WACCLT trustees Jan Williams, Chris Teasdale and Paul Kelly came together in a discussion to mark World Community Land Trust Day.
Organised by Lancashire-based arts organisation Super Slow Way, where Paul is heritage programme manager, it explored how communities can save the heritage on their doorstep.
Super Slow Way is currently looking at heritage sites within Pennine Lancashire which could be owned and managed by the local community.
The Guardian, 20 September 2022 Mark Brown North of England correspondent Ron Gittins, who died in 2019, left behind a rented flat decorated and piled high with artworks READ THE ARTICLE
We’re thrilled to share details of Beyond the Mainstream: Exploring Outsider Art, a series of talks to unearth unchartered creativity and the worlds of outsider artists, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. There are three events…
We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Teresa Erskine to the board of the Wirral Arts and Culture Community Land Trust, which owns Ron’s Place. Teresa is an award-winning chartered architect and head of studio…
Wirral MakeFest’s Relax and Make Christmas Green 2 December 2023, 11 – 4 at the Williamson Art Gallery & Museum, Birkenhead Ron’s Place gets festive! The Ron’s Place team will be encouraging visitors to make collaged Christmas…
The ex-Pulp frontman has signed up as patron of ‘Ron’s Place’, to help it gain worldwide recognition as a unique example of ‘Outsider Art’. Meanwhile Jan and her partner Chris Teasdale have launched a Patreon appeal,…
WACCLT is honoured to have been nominated for the Community Land Trust Network‘s ‘All About Community’ award presented on 25 November. We’d like to congratulate the deserving winners Hastings Commons – as a relatively new organisation ourselves we can learn…