Sunderland Culture is a unique and collaborative approach to managing and developing Sunderland’s cultural programme.
Sunderland, England
Joined August 2015
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🙌 We did it!
Thanks to YOU, we raised £10,448 which will help us offer more autistic young people, carers and people with dementia access to creative activities.
Your support means more people can experience the joy and connection of creativity.
#ArtsForImpact
🔔 Our @BigGive #ArtsforImpact campaign is live!
Can you help us raise £10,000 to improve people’s wellbeing through creativity?
Your donation will fund creative projects that bring joy and connection to people at risk of loneliness.
👉 sunderlandculture.org.uk/Big…
⭐️ Exciting news! Next week we’re taking part in @BigGive’s Arts for Impact campaign.
Save the date, spread the word and help us improve wellbeing through creativity.
Find out more 👉 sunderlandculture.org.uk/Big…
#ArtsForImpact
⭐Join the Public Record Team⭐
We’re hiring two Assistant Stage Managers for Public Record, a brand-new show celebrating the heart and soul of Sunderland through its people, music, and dance.
Apply now: sunderlandculture.org.uk/job…
Created with @SundCulture @SundEmpire &
@NationalTheatre as part of #NTPublicActs.
If you’re passionate about theatre and community and have stage management experience, we’d love to hear from you!
Do you know a young person in Sunderland who’s making a difference through creativity, leadership, or community action?
Nominations close this Friday for the Sunderland Young Achievers' Awards 2025! 🏆
It’s your last chance to celebrate inspiring, driven and creative young people in Sunderland who are making a difference where it’s needed the most, by nominating them for the Sunderland Young Achievers' Awards 2025! 🏆
Nominations close THIS Friday!
🔗togetherforchildren.org.uk/S…
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🎶 Join us at Field Music Studios during half-term for a chance to find out what goes on at a Young Musicians Project session!
Working w/ Eddie Scott and David Brewis, you'll get the chance to try out songwriting, collaborating and meeting with other young people who love music.
ALT 8 people sitting in a circle, holding musical instrumentals, inside a big room of a music studio. The music studio contains computers, speakers, pianos and many other music equipments.
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Learn the basic skills of fusing, slumping and casting glass with artist Midori Shinmura.
📆 Five week course - Starting Saturday 15 February
🕜 1pm – 4:30pm
⚠ Limited availability
➡ Book now: sunderlandculture.org.uk/wha…
#GetCreative #ThingsToMakeAndDo #NationalGlassCentre
ALT Glass artifacts - a bowl with two tone blue patternation, a plate with green and yellow colours, and a selection of glass pictures - are placed on a grey surface.
Brilliant to see our Ignite Bursary programme featured by @BBCNews today.
If you know a young person aged 12-18 (or up to 25 with SEND) who may benefit, please share!
Read more: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg8…
As part of our #CultureStart programme, the bursaries offer up to £500 to support young people who want to explore their potential but need a little help to follow their dreams.
Full details and eligibility criteria are available here: tinyurl.com/k5scvcvs
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New bursaries to boost teenagers' creative careers bbc.in/40RQxjO
📢Calling all young bands/performers/solo artists
Are you a young musician? Do you want to perform on stage?
Apply to take part in Washington Emerging 2025!
Bright Lights is @ArtsCtrWton's annual youth arts festival.
For more info: bit.ly/washingtonemerging25
⭐ Join the Public Record Team⭐
We’re hiring two Assistant Stage Managers for Public Record, a brand-new show celebrating the heart and soul of Sunderland through its people, music, and dance.
📅 27 Mar–30 Apr 2025
📍 Sunderland
👉 Apply now: sunderlandculture.org.uk/job…
Created with @SundCulture @SundEmpire& @NationalTheatre as part of #NTPublicActs.
If you’re passionate about theatre and community and have stage management experience, we’d love to hear from you!
Great to see our Ignite Bursary scheme for creative young people in Sunderland, featured in the @SunderlandEcho
If you know a young person aged 12-18 (or up to 25 with SEND) who might benefit, applications are open until February 28th.
Read here: sunderlandecho.com/news/peop…
Part of our #CultureStart programme, the Ignite bursaries can help young people grow their artistic skills, explore creative subjects, or take steps toward a creative career.
The bursaries are supported by the Gillian Dickinson Trust and the @EsmeeFairbairn.
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Come and join our team!
@SunderlandUK are looking to recruit Visitor Services Assistants to join the team here.
If you enjoy creating a welcoming, inclusive, and engaging experience for all visitors then this is the role for you!
Find out more 👇
northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Vis…
ALT A person behind a reception desk with a computer and other equipment on it, gestures behind while talking. A person on the other side of the desk laughs. The room has a large window which sits behind both of them.
It’s official - Sunderland is a Music City!
As only the second city in the UK to join the #MusicCitiesNetwork after Manchester, Sunderland will be joining the likes of major cities like Bergen, Berlin, Brussels, Gothenburg, Reykjavik, Sydney and Valencia.
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Membership of the network is testimony to the talent, hard work and achievement of everyone working in Sunderland’s music sector. And a signal of more great things to come.🎶
Huge congrats to the @UKMusicCity team for all of the hardwork bringing this together!
🌟Calling young creatives in Sunderland🌟
We’re really excited to launch our Ignite Bursaries as part of the #CultureStart programme.
The bursaries of up to £500 will provide financial support to help young people to grow their artistic knowledge and skills.
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ALT Culture Start is supported by a £1.2m Place Partnership award from Arts Council England through The National Lottery, and generously funded by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Sir James Knott Trust, The Sir Tom Cowie Fund at the Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland and the Gillian Dickinson Trust.
The bursaries are supported by the Gillian Dickinson Trust and @EsmeeFairbairn.
If you know a young person who might benefit, applications are open until February 28th.
Full details and eligibility criteria are available here: tinyurl.com/k5scvcvs
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