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The govt is doing a review of access to face-to-face banking. For many elderly and vulnerable people in person banking is crucial and we need to protect it. The review wants your view, you can feed in here... https://t.co/vcOGgz9l5i
Physical regeneration doesn't happen without social and cultural regeneration
New research from HEY Creative shows culture isn't a nice to have. It drives economic growth, supports people's health and wellbeing, builds skills, & gives communities a real sense of pride of place.
Calling all public artists! Permanent sculpture commission for Hull’s iconic Fruit Market – celebrating the spirit of change, reinvention, adaptation and renewal in this special place. Closing date: midday, Tuesday 26th May 2026
https://t.co/YDCNLMYafV
Calling all public artists! Permanent sculpture commission for Hull’s iconic Fruit Market – celebrating the spirit of change, reinvention, adaptation and renewal in this special place. Closing date: midday, Tuesday 26th May 2026
https://t.co/YDCNLMYafV
A significant public art commission has launched at Hull's Fruit Market, and we're looking for an exceptional artist or artist team to take it on.
For the full brief & to apply, visit: https://t.co/4UmDPJ6KcP
Closing date 26th May
What happens when a town hands its imagination to its children? You get Rotherham’s Children’s Capital of Culture! 🎉
A unique celebration led by young voices, with a year of culture and creative projects fueled by their ideas. 🤸🌟
👉 https://t.co/wKFeARX2Sl
#ACESupported
I've loved leading @HEYCreativeCC to support arts, culture & heritage in #Hull & #EastYorkshire to thrive through cross-sector partnerships.
There's now opportunity for an innovative & strategic thinker (and doer!) to take over, driving the partnership into its next chapter.
The Discover! Creative Careers Month virtual programme, delivered by @futuresforalluk through their Speakers for Schools programme starts next week!
Check out the full virtual programme and sign up for events here: https://t.co/VJdb0NriPL
#discovercreativecareersmonth
Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻
In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year.
Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it.
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"I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.
My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found.
At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me.
At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.
At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.
At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.
Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.
I’m writing this to tell you something simple:
Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again.
Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS.
You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless.
You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours.
With love and gentleness,
Patricia Routledge
*****
Once more, rest in peace. 🤍
In Spring last year, HEY Creative submitted a response to the devolution consultation that outlined how arts, culture and heritage could be at the heart of Hull & East Yorkshire's next chapter...
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#Hull#EastYorkshire#Arts#Culture#Heritage#Devolution
Over the summer, we led a number of workshops with the sector to co-design proposals that would align to devolution's Strategic Themes and inspire mayoral candidates to commit their support.
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Today, on World Theatre Day, we've launched the Hull & East Yorkshire Arts, Culture & Heritage Devolution Manifesto.
It's great to see it out in the world - please do take a read at https://t.co/xNWEFopfZm