We are excited to announce that we won a Liverpool City Region culture and creativity award. We were awarded with the Borough Of culture “Stars of the Year” For Convenience’s work across the borough of culture. We were also finalists for Arts Organisation of the year. 

This Award recognises our contribution to the Borough of culture though our programme the Town is the Gallery and other collaborative programmes with local creative and third sectors organisations across Wirral : 

  • Worked across 3 venues in Birkenhead: Birkenhead Priory, Birkenhead Central library and our Town centre Pop-up 
  • Create a new Pop-up Gallery In Birkenhead town centre with the support of East Street Arts 
  • Welcomed over 11,000 people to our exhibitions, events and workshops 
  • Hosted 8 large scale exhibitions with incredible local artists 
  • 160 days of free access culture for local people. 
  • Worked with and platformed over 60 artists. 
  • Hosted community workshops, meals and events. 
  • Created a series of murals for the Liscard Sound and Vision project developed alongside local young people and artists Jon Edgley and Andrew Wolfenden and project partners. 
  • Curated and supported artists with developing and delivering creative sessions for the Borough of culture youth programme LOC. 

We want to say a massive thank you to all of the artists, partners, attendees, venues, volunteers and supporters who helped to make this programme possible, a list vastly too long to write out here. 

Thanks to Jane and Beci from Wirral council for all of the support across 2023-24. 

Congratulations to all of the other winners and finalists from the night. It was brilliant to see so many different community projects, businesses and incredible creative people celebrated from this region. Truly inspirational. 

Thanks again to everyone, we are planning new programming for this year and you can support us by making donations of any size. This will help us to create more incredible free to all, creativity. 

Image Credits: Wesley Storey (Photography) & LCR Combined Authority (Graphic)

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