LIVERPOOL HAT								     HATB 00/1/8
						FOR APPROVAL
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REPORT TO THE HAT BOARD MEETING OF FRIDAY,  28 JANUARY, 2000
AN ARTS POLICY FOR LIVERPOOL HAT
(Paper by Paul Kelly - Community Development Manager)
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1.	Purpose of Report

1.1	To provide an Arts Policy for Liverpool HAT

2.0	Recommendation

	The Board is recommended to:

2.1	approve this paper as the HAT’s approach towards the development of art projects across HAT sites

2.2.	approve the appointment of a Public Art consultant, at an anticipated  cost of up to £12,000 to be met from the Community Services budget 1999 / 2000, as outlined in 7.5.

2.3	note the community art projects to be initiated, as outlined in Appendix 1.

2.4	note the HAT collaboration with FACT on SuperChannel - The Tower Block project as outlined in Appendix 2.

3.0	Background

3.1	Liverpool is undergoing a major, and visible,  transformation as a result of the work of a range of regeneration agencies delivering innovative projects across the city. 

3.2	Significant changes in the physical environment, including the re-development of the city’s waterfront and dock areas, the expansion of city centre living and a thriving entertainment and nightlife industry have had a marked impact on the image of Liverpool.   As a result the opportunities for major industrial and commercial investment are now a realistic goal, particularly in areas such as Speke and Garston, where infrastructure improvements are transforming expectations.

3.3	Central to the emerging regeneration of Liverpool has been the development of creative industries and cultural activity focused primarily, though not exclusively, on the city centre. The city’s vibrant artistic community, covering contemporary arts, festivals, multimedia, film, video, television, photography, sculpture, theatre and music, all help to develop the local economy and create a sense of place for Liverpool and it’s diverse communities. 

3.4	The strength of creative industries and cultural activities on Merseyside plays a vital role in attracting outside visitors to Merseyside.  This is clearly identified in the 5 year comprehensive programme for tourism produced by the Merseyside Partnership which stresses the importance of the arts, cultural and heritage aspects of the Merseyside area in contributing to the growth of tourism and development of a local tourist industry.

3.5	The range of cultural activities on offer within Liverpool is impressive and continues to grow.  Brief  examples include :

	i)	The National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside which continues to lead the way in bringing an innovative and diverse programme of events and exhibitions to the city.  The importance of NMGM in the regeneration of Liverpool cannot be underestimated.
 
	ii) 	Independent organisations such as FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) are breaking new ground within the field of moving image art and media.   Next year  will see the development of an £8 Million arts and media centre, the FACT Centre, on the site of the former tea factory in Wood Street, Liverpool.
	
	iii)   	The Liverpool Rope Walks Partnership which is breathing new life into the creative quarter of Liverpool through an Integrated Action Plan that aims to not only improve the physical environment, but also focuses on training and business support, particularly to small scale arts organisations,  and has developed an extensive programme for the public realm; improving the overall environment.
	
	iv)	Numerous theatres and festivals, such as the Brouhaha International  Street Theatre Festival, gaining in reputation outside of the country.
	
	v)	LIPA and Hope in the Community, bringing training and support in the creative arts direct to the community. 

3.6		Liverpool is now seeing the emergence of quality and innovation in the regeneration of public areas.  Joined up thinking should result in redevelopment which links buildings of architectural interest with the creation of new open spaces and squares, revitalising streets in a comprehensive public realm programme, which increasingly is incorporating public art within that framework.

3.7	As a result Liverpool is developing a national, and increasingly international reputation, for placing art and cultural activities at the heart of it’s regeneration which could ultimately result in a bid for European City of Culture 2007/2008. 

4.0	Liverpool HAT - Background

4.1	Liverpool HAT is not just about housing, but has a statutory objective to secure or facilitate the improvement of living conditions, as well as the social conditions and general environment of our area’s.

4.2	As a major regeneration agency, charged with the task of redeveloping 67 tower blocks across the city, Liverpool HAT will contribute to the changing  physical environment of Liverpool in an unique way.  We have already seen the demolition of 17 tower blocks over the past 6 years, replaced with high quality new build housing, altering forever the environment across a number of neighbourhoods.  As our development programme steps up a pace, the landscape of the city will continue to radically change.

4.3	The HAT’s development programme brings both opportunities and challenges for the organisation 

	i)	The HAT has the opportunity to secure the best in terms of urban design and improvements to the environment for diverse neighbourhoods across the city.  Visible examples can be seen at Storrington and Childwall where our new build housing schemes are breathing new life, and bringing innovation, to their surrounding neighbourhoods, significantly raising expectations. 

	ii)	The challenge Liverpool HAT now faces is to build on our experiences 	to date, and to incorporate more imaginative design and improvements to the public realm within our schemes over the coming 6 years. Our high standards in terms of the HAT’s development of “Lifetime Homes”, which meet strict environmental criteria, and our innovation in terms of the future management of our housing stock and the involvement of  tenants in their communities, needs to be matched by an increased consideration of the public realm which incorporates the best in terms of urban design and public art.
	
