Havering Changing awarded £1 million by

Arts Council England

We’re super excited to share some great news with you! Havering Changing has just received £1 million from Arts Council England’s Creative People and Places programme, which uses money from the National Lottery, for 2026-29— that’s a 33% boost in funding! This means we, the people of Havering, get to keep choosing, creating, and taking part in inspiring arts and cultural projects right here in our community. We want to say a huge thank you to our wonderful community, Change Makers, team, artists, freelancers, partners, and consortium members. Your support is invaluable.

Shout out to Barham Films for our fabulous film and to Serena, Joanne, Adam, Gerry, Soulma, Pria, Babs, Lucy, Liz, Jude, Natalie, Kirsty, Ainhoa, Kasperas, Ruth, Maiia, Alicja, Tasnim, Paul and Penny for being in it! And to Alex, Cynthia and Tatiana for representing our Change Makers.

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