Pavilion Art group, Chester

• Visual Arts • 5 participants (+3) • 6 sessions (December 2021 - January 2022)

Enable activity to restart Bring communities together Funding will ensure people feel safe participating

Pavilion Art Group was a small visual arts group led by a tutor, which moved online with COVID-19 restrictions. When the tutor stopped running the sessions at the end of lockdown, 5 members decided to restart the group at Upton Pavilion, building numbers back up slowly and safely and finding new support.

The grant and advice helped them through this phase of restarting and reorganising, covering hire costs while they regained confidence coming together in a socially distanced environment and began recruiting new members.

“The grant gave us the help we needed to cover rental costs when starting up with only a small number of people. Enabled the continuation of the group until we found a teacher. Thank you for the help, made it possible to continue!” - Lead

LEGACY: The group have recruited a new tutor to continue supporting their regular sessions.