Welcome to Beswick, Openshaw and Clayton, where we are in our third year of Local Exchange.
Our residency in Beswick, Openshaw and Clayton is in its third year, running long term engagement projects, Chatty Crafts and Beswick Young Company, created by our local Ambassadors.
In August 2023, we brought our mobile theatre, the Den, to The East Manchester Academy in Beswick for the East Manchester Community Festival. Nine days of events, performances, workshops and activities, co-created and delivered by our Local Exchange Ambassador team of residents from Beswick, Openshaw and Clayton.
We’ve continued working in partnership with housing association One Manchester, Beswick Library and The Resonance Centre, and also working closely to consult with residents in the Grey Mare Lane Estate. Our programming is led by our Local Exchange Ambassadors, with whom we make and shape an arts programme bespoke to their area following conversations about the changes they would like to see in the local area.
