After last year’s hugely fantastic event, New Brighton Family, Food & Drink Festival are delighted to be back and officially opening TRADER APPLICATIONS for the bigger and better
New Brighton Family, Food & Drink Festival 25th-27th July 2025!
Please note they are only accepting applications for Market Village Traders. Not Hot Food….
To apply, visit here
Future Yard’s free to access Propeller programme has been providing mentorship and support to Liverpool City Region music creators since 2021. Thanks to recent funding partnerships with Wirral Council and PRS Foundation, the programme has grown significantly with additional creative and business support to help more and more artists and bands in the region become the best versions of themselves.
It has never been easier for musicians to release music, but with this comes increasing challenges to cut through the noise so they can build an audience, a business, a team and a living. With industry investment arriving later and later, it is fundamental that an artist/band can grow themselves to a level that managers, agents, record labels and publishers can then amplify. This requires the need for modern music creators to build their own toolbox to help grow their projects themselves.
Propeller is designed to fill up this toolbox and provide music creators with support on how best to use its contents. Propeller sits at the heart of the artist empowerment revolution, working with early career and established music creators with huge potential. There are many workshops and sessions that are open access with no sign up required, but becoming a member comes with many benefits, including 1-2-1 mentorship, funding application support, opportunities to promote their own show at Future Yard, and further bonuses such as free gig tickets and rehearsal bursaries.
Future Yard’s Head of Talent Development, Cath Hurley, explains:
“We’ve designed Propeller so that those that need support have a clear choice of what to engage with. They might be at a point where they are quite happy to dip their toe in and attend a couple of workshops that are useful at that very moment in time, or they could be catching up with a mentor once a week to help push them through an EP release, promotion of a local headline show, or even just a bit of validation that their project/career is heading in the right direction.
We believe that music creators at all levels should be able to access support that is relevant for them, so we need to ensure that our Propeller community are provided for no matter if they are creating music for fun or pursuing a career. It’s really about doing what you want to do in the best way you can do it. Performing at Open Mic may result in joining our regular songwriting programme, attending workshops on business set-up or basic legals may prevent future difficulties, or having a development plan and a mentor can then provide further direction and accountability. Workshops are often created based on our members telling us what they need, so as much as we’ve created an in-depth programme of activity, we are also super reactive and can build sessions based on requests.
In short, there’s an element of ‘pick your own adventure’ about our Propeller programme.”
Dedicated business support is provided thanks to the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund with the Liverpool City Region in partnership with Wirral Council. This will see music creators across Liverpool City Region supported with developing their projects into businesses, whether that’s solo artists as sole traders, or bands as partnerships. This part of the programme goes deep into the patchwork of ways that music creates revenue, ensuring all avenues are considered. Additional support comes from PRS Foundation’s Talent Development Network, putting Future Yard in amongst the UK’s leading organisations in this field. This ensures there is a strong focus on the creation of exceptional music, which will be showcased regularly on Future Yard’s stage.
As part of this ramp up of activity on the Propeller programme, Future Yard will host a two-day music business conference for local artists and bands. BEACON will take place across the 9th and 10th of January, bringing some very special industry guests to Birkenhead to help our Propeller community put their best foot forward into 2025. More information on this will follow shortly.
Further info and short application form: Propeller.futureyard.org/apply
Open access programme (more visible to signed-in members): Propeller.futureyard.org/programme
New work is at the heart of the Everyman & Playhouse – and the Playwrights’ Programme is part of their mission to nurture, empower and champion the next generation of writers in Liverpool.
It’s a free, ten-month programme led by their New Works Associate, and offers a mixture of facilitated and peer-directed sessions, masterclasses with experienced playwrights, and watching performances – whilst supporting you to complete a draft of a new full-length play.
The Offer
The Playwrights’ Programme is an opportunity for you to:
develop your playwriting craft, with sessions tailored to the interests of the group (e.g. structure, form and politics, world-building)
read, analyse and discuss a broad range of scripts – from contemporary classics to the most urgent, innovative work being staged today
build a close peer-group of playwrights, to share and read work, and give/receive constructive feedback
write a new, full-length play with ongoing dramaturgical support from the Everyman & Playhouse team
You’ll also:
attend masterclasses with leading artists
work with professional directors and actors
learn about reading processes for open submissions and playwriting prizes
have access to our script library
get to see Everyman & Playhouse productions for £5 (or less!).
Sessions are 6-8pm on Tuesdays, held at the Everyman.
They alternate between sessions facilitated by the New Works Associate (or given as a masterclass by an external practitioner), and peer-directed sessions (the focus to be decided by the group).
The first session is Tuesday 4 February.
The ask
They’re looking for writers who:
live in Liverpool City Region (Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral), and are exploring themes and topics that speak to our communities here
have an existing practice as a writer for performance, and a strong artistic identity
would be supported in their artistic development by participating in this Programme.
They don’t ask for a particular experience level, and will be guided by your sample of work, but you might have done some of the following:
written short, fringe- and/or full-length plays
had your work produced in professional, educational or community contexts
participated in scratch nights
written for other performance types (e.g. TV, film, radio or spoken word)
worked in other areas of theatre (e.g. as an actor).
Applicants must be over 18.
The application process
Application is via this online form – https://forms.office.com/e/w3JpfTvbZi with three questions to answer either in writing or via video or audio file.
Find out more here – https://www.everymanplayhouse.com/new-works/the-playwrights-programme
Applications close Sun 15 Dec
Led by Liverpool’s Royal Court Stage Write team with the help of professional writers and directors, this programme aims to develop your writing skills and guide you towards developing a full-length script for stage.
