Jessica Dare, Author at Sunderland Culture

Sunderland Culture receives further lifeline grant from Government’s Culture Recovery Fund

Sunderland Culture has been awarded £143,889 as part of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future, the Culture Secretary has announced today. Sunderland Culture is one of many cultural and creative organisations across the country receiving urgently needed support. The investment which has been announced today is part of the second round of the Culture Recovery Fund grants programme being administered by Arts […]

Young people’s group wins prestigous awards

A YOUNG people’s project in Sunderland has won two prestigious High Sheriff Awards. The Celebrate Different Collective is a group of young people from across Wearside, who meet weekly, supported by Sunderland Culture. The Collective’s members are aged between 13 and 25 and co-produce and run their own events as well as working with artists […]

Sunderland Culture celebrates funding awarded to deliver social prescribing

A NEW Sunderland partnership will be delivering a project designed to help people recover from Covid through the power of social prescribing. A £50,000 grant from the Thriving Communities Fund will help establish the partnership to improve and increase the range and reach of social prescribing activities on Wearside. Sunderland Culture, Sunderland Carers Centre, Groundwork […]

Asunder lives on through new screening programme

AN award-winning film about Sunderland people living through the First World War is set to get a much wider audience. Asunder premiered at the Sunderland Empire on the 100th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme in 2016 as part of the national 14 -18 Now programme of experiences connecting people with the First World War, […]

Weston Culture Fund support for National Glass Centre

We are very pleased to announce a grant of £150,970 from the Garfield Weston Foundation’s Weston Culture Fund. This important grant will ensure that Sunderland Culture can continue to deliver the benefits of art, creativity and culture to the communities of Sunderland. The Garfield Weston Foundation established the Weston Culture Fund to support the UK’s […]

Sir Antony Gormley’s Field for the British Isles coming to Sunderland

A MAJOR art installation by one of the UK’s most celebrated artists is coming to Sunderland. Field for the British Isles by Sir Antony Gormley, creator of the Angel of the North, will be on display at Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art (NGCA) at National Glass Centre from July until September this year. The monumental […]