Grant widens access to learning at The Globe

4 October 2023

Courses and workshops at Newcastle’s community-owned music venue will be more accessible to local people on low incomes thanks to a £10,000 grant from the Community Foundation.

The new funding has been allocated to the cooperative that owns and runs The Globe in Railway Street from the Newcastle Cultural Investment Fund, which is managed by the Community Foundation. It will be used to support the popular programme of learning and participation at The Globe. Highly subsidised places will be made available to residents of Elswick, Benwell and Arthur’s Hill and also to young adults aged 18-25.

The programme includes afternoon and evening courses in Jazz, Folk, Bluegrass and Songwriting, and one-off workshops (both mixed and women-only). For full details see https://theglobenewcastle.bar/learning/

Dave Wood, Learning & Participation Manager at The Globe, said: “We’re delighted to receive this grant from the Community Foundation. It will enable more people, particularly in the West End of Newcastle, to access music learning opportunities. I would urge anyone who is eligible to make use of this special offer. The Globe is a fantastic and welcoming community resource as well as being a pretty cool place to spend time.”

Supporting education and providing services for the community are primary objectives of Jazz.Coop and it started running workshops and jam sessions even before it bought The Globe. At first the learning and participation programme concentrated on jazz, but in recent years it has included other genres and this expansion has proved very popular.

Dave Wood said: “It’s well known that playing music together has social and health benefits. Now we can extend those benefits to more people.”

Next year The Globe will be celebrating its tenth anniversary of community-ownership with the 10 YEARS A CO-OP festival on 26-30 April 2024.

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NOTES FOR EDITORS

The Globe is owned and run by Jazz.Coop, which is the trading name of Pink Lane Jazz Co-op Ltd, a registered cooperative society. It was bought freehold following a successful community share issue in 2014. The cooperative has over 230 members who elect a board of unpaid directors to manage the business.
Contact: Dave Wood, learning@jazz.coop