JOB ALERT !!! Anybody fancy working with me ?
This is a new role
@bradfordmdc
as a Programme & Events manager. I promise you , there will never be a dull moment 😀
Not gonna lie this has been an epic journey but an incredible effort of sooooooo many people. A moment for Bradford to take stock , feel proud and carry on grafting as this story is not finished yet
#CityofCulture2025
@bradford2025
Bradford is on the shortlist to become UK
#CityofCulture2025
💥
We're thrilled to annouce we're one of four places through to the final stage of the contest.
This is the time to tell the world our own story. This is Our Time, Our Place
#Bradford2025
❣️
I just wanted to say a massive thanks to our incredible
@bradford2025
team , the board , steering groups and the 1000’s of hours volunteered so far in getting us to this point . Now the competition is on & I’m unlikey to sleep for some months BigUpBradford
I’m just gonna put it out there if I was an artist/creator I would be thinking of getting my ass to Bradford. Just such a fizzy feeling right now
@bradford2025
Sat having a pedicure in
#Bradford
and I’m earwigging to the woman sat next to me who’s chatting away to her mum saying how
@bradford2025
is going to be brilliant
#CityofCulture2025
this is how widespread the feeling is already 🥲
There is an insane amount of amazing things going to be happening over the next 12 months across Bradford . If I were you I’d just relocate now 🤣 come and be part of the movement
@bradford2025
#investinbradford
#bradfordontheup
Bradford you absolute beauty. It’s been a privilege & an honour to work with such incredible people over the last few years. I have decided to leave Bradford at a time when the future looks bright for
@bradford2025
taking some time off then who knows what 2024 will bring 🤷🏽♀️
Bidding for
#CityofCulture2025
is an epic challenge. Its now out of our hands and we eagerly await results. Seeing the outpouring of love for Bradford has been incredible, this place is a gem ! Watch 👀
@BBCTheOneShow
tonight at 7pm to hear the
#Bradford2025
story
It’s taken a year but it’s been one heck of a year . The wonderful people of Bradford should be really proud of making
#Cultureisourplan
please join us at the launch
Bradford has so much unseen , untapped , raw creativity . I’m learning so much , really thankful for the patience & generosity of people whilst I adapt & get to grips with my new role .
#teambradford
In less than 4 weeks
@bradfordmdc
received 124 applications for
#response
grant . We were able to support 54 of them ensuring artists & organisation can continue to do amazing activity & find new ways to produce work and reach people 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
#Bradford2025
1st day working for
@bradfordmdc
, feels like starting a new school . Wish I’d got a new satchel , coat & shoes. Super excited and obviously a dose of healthy nerves but can’t wait to be part of
#teambradford
People of Bradford !!!wondering if people might be up for giving me neighbourhood tours ? Over next 12 months I’d like to spend a couple of hours a week walking the district . Any willing volunteers in exchange for a cuppa?
#gettingtoknowbradford
#bradford2025
#wearebradford
What an achievement for Bradford’s rich district to be submitting such a heartfelt, ambitious & hopeful bid . Thanks to everyone who has contributed 🤞🏽
"This is a defining moment for Bradford"
Today we submit our official bid to become UK
#CityofCulture2025
💥
Young people from across the district came together for a celebratory send-off, as the document heads to
@DCMS
📮
#Bradford2025
Out of office on this gal is heading to Bali 🥰 It’s been a rollercoaster year. Friends , colleagues & my new partner in life picked me up, turned me round and set me on a different course
#grateful
At the age of 15 growing up in Seacroft I was on a slippery , declining road struggling with staying in education & drugs tormenting my life . A youth project created by
@JudeKelly_
changed that trajectory . Thank you
@LeedsPlayhouse
👏🏽👏🏽
Last day of work
@bradfordmdc
for 2020 . What a year to start a new role It’s been epic ! I have to say
#Bradford
has stole my heart and that’s due to the amazing people I’ve encountered. Thanks to 2 incredible women for their heroic leadership
@SHinchcliffe
@kersten_england
An alternative offer to Bonfire night Bradford Is
#LIT
is a set of bespoke district wide installations created by artists and communities
@bradford2025
Bradford has set a course to develop a 10 year Co- created iterative cultural strategy . Stage 1 , commission artists of course 👍🏾: Culture is Our Plan | Bradford Council
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve totally smashed wet January, lived on carbs & been outside at least 6 times this year. You just have to do what’s right for you 😊
#Lockdown3
We have a new role
@bradfordmdc
as part of my team . We are looking for an Events Manager . Hand on heart I can 100% promise you this will be exhilarating, challenging & hugely rewarding. Come and be part of Bradford‘s Renaissance
@bradford2025
This wonderful lady leaves
@bradfordmdc
after 25 years of service today. Allyson is one of those true troopers who cares and has relentlessly worked behind the scenes to make wonderful memories for the citizens of Bradford
This is one of the most powerful pieces of art I’ve ever seen . The piece represents nearly 400 women who had died at the hands of their husbands in 1 year alone . It was so shocking to see 😢
#istanbulbiennal
Researching job titles for a new role working in my team, could you imagine how many people would apply if you had a title ......officer of mischief & merriment 😊
Bradford you turned out & showed your true colours over the last couple of days.