4.4	To achieve these objectives the HAT now has an opportunity to implement an arts policy aimed at impacting both on our physical development programme, as well as on the HAT communities and their surrounding neighbourhoods across the city.  The HAT must heed the experience of other regeneration agencies and incorporate creative and cultural activities at the heart of it’s development work. 

5.0	Key Principles

5.1	Key principles underlying an arts policy for Liverpool HAT are :

•		a commitment to the involvement of local HAT tenants, and their surrounding communities, in the development of ideas and proposals and their execution or delivery.
•		to explore how supporting the arts can impact on community development, bringing innovative solutions to old problems
•	to maximise opportunities to support the re-integration of HAT communities within their wider neighbourhoods. 
•		to integrate with the HAT’s development programme, contributing to an 	improved and sustainable environment, and a more desirable place in which HAT tenants live.
•		to actively encourage and support locally based artists and creative industries in the work of Liverpool HAT 
•		to support the development of the best public art in the city through engaging both national and international artists where appropriate.
•		to unlock innovative approaches to funding specific projects, and encourage outside investment in Liverpool.
•		to maximise partnerships with key arts organisations within the city.
•		to promote access for HAT tenants, and their surrounding communities, to the range of arts and cultural activities emerging throughout the city, and to encourage the development of a critical understanding of art and its processes.

5.2	Embracing these key principles, an arts policy for Liverpool HAT should aim to deliver three distinct programmes:

	i)	A Community Arts programme which reaches out to all HAT sites, offering ‘hands on’ projects developed through local community partnerships.
	ii)	A Public Arts programme which incorporates the best public art within a number of our key strategic development sites.
	iii)	An Arts Education and Involvement Programme, maximising the opportunities for our tenants to become involved in the range of arts activities on offer within the city.

6.0	Community Arts

6.1	Evidence is clear that for the regeneration of an area to have any chance of success there is a need to involve and enthuse residents at every stage. 	

6.2	The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, in it’s publication Culture Makes Communities, is beginning to consider how cultural activities, and in particular community arts projects, can contribute to the energising of 	communities in a cost effective way. The seeming intractability of deprivation in particular areas may arise in part because there has been a missing dimension to regeneration policy, that of encouraging cultural activities that unleash the creative spirit, give hope to and energise communities. 

6.3	In defining ‘Community Art’ there is a need to draw on HAT experiences to date and a number of the key principles behind this arts policy.  The HAT has already been involved in the development of a number of small scale community arts projects with relative success.  These include:

	i)	Netherfield Road Mural

		The development of the Netherfield Road mural in Everton has met with mixed reactions, as all art projects do. Nevertheless the mural is still intact, two years later, and is fondly regarded by local residents who have exited the HAT. The result of a collaboration between local tenants, a nearby school and the Centre for Arts Development Training, with funding provided by the HAT, it is a fine example of a hands-on approach to the production of community art.

	ii)	Sefton Park

		The HAT were also involved in the development of a community art project in Sefton Park, in partnership with a local school, with paintings produced now adorning the foyers of the tower blocks. Again, a small scale arts project, nevertheless the paintings produced still hold pride of place within the Sefton Park community two years later. 

	iii)	View from the Window

		A photographic reminiscence project developed by CDS with initial funding of £5,000 from the HAT in 98/99.  This project has collected images of the views from tenants flats in Everton prior to demolition, and is aiming to stage an exhibition at the Museum of Liverpool Life later in the year.

6.5	Community Arts projects in the HAT context should therefore be defined as those projects which;

•	demonstrate a commitment to the direct involvement of local HAT tenants, and their surrounding communities, in the development of ideas, 	proposals and their execution or delivery.
•	actively encourage and support locally based artists and creative industries to work in partnership with HAT tenants
•	explore how supporting the arts can impact on community
•	development, bringing innovative solutions to old problems
•	offer opportunities to support the re-integration of HAT communities within their wider neighbourhoods.
•	help to develop stronger working relationships with our partner RSL’s once selected.
	
6.6	The HAT, through the Community Development Team,  has the opportunity to 	develop a number of community arts projects across our sites over the coming years.  Projects will be initiated following consultation with local tenants, the neighbourhood team and relevant development consultants where appropriate.  Where an RSL has been appointed as landlord developer 	for a specific site, their input will be encouraged.
	
6.7	The Community Development Team will take a site by site approach in developing community arts projects, taking account of the following criteria :

•	the aspirations of our tenants.	
•	the impact on the HAT’s development  programme
•	opportunities for developing projects in partnership with local agencies e.g. SRB Area Partnerships, local schools
•	cost - effective measures and opportunities for external funding
•	opportunities to use the development of community arts projects to     energise communities, and to impact on community development
•	opportunities to support the re-integration of HAT communities within their wider neighbourhoods.
•	sustainability, and the long-term involvement of partner RSL’s.

