MCLT acquires former St George’s Garage site for new creative workspace in Margate
MCLT is delighted to announce its acquisition of the former St George’s Garage on Harold Road, marking a significant step in its mission to provide affordable and accessible workspace for the creative industry in Margate
Find the support you need on our new Resources page
We are updating our website in response to demand identified in our survey, and also as part of our ongoing remit to support the creative sector in Margate. Our new resources page will feature and promote free existing resources which are useful to the creative sector, including funding opportunities, sustainability initiatives, business support and accessibility. […]
Creative Spaces Survey: Key Findings
Earlier this year, we commissioned The Margate Creative Spaces Survey to build a current understanding of the potential opportunities and challenges for the creative sector in Margate. You can now read our key findings in this infographics report. We hope you find this interesting and welcome your feedback. Community Panel In order to build on […]
Margate Creatives: Applying for Funding
Jas Dhillon is a multimedia practitioner inspired by the people, script, language, symbolic objects, and poetic experiences, the love and identity imprinted on her as a first-generation Indian female raised in Kent. Jas’s recent application for Arts Council Developing Your Creative Practice funding was successful. DYCP funding is to support individuals who are cultural and […]
Margate Creative Land Trust publishes first year’s audited accounts
Our progress at Margate Creative Land Trust begins to accelerate as we reach an important milestone for a new charity. We have submitted our first period’s accounts, which were audited, and we are pleased to say that they have a clean and unmodified audit report issued from our auditors, highlighting both our financial statements accuracy […]
Margate Creatives: Anastasia Tyranova Romanchuk, Ceramics artist
Anastasia is a surrealist artist from Odesa. She left Ukraine during the spring of 2022 when the war broke out, and after seven months spent in Berlin, she moved to the UK and now lives in Margate. She is based at The Margate School.
Margate Creatives: Jodie Cole, Choreographer; Performer; Producer
Jodie Cole is a working-class & neurodivergent choreographer, movement director, facilitator, performer & producer, and is lead artist at Jodie Cole Dance. Inspired by the healing powers of movement to cross social divides, Jodie’s creative practice celebrates difference, uses movement to unite experience and brings performance to unexpected places. “I love the size of Margate […]
Margate Creatives: Bernadette Hawkes, DJ
Music is My Weakness and My Strength. Bernadette Hawkes works at Margate Radio, where she presents a regular music and talk show. Bernadette started presenting radio shows in 2015, and The Happening radio show was ‘born’ in November 2017, when she joined DWR – Dance Web Radio. She shares music across several genres including, soul, […]
Margate Creative Land Trust announces new Executive Director
We are delighted to announce that Annette Russell will be joining The Margate Creative Land Trust as our Executive Director from July 2023. The Executive Director will lead a small team to secure workspace for local creatives, while developing opportunities for underserved communities to experience and work within the creative industries. The Trust aims to […]
Board of Trustees: Blog series – Naomi Cooper-Davis
Get to know our team in our new series of blog posts.
In the second blog of our new series, we asked trustee Naomi Cooper-Davis to tell us about her background and what made her decide to apply to join our Board.
