Arts & culture

Take part in National Lottery Open Week 2024

The next National Lottery Open Week will take place from Saturday 9 – Sunday 17 March 2024.

The National Lottery open week Saturday 9th - Sunday 17th March 2024To say thank you for the £30 million raised for good causes every week by players, The National Lottery will offer free entry and special offers at a range of participating National Lottery funded venues across the UK, as part of Open Week.

It Starts With A Spark! Your opportunity to feed into the next cultural strategy

Manchester City Council are creating a new 10-year Cultural Strategy for Manchester for 2025-2035. This will be the basis for the city – in collaboration with residents, shareholders, cultural it all starts with a sparkorganisations and creatives – to re-imagine what makes our place distinctive and bring together activities and initiatives under a unified goal for Manchester.

Six places in a different light

Greater Manchester to welcome new public art trail to promote mental health awareness this winter

Creative studio and multidisciplinary arts collective We are Willow, has collaborated with global art producer Wild in Art to deliver ‘Six Places In A Different Light’. A series of six striking installations across Greater Manchester to promote mental health awareness and wellbeing.

The project is funded and supported by the Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership, Salford City Council, The University of Salford, LandsecU+I and Arts Council England.