Get ready for IMAGINATE, a fantastic festival of art and music for all on Sunday 25 September at Birkenhead’s brilliant Future Yard in support of Ron’s Place with Bill Ryder Jones, Beija Flo, Silent K and Dancing to Architecture; spoken word from Sam Batley and Roy; exhibitions and workshops from The Caravan Gallery, Casey Orr‘s Saturday Town portrait studio, Bluecoat’s Blue room, Convenience Gallery and Neston High School Maker Space. Our film…
Jarvis Cocker in Conversation: Good Pop, Bad Pop Fri 30 Sep 2022 PLAYHOUSE £13 – £26 Join legendary musician and broadcaster Jarvis Cocker live in conversation to celebrate the publication of his highly regarded new book Good Pop, Bad Pop. Jarvis will be discussing his unique life, Pulp, 20th century pop culture, the good times and…
Over the last 33 months, we have continued to raise money to pay Ron’s rent and council tax with the aim of eventually purchasing the whole building through Wirral Arts and Culture Community Land Trust, the organisation set up for this purpose with saving Ron’s Place as our flagship project. We have been attempting to…
IDprojects are our designers. Working closely with us since the very start of the project, they have created our logo, publicity material and our websites. Successful artists in their own right, they both have extensive backgrounds in graphic design and run IDprojects alongside their practices.
Claire, an IT Service Desk Analyst at the University of Liverpool, is married to Ron’s nephew Dave. She was one of the first people to enter Ron’s flat following his death and believed his work deserved to be saved. When approached to help out, Claire rolled up her sleeves and got stuck into practical tasks, then put her admin skills…
Patron “Ron Gittins’ remarkable home is a testament to how art can define life. Ron clearly didn’t give a monkey’s about fame or fortune, he didn’t need that, he had his artistic mind that gave him purpose and this purpose seemed to be (and the joy is we will never fully know ) to make…
The Wirral Arts and Culture Community Land Trust – WACCLT – is the first arts and culture based Community Land Trust in the country. It’s an exciting new organisation which aims to deliver ambitious and transformational arts programmes for the local communities of Wirral, with an emphasis on harnessing creative growth as a powerful source…
SPACES speaks to Martin Wallace about how he came to learn of Ron’s Place, it’s cultural role and what happens next. “How did you learn of Ron’s Place? What were your immediate reactions?”“I first saw Ron’s Place in an online article by a local Liverpool newspaper in January 2020. Ron Gittins had died rather suddenly,…
Helen has over 30 years experience in creating and delivering projects that have made positive and significant impacts in the charity, voluntary and community, education and museum/heritage sectors.She led the community engagement programme inspiring the people of Merseyside to shape, share stories and create content for the Museum of Liverpool. She and her talented team created…
We’re delighted to share with you a sample chapter from Liverpool based writer Jeff Young’s next book, a work in progress called ‘Lucid Dreaming’. Our Ron’s Place advisory board member Angela Samata assured us that Jeff would love Ron’s Place and we’re so happy this proved to be the case when she invited him to…