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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Sunderland Culture appoints a new Chair

SUNDERLAND Culture has a new Chair of Trustees. Jane Earl, who had a successful career in local and national government, and the arts, has succeeded Graeme Thompson who had chaired the organisation since its inception in 2016. Jane grew up in Sunderland, attending Monkwearmouth Academy in Seaburn Dene before studying a law degree at Leicester […]

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