June 2025

The first Cultural Conference took place in May 2024 and will continue annually going forward. The event is a way to communicate to you what we are working on but also an opportunity to network and upskill.

June 2025

Community Volunteers have been upskilling in event management and programming to develop this fabulous community festival that celebrates the seaside heritage of Sutton on Sea. The next event will take place June 2025.  

Spring 2025

Spring 2025 will see some fantastic new murals adorn various places in Sutton on Sea.  

2025

Providing Boston Guildhall with new museum standard display cabinets, allowing them to attract touring collections while also displaying items never seen before from Boston Borough Council’s own collection.  

2025

Box Clever Theatre are delivering their Mark the Marked schools programme to 20 primary schools in our sub-region. An opportunity for pupils to work alongside theatre professionals and create their own story.

2025

The ‘Old Bolingbroke: Through our Eyes and Imaginations’ project was co-created with the community and is a creative response to living in and experiencing the village, past and present, using different ways of expressing connections with the place.

2025

Take a walk along Sutton on Sea coast and hear the sounds and stories of the Lincolnshire Coastline at listening points along the way. This piece of work, which reflects on the natural landscape and people’s connection to it, is led by local artist Harriet Plewis. 

21st + 22nd March 2025

Join us again in 2025 for another magical event of illuminations and local stories. 

14th-15th Feb 2025

Discover Boston with a whole new brilliance on 14^th and 15^th February 2025! Projections developed by Boston College students will light up the town. Heritage sites and stories will be illuminated and seen in a different light. Visit Boston Brilliance | Discover Boston (boston-england.co.uk)

Early 2025

In early 2025 we will be calling out for an Artist in Residence to bring our heritage stories to life, using new innovative digital technology.   

2025

South Holland Centre theatre in Spalding are offering 14-18 year olds the chance to develop technical theatre skills.

Feb-March 2025

In this unique partnership with Ayscoughfee Hall and the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society we have been able to offer internships for young people interested in developing their skills in museum management and creative story telling.

2025

Launching early 2025, this exciting new project is aimed at stimulating conversations between heritage venues and local artists. Encouraging heritage sites to work with local artists to creatively bring to life the heritage of our area. Sign up to our newsletter to be the first to hear about this project. 

Ongoing

Thank you so much to everyone who has participated in our Cultural Audit workshops. We look forward to sharing the report and the findings in winter 2024.  

Ongoing

We are working together with Tom Flemming Associates to develop Cultural Frameworks for our areas with an overall Executive Summary linking the areas together. Our Culture Board will be key ambassadors for our frameworks.  

Ongoing

JEM Associates are our National Portfolio Organisation evaluation partner. They are creating a Story of Change for our programme so we can effectively evaluate what work has been successful and areas for improvement.

Ongoing

Future of the Past looks at engaging the next generation of museum workers and volunteers. Working with young people aged 11 – 25, this project seeks to engage young people to creatively interact with the heritage sector.

Ongoing

Supporting our partners, Transported, to continue to develop the Illuminate parade in Boston, to allow more community workshops and wider engagement in the programme.

Ongoing

Celebrating the unique culture in Sutton on Sea through a community storytelling project. A film will be developed as a centre piece for the project, which will include footage from Sutton on Sea from the 1930s onwards alongside new artworks and soundscapes.  

Ongoing

Young people from the area will be bringing to life the stories of our events and activities, using their unique perspective, voice and creativity. Creative News Desks will be at each of our creative hub sites.