Freshly Greated works with local people just like you to create fun, exciting, and creative experiences in and around Great Yarmouth.
We’re excited to be a new creative adventure of, by and for the people of Great Yarmouth as a new Creative People & Places project, funded by Arts Council England and led by the local community with support from Voluntary Norfolk, Out There Arts, Jays UK Ltd and Great Yarmouth Borough Council.
Take a look at our Events tab to see what experiences we have coming up or find out how you can get involved by contacting one of our lovely Freshly Greated team here.
Our 10 year vision:
Great Yarmouth is a cultural destination whose people are proudly engaged in creative communities.
Our mission:
- Delivers a range of excellent and varied community-led cultural and creative experiences of, by, and for the people of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston.
- To develop meaningful and relevant creative activities and events that celebrate and showcase the diversity of residents’ backgrounds and experiences, to positively impact their relationship with each other and the places they live.
- Works collaboratively across the region to maximise local knowledge, talent, and skills, thereby strengthening the creative offer in all aspects of community life.
Our Guiding Principles
Inclusion: We will work to remove barriers for engagement, and be conscious of our own biases and cultural understandings to ensure all communities feel welcomed and comfortable engaging with us. We will create space where different perspectives are valued.
Active research: This is a participatory programme requiring active and ongoing learning which we will freely share and respond to.
Art and culture where people are: Many of our target audience are economically challenged and the burden of travelling to an arts experience creates a barrier for many. We will regularly make art happen where people are.
All art, culture, and creativity is valid: We are led by the belief that there is no ‘correct’ or ‘valid’ type of arts and cultural experience. We are guided by the principle that if art and cultural experiences ‘do something to you’, they have value.
Working in partnership
We are very fortunate to have worked in partnership with many other brilliant organisations on projects, get in touch here if you have a project that you would be interested in collaborating on.
Previous partners and supporters include:
Norfolk Music Hub
Norfolk Music Hub is a partnership of organisations and schools which engage with Norfolk’s children and young people in music making. f
Creative Collisions
Creative Collisions is an imaginative Youth Arts Network for Great Yarmouth where likeminded young people can share ideas, produce events and exhibitions and communicate opportunities in the arts.
Young Norfolk Arts Trust
Young Norfolk Arts provides opportunities for children and young people to create and engage with creativity and culture across Norfolk.
Original Projects
originalprojects; works with contemporary artists and communities in Great Yarmouth, co-creating ambitious objects, experiences and developmental activities that respond to the place and people, building relationships for a sustainable futur
Our consortium members are:
Voluntary Norfolk
Voluntary Norfolk are the Lead Organisation for Freshly Greated.
Voluntary Norfolk is dedicated to improving the lives of people and communities in Norfolk. Voluntary Norfolk promotes, supports and develops volunteering and the work of voluntary organisations.
Out There Arts
Great Yarmouth based but collaborating internationally, Out There Arts are an independent arts development charity. We are dedicated to delivering outstanding opportunities for artists and communities through supporting hosting and delivering circus and street arts projects and events.
GYBC
Great Yarmouth Borough Council is the local district authority for the borough of Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, UK. The council serves a growing population of approximately 97,800 residents, living in Great Yarmouth, Gorleston-on-Sea and surrounding villages. The borough is a major UK coastal resort, catering for 5.6 million day trips and 4.1 million staying nights each year, with visitors bringing more than £599 million into the local economy annually. It has also been England’s offshore energy sector capital since 1965, with an Outer Harbour, Enterprise Zone, skilled workforce, sizeable supply chain, and prospects of sharing in significant future investment in offshore windfarms and gas platform decommissioning.
Jays UK
A family owned and run business, owning major venues and attractions around the Great Yarmouth area, including the Hippodrome Circus (famous as Britian’s only surviving total circus building) dating back to the early 1900s.