Meeting two evenings a month for nine months the programme is completely free and is open to writers living or studying in Liverpool City Region. The course is facilitated by Karen Brown, a professional screen, stage and radio writer and is aimed at writers who have some experience, but are looking to move to the next level.
There have been a number of success stories since the course began in 2020. Three writers have had productions in the Royal Court Studio and one in the main house. This year Chrissy Jones won the prestigious Alfred Bradley Bursary Award for the play that she developed on the course. EJ Fisher was runner up in the Evening Standard Story Awards. SWPDP writers were also well represented at Channel 4’s New Writing North Awards 2023 with Joe McNally and Liz Redwood picking up two of the three Writing for Television Awards. Several alumni have also gone on to secure work in theatre and TV, or have been signed up by literary agents.
Applications for the 2025 are open with a closing date of 12pm Monday November 18.
Download and fill out both of the forms on the links below and email to: phil@liverpoolsroyalcourt.com
Ten piece swing band, Timeline, available – they do the occasional commercial gig but they are happy to offer their services to support any charitable fund-raising event for nothing, or possible petrol costs depending on distance.
Some of their players work full time so can only perform weekends – If you have an event where you think we can help get in touch, but please contact me early – they are unlikely to be able to help with last minute requests due to other commitments
They have a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100035373146933. You can message them from there or e-mail at puychaudko@yahoo.co.uk.
Would you like to be part of Liverpool’s festive markets?
In collaboration with Liverpool City Council and Liverpool Markets, they’re looking for traders to join them at the Twilight Artisan Christmas Markets here at Exchange Flags on Friday evenings (6th, 13th, and 20th Dec)
Showcase your unique products, reach new audiences, and bring some holiday cheer to the heart of Liverpool! 🎁✨
📍 Exchange Flags, Liverpool
📅 Fridays: 6th, 13th & 20th Dec
⏰ 4 PM – 8 PM
📧 Interested? Email Liverpool Markets: liverpoolmarkets@liverpoolgov.uk
The biennial Liverpool Community Impact Awards returns in March 2025 to celebrate the achievements and challenges of individuals and organisations working together to make a positive impact on our community.
The Liverpool Community Impact Awards 2025 aim to celebrate people who are making a real difference in their communities through charitable contribution and community-focused projects and initiatives. The awards also recognise those that have made a significant contribution to improving mental health and wellbeing across their community.
Nominations are invited from across the Liverpool City Region, and anyone can suggest an individual, community or organisation they believe are making a positive impact. This could be a friend or relative, a work colleague, carer, GP or health professional, or someone representing a company or volunteer group.
Nominees can nominate more than one individual, team, service, or organisation from across the entire LCR for an award and all nominees will be interviewed by a judge before an awards ceremony in 2025. The ceremony will take place in the Isla Gladstone Conservatory.
Full information about the Liverpool Community Impact Awards including how to nominate can be found here – Community Impact Awards | Be Free Campaign
Closing date: January 2025
Signal Film and Media are inviting applications from photographers or lens-based artists who will work collaboratively with local people to produce a new artistic commission that responds to The Sankey Family Photographic Archive resulting in a public exhibition.
The Sankey Photographic Archive is a stunning collection of over 10,000 glass plate negatives and postcards of Barrow and the north-west, which were produced and shared around the world from 1895 to the 1970s. The whole collection has now been digitised and can be searched on their new dedicated website.
They welcome applications from photographers or lens-based artists who have experience of, and the passion for, working in a socially-engaged and/or a participatory way. They welcome artists with an interest in working with archival photography and how the process can inform the development of their work.
Applications are encouraged from photographers/artists from all backgrounds and we actively encourage artists to apply who belong to one or more of the following groups: Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic group, Refugee, D/deaf, Disabled, Neurodivergent, Working Class and LGBTQI+.
This project is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to use digital media and creative interpretation to explore the Sankey Photography Archive and make it accessible to a diverse range of people.
Closing date: Sunday 17th November 2024 Midnight.
Fee: £9,000 (To cover artist fees & workshop delivery fee, production, materials, any travel and accommodation needs).
Online Interviews: w/b Mon 25th November 2024.
Start Date: December 2024.
Exhibition dates: April 2025.
To apply, visit here
Closing date: 17 November
Join Liverpool Biennial for a free family workshop this Half Term
Bring your family to the Discovery Room at Liverpool Central Library on Wednesday 30 October for a fun-filled day of creativity and exploration!
They’ll be diving into the world of local bird wildlife through collage, printing, and drawing. This is a fantastic opportunity for children and families to learn about the birds that inhabit our area and express their creativity.
Your ideas and artwork will serve as inspiration for their children’s guide for Liverpool Biennial 2025. Whether you’re a budding artist or just looking for a fun family activity, they can’t wait to see you there. Bring your imagination and get ready to explore the wonderful world of birds!
Discovery Room, Liverpool Central Library
30 October, 11am – 4pm, Drop-in
Do you have an idea that would help your community? 💡
Need some cash to help get it off the ground, or keep your current project going?
Wirral SOUP is open for applications to apply for funding.
There are no strings attached, you do not need a business bank account, no forms to complete to say how you have spent the money. All you need is to be helping the community in some way! Apply now; only four questions to complete.
Applications close on 30th October. You will find out a few days after that if your application has been chosen to pitch at our next event night (20th November. Four projects will be chosen to pitch, and no one leaves empty-handed. All three runners up will receive £250. 🎉
You can apply by clicking this link or email susie.wirralsoup@gmail.com for more information