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SUCCESS FOR SHEFFIELD IN UK CITY OF CULTURE BID S6 MOTORS The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced today that Sheffield has made the shortlist for the UK City of Culture 2013 title. This follows an intense bid process throughout 2009 involving Sheffield City Council, CreativeSheffield and Sheffield’s Culture Board. The other three cities shortlisted are Birmingham, Derry and Norwich, meaning that Sheffield will fly the flag for North of England. The aim of the UK City of Culture programme is to encourage the use of culture as a catalyst for making cities great places to live, to visit
and to invest in. It has been noted that the winner could have the opportunity to host the likes of The Brit Awards and The Turner Prize bringing major economic and reputational benefits to the city. At the same time the Sheffield bid focused heavily on encouraging the city’s people and communities to get more involved in culture – to take part as creators, makers, artists and performers. Leader of Sheffield City Council, Councillor Paul Scriven said the announcement was the result of months of hard work: “What fantastic news for the city. To be shortlisted to the final four just underlines the
strength of our bid and Sheffield’s future commitment to the arts and culture. This is a proud day for Sheffield and Sheffielders and I hope our city will be honoured with being named the UK’s first ever city of culture. “This news is hot on the heels of being named as a Candidate Host City for England’s World Cup bid and a great track record over the last 12 months of hosting some of the biggest and best names in entertainment from U2 and BBC Sports Personality of the Year to home grown successes such as Music City, Galvanise and Grin up North. Well done Sheffield!” Councillor Sylvia Dunk-
ley, Sheffield’s Cabinet Member for Culture, Sport and Tourism, added: “Sheffield is a melting pot of cultural creativity and innovation. From our diverse range of performers within our communities, such as the sword dancers in Grenoside and Handsworth, to our nationally recognised theatres complex, this is a city that lives, breathes and makes culture. “We want to prove that in Sheffield, culture is not limited to a select few, but is something which we all take part in every day. Whether it’s through our superb music, our popular literary festival, our celebration of the city’s metalwork
heritage or excellent exhibitions at our galleries and museums, we want Sheffield to be a city where people see culture as part of their everyday experience, and winning the City of Culture Bid would help us achieve this.” Sean Bean, who is from Sheffield and has excelled in the international cultural realm, endorses the Sheffield bid: “I am delighted to support Sheffield’s
bid to become the first UK City of Culture in 2013. Sheffield boasts an impressive array of cultural facilities, events and celebrations and is renowned for its diverse festivals around the city. As a city that prides itself on its history of creating culture, Sheffield has the passion and the capacity to make it happen. My message to the city is good luck with the shortlist, I think you’ve got the ability to go all the way and
win it!” The four shortlisted cities will be required to submit a final bid to DCMS at the end of May 2010 and the winner will be announced in the summer. The Sheffield bid team will now work closely with the City and DCMS to show that Sheffield has what it takes to make the UK proud if named the first UK City of Culture in 2013.
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