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Village halls are brilliant places. They’re so versatile and yet can have a real character of their own. My project for #Aiseirigh #CultureCollective aimed to get their usage up after so many had been left empty over lockdown, particularly as culture spaces to share experiences. 
I didn’t want to just put on events though. Events are great but they only attract events people. I didn’t want to have lots of two-hours-where-a-big-group-of-people-silently-watch-a-small-group-of-people-do-something.
So I teamed up with @CatherineMacP12 from @HLHArchives. We came up with a plan to hold memory sessions with free refreshments. No agenda, just people getting into their local hall and chatting about the past and present.
Right so I’ve got two full days left at the helm of the H&I Voices account. I’ve talked about being a crew member of @DunveganFire and working with @SEALLEventsSkye, plus a bit about my past as a touring musician. Today is going to be all about @CultureColSco.
The #CultureCollective was set up in the wake of the covid lockdowns as a way of getting money to artists and projects quickly, with funding pots administered by local organisations throughout Scotland (in the case of Skye & Lochalsh it’s @SEALLEventsSkye and #AtlasArts).
The Skye & Lochalsh group is called #Aiseirigh and comprises artists Hannah Myers and @MalcolmPlockton, theatre director Daniel Cuilin, playwright Lesley Wilson and musicians Angus Mackenzie and @louisbarabbas (me).
An offshoot of being dragged back into the creative industries after a fallow period of burnout is that I’d found a different kind of confidence. The fire service made me feel useful for the first time in my life so I now felt more at ease putting myself forward as an artist.
In 2021 @CreativeScots created a covid recovery fund to stimulate the grassroots arts sector that had been so debilitated by lockdown. @SEALLEventsSkye administered the fund for Skye/Lochalsh and created six jobs for artists to do community work in various creative disciplines.
I applied for the position that focused on reinvigorating community spaces, citing experience from when I organised events for Manchester label @debtrecords.
