Trusted, creative community engagement.
About us
We work with people to celebrate the unique identity of a place, valuing its heritage and culture, and fostering creativity. By amplifying local voices, we help empower communities to overcome challenges and imagine new possibilities so meaningful change can happen.
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Our programmes involve bringing together artists, communities and partners in their own spaces and places through consultation, engagement, activity and events. We work in places where creative engagement can make a big difference and can lead to policy and pracice which is better informed by community need and aspiration.
We are a registered charity and an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.
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We have an office based in County Durham.
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We understand that every community and every organisation is different so our partnerships always start with a conversation and we listen first.
"Working with Northern Heartlands has helped us to be braver around using creative enquiry to explore aspects of our work, especially with the farming community. The arts are not an add on, they have helped us find ways to articulate what we do, and to provide broader pathways for people to engage with us, and with their landscape."
Director, North Pennines National Landscape.
Since 2017, we've seen firsthand how the creative power of communities can bring about positive change. From connecting under-represented groups and supporting individual health and wellbeing, to working alongside local groups to champion our landscapes and environment, each initiative has show what becomes possible when people come together with purpose.
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