#BDFest2022
is the result of your homegrown BD4 son
@ProdPhill
take a bow
@bradford2025
we are shaping up nicely
OMG , just so excited to be launching
@bradfordmdc
#SummerUnlocked
call out . Get the word out & apply . We are looking to commission artists & creatives to bring our wonderful district alive this summer 👏🏽👏🏽
🔓SUMMER Unlocked🔓
We're working with
@bradfordmdc
and
@theleapBD
to fund inspiring, joyful and creative activities across
#Bradford
district this summer 🕶️
From outdoor performance spaces to unexpected arts encounters – APPLY NOW! Deadline 21 April.
Yesterday a new plaza has born in
#Milan
. It is located in front of a school, in place of a redundant parking lot. It has been reclaimed by the community and designed by a local artist.
Isn’t it amazing?
School public space is for kids, not cars.
#PiazzeAperte
#OpenStreets
Good morning me new home
#WhitleyBay
now what on earth could I get up-to here ? Embarking on a new life in the gorgeous & glorious
#NorthEast
…. Who should I meet ?
It’s got to be
#Bradford2025
𝐁ronte, Bulls & Bantams
𝐑eally awesome people
𝐀lhambra, art & architecture
𝐃iversity that dares to do
𝐅irst UNESCO City of Film
𝐎mg, Miriam Margolyes is backing bid
𝐑egion, it’s near Wakefield 😉
𝐃rop the mic. This is Bradford’s time 🎤
Tears are welling up already with the excitement, in the last 16 months my experience of getting to know Bradford has taught me so much about authenticity it really is
#Ourtime
come on
@bradford2025
Bradford’s time is NOW. The race is on in the competition for
#UKCityOfCulture
in 2025 💥
#Bradford2025
is a massive opportunity for the whole district! Find out more 💫
I have admired the work of JR for years . My dream is to bring his work to Bradford one day but in the meantime wouldn’t it be great to see huge images of our every day Bradford hero’s pasted all over the district?
#bradford2025
I have admired the work of JR for years . My dream is to bring his work to Bradford one day but in the meantime wouldn’t it be great to see huge images of our every day Bradford hero’s pasted all over the district?
#bradford2025
The person buying my house has said I can stay until this is over and will not charge me a bond and offered a reduced rent & the house I’m buying in Bradford have agreed to delay the sale until we are through the other side
#RandomActsOfKindness
1st day back at work tomorrow, had a proper rest which has been grand but ready now to get cracking , lots of plans ahead for 2021 be prepared for more opportunities, programme & delight from
#TeamBradford
@bradfordmdc
@bradford2025
In bed with Covid , please keep sending & tagging me in these wonderful pictures & moments in Bradford they are making me feel much better oh and reducing me to an emotional wreck too 🥲
#LiT
Been a cracking week
@bradfordmdc
with some great collaborative stuff bubbling up talking
#culturalrecovery
to bringing a great team together of local talent to create a distric wide street gallery
#Bradford2025
HUGE
#teambradford
effort Cracking ideas were developed for a winter programme but many ideas delayed due to Covid 🙁however we are thrilled to have worked with partners across the district to bring opportunities for creatives & communities
#LIT
LIT will see light installations shine across the district, from front gardens to shopping centres to the rooftops of our iconic mills. Grants available to artists, creatives and community groups✨✨✨
Our buddies over in
#Bradford2025
are starting the final stretch of their bid to be named UK City of Culture! Wishing you the very best of luck
#Bradford
, this would be massive for the region and we're well and truly in your corner!
#CityofCulture2025
🤞😬😃❤️🤝
It’s great to get encouraging messages from colleagues & friends from around the world commenting on the good stuff that’s happening in
#bradford
. It makes the chaos I live in feel worthwhile knowing that the bit you contribute is having impact
This could be a game changer for Bradford but will have a much wider impact on the sector as a whole. This is powerful stuff
#cultureisouplan
#bradford2025
This truly is a great time to come and work in Bradford . This new role , Cultural Partnership Support Officer will work closely with me to help deliver
#cultureisourplan
.
