Kirkham’s Pilot Historic England Project HAZ 2019/ 2020
Positive Placemakers were commissioned by Fylde Borough Council to undertake this project. The aim was to raise awareness, delivery a high-quality cultural programme that would celebrate local heritage, build capacity and connect a community, while also animating the high street.
I wanted to express our thanks to you for our fantastic and engaging art workshop with you focusing on The Romans in Kirkham and supporting us in creating postcards linked to this. Your delivery was excellent and the feedback from the staff and students has been extremely positive and they really enjoyed it!
Creating a better sense of place and ownership of the public realm, while delivering health and wellbeing opportunities.
• Develop and facilitate a cultural consortium
• Develop a Website & Social media platforms
• Facilitate a co design approach to a cultural programme.
• Develop a shared vision, implementation plan and creative briefs that would enable a co-create approach.
• Facilitate a procurement process to engaged creative professionals.
• Deliver an inclusive high quality engagement programme, that would overcome the challenges presented by the pandemic.
Developing new networks and partnerships
Setting up and establishing a consortium
Facilitating a co-design approach to a cultural programme
Animating the high street by celebrating local heritage
Connecting a community
Working To The Future
A cultural consortium was established, that included representatives from local businesses, key stakeholders and local cultural organisations, including passionate individuals living or working in Kirkham.
A co-create, high quality, inclusive engagement programme that resulted in events that connected the community, enriched lives and provided health and wellbeing opportunities. The resulting work celebrated heritage and created a better sense of place while also animating the high street. Positive Placemakers CIC, facilitated a procurement procedure, with representatives from the community and local business.
The project delivered all the original outcomes and more, developed new networks, partnerships and new ways of working. It was a very successful pilot that led to the securing of a three-year Cultural Programme.
Artist: Alex Blakey
Alex Blakey was successfully commissioned to deliver a programme of work, facilitating a co-create approach. The programme was very successful and engaging.
