Hull Maritime has handed out more than £11,000 in grants to support local community groups, organisations and creatives to deliver South Blockhouse themed projects for people across the city in 2024.
Grants of up to £3,000 were available supporting a wide range of projects drawing links between our maritime past, present and future and offering people a change to engage with the South Blockhouse in creative ways.
This latest round of funding has awarded four grants to:
- Rooted in Hull will be working in partnership with Humber Field Archaeology, Hull Community Theatre and local historian Mike Covell to run a series of workshops and a celebration event exploring the history of the South Blockhouse as well as the wider history, archaeology and heritage of the city.
- Lauren Saunders is a local artist who, taking inspiration from the South Blockhouse's iconic cloverleaf shape, will facilitate a 'Clover-Lore' project in which participants will co-create a range of responses exploring 16th century lore about clover in the context of the South Blockhouse’s natural, historic and cultural heritage.
- Hull Scrapstore for a series of South Blockhouse, Hull and Humber themed creative arts and crafts workshops over the autumn and winter of 2024. People will have the chance to get hands on, exploring different materials and textures and learn about our maritime history.
- Fiona Caley will be working with photography walking group to explore the history of the South Blockhouse as well as wider maritime themes. They will use a range of creative techniques including photography, image transfer, sound and creative writing.
Check out the events page for the activities taking place.
