MIDDLESBROUGH SETTLEMENT
A GREAT PLACE TEES VALLEY PROJECT 36 ARTISTS & SME’S EMPLOYED
24 ARTWORKS PRODUCED
2500 ENGAGEMENTS MIDDLESBROUGH SETTLEMENT
“What I’ve found fascinating is The Middlesbrough Settlement was a resident the incorporation of the arts into led programme of artful activity that draws on horticulture, and how that has brought the heritage of North Ormesby, Middlesbrough different people into the project. It’s and the wider area. The project aimed to hugged them, it’s engaged them, and bring people from different backgrounds it’s given them an easy run in, because together through learning, making and food-growing is often seen as really doing to support community empowerment complicated and inaccessible. By and build towards social activism. Through incorporating the arts into that has made it, we have been involved in organising it a lot more accessible and achievable informal concerts, community meals, events for people. I’d like to see more of that sharing local histories, travelled the area kind of arts engagement. If that can be with a mobile garden and commissioned done in some of these communities, collaborative new artworks made with and rolled out into other areas, perhaps children and young people. facing similar challenges, oh that’d be amazing.”
“The outreach work from MIMA with our Catherine Howell, Barefoot Kitchen CIC on youth group has been fabulous. They have The Barrow drawn alongside local young people and enormously enhanced the opportunities and “Working with MIMA Settlement Project experiences available to them using their has been fantastic. One individual extensive network.” was lacking in self-confidence, very Dominic Black, Vicar of North Ormesby & former chair quiet and has an introvert personality. of Big Local, North Ormesby Throughout the time working with MIMA not only learned about food but his confidence improved immeasurably. He “In ten years’ time, this area will be a loved working in the kitchen and found concrete jungle without initiatives like this”. a passion for cooking. He engaged in Barrow participant all of the activities and I saw a huge improvement, he is now the first YP volunteer to help in the kitchen and “You can meet new people, you can contributes to each session and group spend some lovely time, and we actually discussion. The project has been brilliant discovered this place today because of the for all the young people involved, each of MIMA activity, so that’s wonderful really. them learning new skills and engaging in And we know there are some sessions here many different activities.” for after the summer holidays, so we will definitely come back.” Bethany Thirlwall, Youth Development Worker, Trinity Trinity Youth and Chidren’s Project Barrow participant LEGACY PROJECT SECURED THROUGH CREATIVE PEOPLE AND PLACES’ BORDERLANDS 297 ATTENDEES
42 WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
707 ENGAGEMENTS SETTLEMENT STORIES ENVIRONMENT
A series of informal concerts and The Settlement’s environment themed sharing events which brought stories strand of work developed through of settlements at Boosbeck, East Cleveland conversation with communities living and Spennymoor, County Durham to life. in North Ormesby who expressed a desire Events revisiting local music and traditions to address environmental issues locally were held in Boosbeck and North Ormesby and globally. This included a short film culminating in a special celebration at made by Trinity Youth Group based on MIMA and Middlesbrough Town Hall. This their ideas about the future of the area, strand was a call to action for interested a new artwork made in collaboration with individuals and partners to continue the artist Mikhail Karikis and North Ormesby conversation around the Boosbeck story. Primary Academy and The Barrow, a Today, work continues to revive and share portable garden and workshop space, Tippett’s East Cleveland music. which travelled around the Tees Valley over summer 2019.
HOW WE EAT
A programme of creative cooking and design sessions, which explored where, what and how we eat with Trinity Youth Group, North Ormesby, Middlesbrough. Over the course of 25 workshops, shared meals and conversations with invited artists and food professionals, the group developed food preparation skills, talked about production systems, nutrition, international cuisine, issues of waste and its impact on the environment and experimented with the tools and spaces needed for dining.
25 WORKSHOPS 666 RESIDENTS ATTENDED
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