On Wednesday 29th November, Savannah Wisdom and our partners, B&M Community Fund & Home MCR attended the city’s Culture Awards at the beautiful Kimpton Hotel. For many of us, it was the first time attending a gathering of this kind for a very long time.…
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Manchester Culture Awards 2021
Savannah Wisdom are delighted to announce that we have been nominated in the Best Business Partnership Category in the forthcoming Manchester Culture Awards 2021! Along with our fantastic partners, B&M Community Fund, HOME Manchester and Manchester City Council, we worked in collaboration to offer small grants to those Freelancers who work in cultural activities in the City and were ineligible for any other Covid-19 recovery funds to enable them to carry on; to show them we cared and that their contribution to the city was valued.…
Savannah Wisdom at new Ripples of Hope Festival
September saw a unique new five-day festival taking place in Manchester. Inspired by people and their stories, strength and creativity; Ripples of Hope was a wonderful celebration of the power of people to make change.
An important topic at the Business and Investment Summit was the notion of regeneration for businesses and organisations, with Savannah Wisdom CEO Shalni Arora taking part in a captivating panel discussion during the opening plenary.…
Support for Cultural Hardship Fund & new Manchester initiative HOMEground
In March and April this year, Savannah Wisdom provided one-off hardship grants to Creative Freelancers in Manchester who were ineligible for The Government Covid-19 recovery scheme. In the most difficult period for the arts in recent years, we were really concerned that many creatives would be lost to the city without it.…
Savannah Wisdom helps create new fund for freelancers working in Manchester’s Arts and Culture sector
The new fund –The Cultural Sector Hardship Fund – launched on Monday 1st February, to support those working in the creative & cultural sectors who are facing financial hardship as a result of the pandemic. Along with partners, B&M Community Fund, the £500,000 is available in grants of £1,500 to individual freelancers based in Manchester.…
