Community Post Type: Callouts

Join the team on Thursday 30 January at 12pm for a webinar exploring how The Big Lunch can help you support safer, healthier and more cohesive communities.

The Big Lunch 2025 will take place on 7 – 8 June and can also complement VE Day 80 activities in May. As always, the key is communities coming together.

Over 10 million people participated in The Big Lunch 2024, with 76% reporting a positive impact on their community, 75% saying it makes communities feel more inclusive and 71% feeling less lonely (7.1m people).

Join them to:

 Learn how The Big Lunch can help you meet your objectives and build safe, resilient and cohesive communities;

Hear best practice examples from their guest speakers;

 Get practical tips and free resources to support your work;

Learn about the wider impacts of the initiative from their independent annual research;

Share your insights, experience and ask questions.

Hosted by Tracey Robbins, their Head of Communities, this session will be packed with tools to help you bring the benefits of The Big Lunch to your residents and communities.

Reserve your spot here

Help Positive Pathways bring the transformative power of the arts to young people across the Liverpool City Region by providing opportunities they wouldn’t otherwise access.

About Positive Pathways

Positive Pathways was established in August 2020 to address the lack of quality provisions available for young people. Driven by a passion for creating meaningful opportunities, they’ve built a training organisation that empowers staff with practical training and delivers issue-based sessions for young people across the Liverpool City Region.

As the lead detached youth team in Liverpool City Centre, they operate a vital 7-day service, connecting directly with young people and helping them access new experiences that broaden their horizons. They believe in making arts and theatre performances accessible to all young people—offering them enriching cultural opportunities they may not otherwise experience.

However, limited funding often restricts what they can provide, which is why they’re reaching out to arts organisations in our region for support.

They’re calling on the incredible arts community of Liverpool City Region to help them:

• Provide access to performances, workshops, and creative spaces, at low or no cost.
• Collaborate with Positive Pathways to open doors for young people to explore their potential.

Your support—whether through ticket donations, collaborative workshops, or other resources—would make a real difference in the lives of the young people they work with.

Let’s work together to ensure all young people have access to the transformative power of the arts!

If your organisation can help, please contact Dawn at info@positivepathways-nw.com.

The Merseyside Women of the Year awards nominations are now OPEN!

Please ensure that the person you are nominating is aware you are making this nomination and ask them for more details if necessary. The more details they have the better chance there will be that the nominee is successfully chosen as a Finalist.

The nominee, if selected, must be available to attend the VIP Finalists Reception, on Monday 23rd June 2025 at 6.00pm – 8.00pm at Fazenda, Exchange Flags, Liverpool and the Awards Luncheon on Friday 27th June 2025 at 12.00pm at the Crowne Plaza, Waterfront, Liverpool. Nominations are open to anyone who identifies as a woman or non-binary.

For a full guide to their judging criteria, all the questions and guidance for nomination, download their MWOTY Nominations Guide and watch their webinar on writing a brilliant entry!

MWOTY 2025 KEY DATES

Nominations Open: Monday 13th January

Nominations Close: Friday 4th April

Public Vote Opens: Monday 19th May

Public Vote Closes: Sunday 1st June

MWOTY Finalists VIP Evening: Monday 23rd June – 6:00 – 8:00pm

MWOTY Awards at Crowne Plaza: Friday 27th June – 12:00 – 5:30pm

The prestigious British Science Festival is coming to Liverpool 10 – 14 September 2025 and they want Culture Network Members to get involved.

Culture Network Member Liverpool John Moores University is hosting Europe’s longest standing science festival with the University of Liverpool and the British Science Association this year. You’re invited to put forward ideas through an open call for events by Monday 20 January 2025.

Please email festival@britishscienceassociation.org if you would like to get involved, collaborate or find out more.

The programme will feature free events, exhibitions, performances and installations that celebrate the people, stories and ideas at the heart of science. And we all know how arts and culture can help shape all of those events, and tell the stories.

Join Open Eye Gallery’s training programme exploring the role of socially engaged photography with a variety of cross-sector and community partners!

They have invited specialist facilitators from across the cultural, health, youth, educational, environmental and community settings to share their knowledge and expertise, as well as hands-on training around equality, diversity and inclusion and safeguarding.

This training programme is for photographers curators and creative producers.

Each session will offer practical, methodological and ethical advice. There will also be one-one mentoring!

Closing date for submissions of interest: 10am, Monday 3 March 2025.

Programme runs: Monday 28 April – Monday 14 July 2025.

Full details: openeye.org.uk/crossing-sectors-5/ 

As part of DaDaFest International 40, they are delighted to present the next instalment of Ignite, DaDa’s artist development programme to help you re-engage with your inner creative. 💡

Creating a Solo Show with Laurie Owen | 27th Jan | Online | FREE 🥳

Ever wanted to take up space and share something meaningful with an audience? This workshop is all about organising your ideas into something that roughly resembles a solo show. Laurie will help you figure out what you really want to write about, how to get that down in a form that makes sense to you, and how to start putting that stuff on stage.💥

Ignite is a series of FREE digital workshops here to ignite your creative spark. 🎨

Book your free place now via the link 

Career opportunities at Liverpool City Council!

💻LCC are hosting monthly online events on the first Monday of every month giving you the opportunity to find out about exciting career paths they offer.

⏰These sessions are only half an hour long, so why not join – you never know where it might take you!

For more information, visit jobs.liverpool.gov.uk,

Discover the Joy of Reading with St Helens Library Service!

Are you searching for a new hobby, a way to meet new friends, or expand your reading horizons? Look no further! All libraries across St Helens offer vibrant and FREE reading groups that you can join.

Whether you’re a bookworm or just looking to dive into the world of books, their reading groups are the perfect place for you.

Join them in exploring diverse genres, engaging in lively discussions, and making new friends who share your love for reading. Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow book enthusiasts!

Visit their website here for more details

Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton presents Together in Verse: Community Poetry Competition, inviting all ages to celebrate creativity and connection through poetry.

Categories:

 1) Open category to all on any theme

2) Older people residing in Liverpool and Sefton on any theme

3) School-aged children aged 4-19 writing about or with an older person in their life

Prizes: £50 Tesco voucher, tickets to the Plaza Cinema, Cineworld and the Everyman Playhouse and Theatre and more to be confirmed.

Submission date window- 11th December 2024 until 14th February 2025.

Entry is free but donations to Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton are welcomed.

How to submit:

Email – laura@wordcraftworkshops.com

Post – Age Concern Liverpool & Sefton, 1st Floor, The Frances Suite, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, L2 2JH

Commissions and calls are open now for Independents Biennial

They’ve got a range of commissions, open calls, bursaries and support options for artists and producers with ideas for this summer.

Deadlines vary (mostly early Feb) so check out www.independentsbiennial.com for details on applying, and how to get in touch with ideas.

Apply before 7th February