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Woodgrange market - a community space- £5000

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Woodgrange market place – a community space.

This market was set up by residents and continues to be run by volunteers, encouraging community and new business ideas. Recently through two art installations the marketplace has become a facilitator for projects, bringing people together from all parts of the community and giving pleasure to many people as they walk through.

We would like to continue this by creating a performance space in the market where people can watch, listen and enjoy music and other artists. We want to create a place where people can meet each other sit for a while and relax in a safe place. Our aim would be to make a sustainable performance space for busking and to produce a short repeatable pantomime in December encouraging as many people as possible to be involved.

Pre COVID the market had regular music events which were popular and well attended, and we would like to build on this experience. 

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Posted by:Laura Glendinning
4 years ago
Update February 2022. We had a wonderful summer and Autumn with lots of different bands playing at the market, we had local musicians, Steel Pans, Opera, Balkan Gypsy music and Blues. This drew people into the market and created a party type atmosphere. We also had a family and children's event with face painting and activities. We purchased some extra seating which has been useful, but unfortunately the price of the storage doubled and was no longer a viable option. We have applied to use the money originally assigned for the storage to be reallocated so we can continue having music on a regular basis. We are also planning an evening event on Saturday 28th May.

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    Profile of Laura Glendinning Laura Glendinning on June 15, 2021

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