Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre has received over £43,000 funding from the Government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The centre’s management has just been given confirmation that two separate grants have been awarded to help fund two discrete projects that it wishes to deliver. Capital funding totalling £26,739 has been allocated from the Shared Prosperity Fund and the Rural England Prosperity Fund towards …
Welcome to the July 2024 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. What a wonderful start to the month! The weather behaved itself for Cockermouth Live, and we had a busy weekend at the Kirkgate Centre, with ‘Blazin’ Fiddles’ and ‘This Flight Tonight’ performing to sell out audiences, as well as Oppgard and Friends on Saturday afternoon, plus our very own …
Participants wanted to help celebrate Cumbria’s diverse heritage An ambitious 18-month project that aims to share and celebrate West Cumbria’s diverse culture and heritage is looking to hear from more local people as it enters its final phase. Organised by Kirkgate Arts and Heritage based in Cockermouth, In My Shoes kicked off in April 2023 and runs until this September. …
Athletics Club building demolition plan approved Plans to demolish a former athletics club base adjacent to Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Centre have been approved by Cumberland Council. Demolition is due to commence on Monday, July 1 and will signal the latest stage in ambitious plans to develop a new home for a heritage collection showcasing Cockermouth’s history. Kirkgate Arts and Heritage Group …
Welcome to the June 2024 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. Another month of celebration at Kirkgate, with the official acceptance of the Kings Award for Voluntary Service, and a party at Buckingham Palace! Two of our dedicated volunteers travelled down for the day, read all about it below. We also had our own party right here at the centre, welcoming the Lord …
NEWS RELEASE Cockermouth’s Kirkgate Arts and Heritage has been presented with the King’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award given to volunteer groups across the UK. The Lord Lieutenant of Cumbria, Alexander Scott, handed over the award to Rob Higgins, Chair of the Kirkgate’s Board of Trustees, at a special celebration event attended amongst others by Kirkgate volunteers, staff …
Welcome to the May 2024 edition of the Kirkgate Quarter Chronicle. It’s a month of celebration at Kirkgate Arts & Heritage! We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in a significant funding application to Arts Council England to improve our facilities at the centre. This ambitious project came about with two aims in mind- to reduce our environmental impact and to improve …
£220,000 awarded to Kirkgate Arts & Heritage in Cockermouth from Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Programme · Kirkgate Arts & Heritage in Cockermouth to benefit from a share of £24.2 million through Arts Council England’s Capital Investment Programme · The organisation will use the funds to improve the energy efficiency of the Kirkgate Centre, with new lighting throughout (including replacing …
The former Derwent Athletics Club Building was originally a temporary classroom, built after the war to accommodate more pupils in the original All Saints School, Cockermouth. So historically part of what is now the Kirkgate Centre. The building was never designed to have lasted so long, and with asbestos in its fabric and the condition deteriorating over the years it …
Summer’s approaching and now’s the time to get creative with Kirkgate Arts and Heritage! Over the coming months, the centre has organised a range of writing, craft and cooking workshops for people to learn new skills with a team of experienced and knowledgeable tutors. For example, Jacqui Currie MA, a Cockermouth-based Lecturer in Creative Writing for the Open University, is …
