Culture in Cumbria : The European Dimension.
Culture Cumbria European Seminar for Stakeholders, in association with Grampus Heritage and Training Ltd.
Friday 4th December 2009 Threlkeld Village Hall, near Keswick
Introducing stakeholders to the opportunities, issues and processes connected with working with European partners and accessing Eurofunding.
PROGRAMME
Models of Good Practice :
- Fashion from the Landscape, a Grampus Cultural Exchange Project. Monica Oprean from Romania will talk about why she chose to work with Cumbria on her project, how she developed links, and what the benefits have been.
- The Ancient Woodlands of Geltsdale: Cumbria’s Cultural Landscape. Iris Glimmerveen from Woodland Inspirations will talk about how important the European connection has been in developing this project, and its importance for Cumbria’s rural cultural heritage.
- Theatre by the Lake/ West Cumbria Arts Partnership. Kate Whitmarsh will speak about their successful application to the Leonardo programme to fund a fact finding and exchange visit in Spring 2010; and their current bid into the Interreg programme for a two way three year exchange project.
- Heritage and conservation - Learning from Europe. Walter Lloyd, Basketmaker and Coppice Products maker, outlines some of the challenges and pitfalls of seeking European funding.
Public and Private Sector Initiatives
- Understanding the ERDF programme : Emma Kirkpatrick, Head of European Programme, NWDA
- Developing the Lake District World Heritage Site Bid : Mike Clarke, World Heritage Site Project Director, Lake District National Park Authority.
- The Grampus programme, successful educational cultural exchange in action : Martin Clark, Grampus Heritage and Training Ltd
Accessing European Funding
- Developing and implementing a European strategy for Cumbria. Katie Hornby, Cumbria CC Regeneration Support Team
- What Euclid can do for you. Geoffrey Brown, Director, Euclid, the Cultural Contact Point for the EU Culture Programme.
- The European Perspective. Monica Oprean on how she raised funding for a successful visit to Cumbria for fashion and design students from the Grupul Scolar de Industrie Usoara, Cisnadie in Romania.
Culture in Cumbria European Dimension
Culture Cumbria Seminar on Cultural Tourism
Some forty Culture Cumbria stakeholders attended a seminar at the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal on 14th July 2009 to address issues around the development of cultural tourism in Cumbria, focusing on two questions - “What can culture do for tourism ?” and “What can tourism do for culture?”.
“What can culture do for tourism ?” was supported with presentations from Andrew Backhouse, Heritage Tourism Executive for the North West, on Heritage Tourism in Cumbria; Andrea Runkee, Cumbria Tourism – on Adcap – the Adventure Capital programme; and Ruth McCulloch, and Kathryn Lambert from Folly, on the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival of new cinema and digital culture.
“What can tourism do for culture?” was supported with presentations from Sandra Wood, Cultural Tourism Project Manager, on Cumbria Tourism’s marketing cultural tourism programme and plans for 2009/10; and from Christian Barnes, of Vista Arts, who outlined progress to date on a major Cultural Tourism development project developing new series of viewing stations in the Lake District inspired the 18th century originals “created” by Thomas West.
All presentations are available to download here, except the Thomas West project, as the project is still in development.
Andrew Backhouse - Heritage Tourism Executive for the North West
Andrea Runkee - Adventure Capital Project Manager, Cumbria Tourism
Kathryn Lambert, folly Creative Director and Ruth McCullough, AND Festival Producer
