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Creswell Crags

Creswell Crags is a limestone gorge honeycombed with caves, including Britain's only known Ice Age rock art. The gorge is part of the Creswell Heritage Landscape Area and incorporates a Museum and Education Centre. Since 2005, Creswell Crags has been delivering a pilot project to provide young people at risk of exclusion from school with an alternative environment in which to learn. read more

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Bend in the River

Bend in the River is an organisation that exhibits contemporary British painting from a Georgian warehouse adjacent to the River Trent. It hosts five shows a year, four of which are solo. It is also the driving force behind an ambitious project at the redundant church of St John the Divine, Gainsborough, called Slumgothic. At the church it provides a vast arts project space plus community rooms for mixed use. read more

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Nottinghamshire Farm Diversification

There are a collection of case studies included here. All of them are examples of farm or small-holding owners diversifying their income generation using cultural activities. These case studies are all taken from the research conducted by Culture East Midlands that led to the report 'Farm Diversification and Culture' that is available in full from the resources pages of this website. The material for each case study came from interviews with the owners and farmers themselves. read more

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