Ignite!

Designed by two young emerging producers, this exciting outdoor event will bring together residents and creatives for an afternoon of live music, performances and the opportunity to contribute to a public art installation created by and for Greenwich residents.

The event will showcase some of the creative work and ideas developed through the programme, alongside opportunities to connect with local artists, young creatives and residents.

Ignite! has provided 26 talented creatives aged 13 to 30 with paid opportunities to drive an exciting vision engaging with arts, culture and heritage across the borough. Working with the council's creative programme partner, Tramshed, participants have explored their experiences, ideas and ambitions for culture in Royal Greenwich, while collaborating with Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust to reimagine local archives through the lens of their own communities.

The event is the first of three in the Ignite! Cultural Impact Award programme, a Mayor of London initiative supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

About the Cultural Impact Award 
The Royal Borough of Greenwich has been awarded a Cultural Impact Award by the Mayor of London and Arts Council England to deliver a unique, creative collaboration between the council, our resident young people and local culture and heritage organisations. The programme is titled Ignite! and will be funded by a Cultural Impact Award, a Mayor of London initiative, with additional funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the council. They will be delivered in collaboration with Tramshed, as Creative Programme Partner and the Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust (RGHT), as Heritage Service Partner. It will bring young people and communities together, to imagine positive futures by telling the stories of real, local people, widen access to our heritage service, and provide training for young people to safeguard tomorrow’s creative industries.