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CCG - Creative Communities Group
CCG Creative Communities Group

CCG - Creative Communities Group

The CCGUK aims to empower people, locally, nationally and internationally for positive change through volunteering and community engagement.

Supporting University and Community partners in a variety of activities including, the Arts, Sciences, History, Health and Social Awareness

The CCGUK also supports Creative teaching as a pathway to inclusion and accessible education.

"Creative Communities like this are vital to support our bourgeoning creative industries. Modern technology is increasingly allowing creative businesses to be based anywhere so having communities based around and supported by regional universities can help to provide mutual support and help to share knowledge and opportunities"

Wayne Hemingway MBE (CCGUK Member)

HemingwayDesign

Events & Exhibitions

Summer On The Flag Market

Flag Market

Sat 03/06/2017 - Sat 26/08/2017 (Ends in 36 days days)

~Didn’t it always feel like the summer lasted forever as a child. Our concept of this warm season changed as we became adults yet having fun and enjoying the activities that this season encouraged,  got us out of our sofas and into an exciting environment. From Saturday 3rd June - Saturday 26th August 2017 from 9am -11.30pm the Flag Market in Preston City Centre has got a whole feast of summer fun to be had. All the events are free including performances and activities for the k...

Barbara Brown Exhibition

The Whitworth Art Gallery

Wed 22/03/2017 - Sun 03/12/2017 (Ends in 135 days days)

~The fine needle, the vast array of colours, the intricate attention to detail and the impact it has on the incoming public. Words that best describe a fabric exhibition and the great work that gone into showcasing such an artistic craft. From now until 3rd December 2017 you can experience a fabric exhibition that targets the above thing with sheer accuracy and beauty. Barbara Brown was the golden girl of Heal Fabrics throughout the 1960s and the early quarter of the 1970s. She came to pro...

Exhibition :- Barbara Brown

The Whitworth Art Gallery

Fri 17/03/2017 - Sun 03/12/2017 (Ends in 135 days days)

~For  those of us that can remember the 1960s and early 70s we may have been caught up in the frenzy of Beatlemania or the fascination of the late great David Bowie. There was, however,  another wave of creative works being done at this time, and it didn’t involve music. Following in the footsteps of Lucienne Day, Barbara Brown became known as the golden girl of Heal’s Fabrics in the 1960s and early 1970s. She was discovered as a student and went on to create designs ...

News

Cloudspotting 2017 28th -30th July At Gisburn Forest

~Ahh the idyllic countryside in Gisburn Forest. It’s oh so quiet it’s oh so still and so peaceful until……The drummer makes a thundering sound, the guitarist plugs in their amp and the singer hollers out vocals enough to wake up the squirrels and badgers that lurk beneath th...