

Jill Reidy0 CommentsLocal Newscommunity, community groups, lottery, lucky, wyre

Local arts charities could be among the beneficiaries of a proposed new lottery. Wyre Council is considering its introduction and is inviting both good causes that could benefit, as well as local residents to have their say on the scheme. It is proposed that tickets will cost £1 and players will have the chance to win up to £25,000 in every weekly draw. Each ticket would consist of six numbers which players can choose, or they can opt for a lucky dip. Money raised through the sale of lottery tickets would then be used to support local charities and community…