Recently, we received a bill of £61,000.00 per month. The annual business rates, £432,000.00 for a community arts space. First of all. This project was only started because there was nothing to meet these needs in the town, no plans for something like it and people wanted it. Simple, basic premise of any community ledContinue reading “Phoenix Cultural Centre CIC – Annual Business Rates of £432,000.00 for Community Organisation………..”
Category Archives: Activism
Social Return On Investment
Gigs! @crunch_event_2023 Hastings Sat 25 March 2023
Elaine McGinty & Joe Buckley appearing this Sat!
Fiery Bird Show feat Kate Mosse & Ellie Newton 8 March #IWD2023
Here is the catch up of the Fiery Bird Show feat author Kate Mosse & Ellie Newton, Director of The Trouble Club. Here is the catch up of this week’s show featuring Kate Mosse & Ellie Newton On this week’s Fiery Bird show & International Women’s Day I will be sharing my conversations with twoContinue reading “Fiery Bird Show feat Kate Mosse & Ellie Newton 8 March #IWD2023”
PUBLIC MONEY
This was written after a frustrating meeting with a statutory funder where a community project I have been working on for 12 years had been jumping through hoops, providing evidence, need and the work done to get funding that was allocated for communities to do things to make spaces better. The mantra constantly repeated likeContinue reading “PUBLIC MONEY”
Surrey Cultural Strategy Forum Performance ‘The Lights of My Estate’
On Tues 24 January Joe and I were invited to open the Surrey Cultural Partnership’s Cultural Strategy Forum with a poem. The event was staged in Eastwood Leisure Centre in Sheerwater, where we live. It was an opportunity to share a poem that was written about the area, partly stemmed from frustration with the responsesContinue reading “Surrey Cultural Strategy Forum Performance ‘The Lights of My Estate’”
Acoustic Couch 26/7/22
We really enjoyed playing at The Acoustic Couch again for GSMC, thanks to those who came along and to Jac for sharing this film of Future Unfurled & Common Good – see our FB page above https://www.facebook.com/100063502513366/posts/486721140121299/ We also did our new piece ‘Public Money’ and were really touched by how something that came fromContinue reading “Acoustic Couch 26/7/22”
Items of Joy Workshop!
Words & Music Club Windsor 27 Jan 2022
We are doing a short set of our songs & poetry at this excellent night in Windsor this Thursday! https://facebook.com/events/s/music-words-club-session-68-fe/475224403965557/
Elaine McGinty 