🎉 Great news! Huge congratulations to Down To Earth and everyone involved. Can't wait to hear what you've got planned.

Down To Earth Arts Council England, North Patch Dolan Well done to all of the Down To Earth team and their Groundwork in Cheshire, Lancashire & Merseyside colleagues. This is fantastic news for a programme with huge potential

Thank you to everyone who made it to Wigan Cosmos Football Club 🌹🔢🌈 Community Day yesterday! 💚 Even in the wet weather, it was fantastic to drink some mocktails and hear your dreams for Wigan & Leigh's green spaces. A huge thank you to @Stepinthepic who ran a truly brilliant clay workshop! 🌿

Get down to the newly open Brick Shops at The Old Courts! ✨ As Wigan's first vintage themed charity shop, expect to find a range of fabulous retro items like clothing, furniture and more, with proceeds going towards The Brick to help fight poverty around our borough. 👏

We're thrilled to announce an exciting artist commission opportunity for Light Up Leigh 2024 this autumn! ✨ Fancy lighting up Leigh with us? Please send your application to [email protected] ✉️⁠ Find full details on how to apply below 👇 #ArtsJobs

📣 New project alert 📣 Excited to tell you about ‘Curious Works’, our new project for 16-25 year olds in the Wigan borough We’re creating flexible, part time jobs, free training and support for those interested in a creative career Drop us a line if you want to get involved!

Fancy getting cosy this autumn? Settle down for some upcoming showings of classic films throughout Leigh! 🎥 Leigh Film - Charity's Afternoon Classic Cinema Club @ The Turnpike Centre, 1pm 🎥 @FilmLeigh's Mid Week Matinee, 4th Floor Spinners Mill, film starts at 2pm

It's a pleasure to introduce Tom Briggs as our new Director of Down To Earth! We've been so excited to have him on board and already can't wait to see how our projects will flourish further within Wigan and Leigh. 👏 Read a statement from Tom below: shorturl.at/Sp9wk

Fantastic opportunity for local, young creatives! 👇

On Friday, we attended the CVAN North West Chairs Meeting at HOME for A National Conversation About the Social Impact of the Visual Arts. It was absolutely brilliant to hear about the fantastic work happening across Greater Manchester - especially within the Wigan borough. 👏

Great catching up with Tom Briggs yesterday 🤩 what a wonderful addition to the already brilliant Down To Earth team #IdeaGeneration #reShaping #CommunityCohesion #ArtistOpportunities #BlackCreatives Arts Council England Wigan Council (PostcodeCoffeeHouse 😋😊great place for a meeting)

The Northern Lights put on a beautiful show for us last night over Wigan & Leigh! ✨ Did you catch them? Show us your snaps 📸

Don't miss The Turnpike Gallery's new exhibition, Beyond the Surface: Journeys from Within. Find details on how to visit below 👇 📍 The Turnpike Gallery, Leigh 🗓️ 26th Sept. to 23rd Nov. 2024 ⏰ Open Tuesday to Friday 10am-4pm and Saturday 10am-2pm 🎟️ Free & no booking required

Light Up Leigh is BACK! ⭐ Presented by Down To Earth, WigLe Dance and The Turnpike Gallery, the community-led parade will return this Sunday 17th November. 📍Parade will begin along Bradshawgate, Leigh ⏰ Starting as the sun goes down from 4:45pm 🎟️ Free with no booking required

It’s almost time… we have ONE day to go until Light Up Leigh! ❄️ See you there 👏 📍 Leigh Town Centre 🗓️ Sunday 17th November ⏰ Starting 4:30pm 🎟️ Free with no booking required

And that's a wrap for Light Up Leigh 2024! 👏 We want to say a HUGE thank you to everybody who made the parade on Sunday. Whether you created lanterns, featured in the parade or just came to enjoy, it's been absolutely amazing to see Leigh come together for such a magical event.

We're already reminiscing about Sunday's parade! ✨ This spectacular event wouldn't have been made possible without the amazing efforts of the teams at Down to Earth, WigLe Dance, The Turnpike Gallery and Wigan Council 👏 🎥 Film by Northern Heart Films

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