A new scheme hopes to boost the cultural offering in an area of Cumbria.
The Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme is a major project to conserve, enhance and celebrate the natural and cultural heritage of the area which stretches from the Cumbrian fellside of the North Pennine AONB and the UNESCO Global Geopark to the River Eden, and runs from Melmerby to Hallbankgate.
Developed with local communities and organisations and awarded funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, the scheme will invest in nature recovery and the cultural heritage of the Fellfoot Forward Landscape Partnership Scheme area.
The team is hoping to discover what art projects and creative activities the area’s residents would like to see and be involved with.
As part of the Fellfoot Forward creative arts programme, people will be able to volunteer, receive training in new creative skills, and have the opportunity to contribute towards performance pieces, installations, and exhibitions.
Arts consultant Simon Whalley has been appointed to help develop the creative programme.
The project aims to complement and work with the existing arts in the area, including Eden Valley Artistic Network, Hallbankgate Hub, the RSPB, Music on the Marr, Mains farm, and Glassonby’s family music and crafts weekend.
“The idea around Fellfoot Fables is to get you to connect with the landscape on your doorstep, and it’s become a real tale of the time of lockdown and the pandemic, which wasn’t our original intention, but we’ve had some great submissions from the children,” explained Sam Tranter, community engagement officer.
