2024
We were awarded £9843 from Arts Council England for our R&D project. We also received £660 from Northern Rail's Community Fund and in kind support from Culturapedia/Spot On, Settle Stories, Northern Rail and the LMCRP.
May 2025
We were awarded £4,950 from Northern Rail's Community Fund to develop the project.
Dec 2025
We were awarded £10,000 in match funding for phase 1 community workshops of the final project. This means we can progress with further workshops in September 2026, including a two hour long poetry workshop on the train, and producing a book and a podcast.
June 2026
We were awarded a further £7500 from the Community Rail Partnerships and Department for Transport, enabling us to work with local artists such as Alastair Nicholson and GILANK on artists' panels for the train stations and the podcast. It will also support us to work with our producer Ben Pearson on developing the project.
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