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Wrexham Ty Pawb cultural hub could overspend by £500,000
Wrexham Ty Pawb cultural hub could overspend by £500,000

BBC News

time30-06-2025

  • Business
  • BBC News

Wrexham Ty Pawb cultural hub could overspend by £500,000

An arts venue seen as crucial to a UK City of Culture bid is facing a projected overspend of £89,000 this rents and charges have risen at Tŷ Pawb, which is set to form a key part of Wrexham's bid to take the title for 2029. The city missed out to Bradford for the UK City of Culture award in 2025, but councillors are keen to try again for 2029. However, unless further savings or additional revenue can be found by April next year, Tŷ Pawb is projected to have overspent its budget by more than half a million pounds since 2022. Wrexham council's Employment, Business and Investment Scrutiny Committee will examine the situation next week, with one area of the venue, the Maker Space, being converted into a retail unit for the budget pressures, the Local Democracy Reporting Service reported how the venue's popularity increased by 17% last year in terms of "everyone's house" in English, the space brings together market stalls, arts, and play for children, as well as gatherings of local groups."Tŷ Pawb is a vital and much loved community hub," said chairwoman of the Wrexham Community and Culture Trust, Joanna Swash."Its diverse cultural programme of internationally renowned exhibitions, performing arts, markets and family activities attracts local, national and international visitors to Wrexham city centre."Tighter financial monitoring has been put in place, while charges have also been introduced for an arts space which was previously available for a result, in 2024-25 it brought in £23,513 and is aiming to bring in a further £22,000 this is still needed at Tŷ Pawb which is contributing to the financial are ongoing into issues with the roof and the installation this summer of a new £63,000 car park management system to improve year the venue spent £42,000 on roof patching, flood repair works and upgrades to car park lighting. This article was written by a trusted journalist and then edited for length and style with the help of AI, before being checked again by a BBC Journalist. It's part of a pilot.

New pocket parks in Hull 'significantly improve areas'
New pocket parks in Hull 'significantly improve areas'

BBC News

time02-06-2025

  • General
  • BBC News

New pocket parks in Hull 'significantly improve areas'

Two disused areas in Hull have been transformed into "pocket parks" for parks are in Dingley Close, north Hull, and Oak Road, off Beverley City Council said improvements at the sites included new seating areas, planters and hardstanding groups worked with the highways team to restore the areas, which are designed to encourage social activity. Rob Pritchard, the council's portfolio holder for culture and leisure, said: "People told us they wanted nice, new green spaces in their communities – and as a council, we've delivered six new pocket parks, with more on the way."The newly completed parks at Dingley Close and Oak Road have significantly improved those areas."Residents wishing to propose locations for new pocket parks in their area can contact their ward deadline for applications for the next wave of pocket parks is 23 July. Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.

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