We have worked at some pace to turn this grant around
@bradfordmdc
. After the success of
#response
grant in early lockdown we’ve got a
#response2
this grant is to support our cultural community to create solutions to support
#homeschooling2021
A few friends have decided we are going to start walking together at a weekend in Yorkshire. None of us drive so we will be on train, recommendations please 🙏🏽
We are seeking a creative team to explore affordable, short-term interventions that enable us to re-imagine our high streets post the pandemic, providing the opportunity for experimentation with local businesses and communities
Culture & development are hand in glove . We can’t create exceptional places if we dont care for the culture that exists and enable it to thrive in the future
#Bradford
#UKREiiF
At the
#UNIfyFestival
closing event
@markdolby
has just launched a year long arts project called Pass the Portrait, details at
The first portrait is of the amazing
@nic_greenan
! What do you think?
Tonight I was surrounded by wonderful people & watched one of the most glorious films I’ve seen in a long time , so many moments that chimed with my life
#AliandAva
Been in my role for 6 months
@bradfordmdc
very grateful to work with so many great people to develop opportunities in difficult times supporting our cultural sector & talent in
#Bradford
to celebrate 6 months here’s another amazing opportunity
Back in May
@bradfordmdc
set up a Cultural Recovery Group to consider how culture can act as a key driver for recovery & how we can think differently . It’s made up of great people from arts , economy, tourism, retail hospitality , leisure & civic trust .
Despite many challenges I’ve been amazed of the resilience of creatives in Bradford , they have brought so many special moments to 1000’s of citizens across the district
@bradford2025
#UKCityofCultrue2025
2021 has been a difficult year, but we’re proud to have delivered Covid-safe arts and culture events right across the district, ensuring that families throughout Bradford could continue to be inspired and uplifted in a safe way.
I’ll never forget my first big panel I sat on , chaired by Harry Gration at the time it was early days of
@LS14Trust
I was so nervous 😬 he put me at ease & reminded me how important it was to hear female working class voices & to trust my gut & be myself
#ripharry
Just working on something & would love to hear from people who have chosen to relocate to Bradford including businesses over last couple of years, pls RT , share and get in touch? Thanks
This will be transformational for
#Bradford
&
#Yorkshire
. Mobilising our youth and connecting them to industry is vital for our next generation
@MayorOfWY
After 45 years of living in
#leeds
I’d decidedly to move to
#bradford
to be embedded and close to my new career Sadly we thought it had all fallen through but 2 complete strangers have shown incredible generosity
Had a few tough weeks with family health issues , always puts stuff into perspective. Can’t thank my colleagues
@bradford2025
@bradfordmdc
@bdproducinghub
@theleapBD
for your support and picking stuff up when needed . Heading off now for a weeks holiday 👍🏽
"I would take pictures carelessly, just snap it”
These teens' pandemic pictures have reached a new level after online lessons from
@tarlyn
funded by
@bradfordmdc
📸⤵️
Wednesday night reflection 🤔spending 6 years at
@EastStreetArts
visiting so many people & projects in cities & towns nationally & internationally has fuelled my brain more than I realised & is influencing lots of my current thinking in
#bradford
#TeamBradford
#bradford2025
Opportunity for Freelancers!
@EastStreetArts
are currently recruiting for two freelance roles:
🎨Artist Lead for their Guild National Campaign
💻Website Content Developer
More info on both can be found here 👉
SO excited to hear about
#Bradford
’s culture plans! Inspiring to hear from the district’s creatives - beautiful work from
@NabeelahMH
The message from
@kersten_england
“Whatever creative spark is in you, wherever you are in the district, let it flourish”
#Cultureisourplan
I hear on the grapevine
@bradfordmdc
are one of the only - ok maybe few LA’s in the country, providing grants to support local filmmakers . Over 80 applications, that’s a lot of local talent . Can’t wait to see the content
@Channel4
watch out 👀
#bradfordtalent
✅ 37 original films and documentaries
✅ Showcasing the distinctive characteristics of
#Bradford
and its people.
✅ Made by people who live across the District.
Find out more about the (great) films being made as part of
@bradfordmdc
MAKE:FILM
Since the FT has broken the embargo, hear it is. Bailout for the arts is £880m in extra grants for this year, £270m in loans, another £200m-odd for buildings and other things and money for Scots, Welsh and arts as well. £1.57 billion in all. Relieved!