6.8		The CDO for the site will develop a project brief, including budget requirements, which will be subject to the necessary approvals.  Projects could include the development of temporary murals on development site hoardings or the creation of small scale art works inside community facilities e.g. paintings, soundscapes or photographs.  Involvement in theatre, writing and music will also be explored.

6.9	Appendix 1 outlines current proposals in relation to the potential for community arts projects across our sites, with timescales for their development.  This includes sites which may host an artist in residence as part of the North West Arts Board Year of the Artist programme.  An application has been made for the HAT to host up to 5 artist in residencies between June 2000 and May 2001.

6.10	Appendix 2 outlines two pilot projects to be developed during 1999/2000, including a major collaboration project with FACT: SuperChannel - The Tower Block.

7.0	Public Art

7.1	A Public Art programme for Liverpool HAT needs to be selective, imaginative, embracing of our development programme and, above all, ambitious.

7.2 	The HAT is not in a 	financial position to incorporate major pieces of public art on all our development sites, however desirable this may be.  Instead we need to be selective when determining which sites we chose to incorporate such projects, but committed to leaving behind a number of high profile works at the same time.

7.3 	In terms of Public art, different criteria come into play in defining such projects. These are:

		to support the development of the best public art in the city through engaging both national and international artists where appropriate.
		to ensure integration with the HAT’s housing developments and the work of their architects, contributing to an improved environment and a more desirable place in which HAT tenants live.  It is essential that the scope for public art is identified at an early stage, to ensure that it forms an integral part of, and influences, the projects design and the work of the HAT’s architects.
	within the constraints of European procurement law, and the need to achieve best quality, to actively encourage and support locally based artists and creative industries in the work of Liverpool HAT
		to unlock innovative approaches to funding specific projects, and encourage outside investment in Liverpool.

	These projects will also include an element of tenant and public consultation, as defined at a neighbourhood level.  The HAT however should not shy away from incorporating works, and engaging with artists, where direct consultation and hands on involvement is not the determining factor behind the project.

7.4 	Discussions have already taken place internally with three sites identified, as a starting point, for the implementation of this work.  These are Coronation Court, Woolton and Sefton Park.  These sites have been determined by taking into account:-
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	their size, and current position in the HAT’s development programme
	the views of our tenants
	the opportunities to attract potential partners
		the impact such projects would have on our sites and within the wider neighbourhood

7.5	To help us develop our approach to the inclusion of public art within the HAT’s work we will appoint a public art consultant to drive forward this element of the policy.  The aim of the consultancy will be to:

	establish a framework for the development of public art across our identified sites. This will include a definition of public art within the HAT’s context and a strategy for the delivery of the programme	
	develop a ‘curatorial vision’ for the public art programme which will enhance the quality and ambition of the overall development programme.	
	advise on budget requirements for each site including an assessment of appropriate HAT contribution.	
	identify appropriate match funding arrangements for the delivery of specific commissions.	
	devise a development plan linked to the HAT’s physical development programme	
	advise on the most appropriate delivery mechanism for the public art programme including means of  management, co-ordination and review	
	develop appropriate guidelines for the development of artist contracts and advise on a strategy for the recruitment of artists.	

8.0	Arts Education and Involvement Programme

8.1	The Community Development team will promote the inclusion of HAT tenants in the wide range of art and cultural activities taking place within Liverpool, through education and involvement programme.  Our focus will be to: 

		maximise opportunities to support the re-integration of HAT communities within their wider neighbourhoods and the City Liverpool. 
	maximise partnerships with key Arts organisations within the city to promote the range of arts activities available including theatre, film, new technology, art, music and photography
	promote access for HAT tenants, and specifically older and disabled people,  to participate in the range of arts and cultural activities emerging throughout the city.
	encourage the development of a critical understanding of art and its processes.
	work towards challenging attitudes and encouraging participation in ‘difficult’ activities.	
	encourage partner RSL’s to play an active role in this programme.

8.2		To undertake this task we will;
	
		develop a database of, and links with, arts organisations operating within the city.
		actively liaise with the education and outreach co-ordinators	employed within the Galleries and Museums in Liverpool.
			explore the potential for developing educational activities for specific HAT sites with locally based arts organisations
		develop a quarterly newsletter to HAT tenants Associations which incorporates information on arts activities within the city.

8.3	As a starting point the Community Development team has:

		developed links with the Brouhaha International Street Theatre Festival, with two performances having been staged at Hetherlow Towers and Olive Mount Heights by an American Theatre company on August 1999.  Both events were very successful and helped to both promote Brouhaha to two distinct neighbourhoods across the city, as well as offering HAT tenants, many of whom are elderly and disabled, the opportunity to feel a part of a major cultural event in the city.
		developed a partnership with Liverpool Open Eye gallery.   In the first instance a HAT tenant photography group is being established to explore the issue of long-term archiving of HAT photographic material, and the potential to jointly curate an exhibition based on this material at the Open Eye gallery in the future.

9.	Financial Implications

9.1	It is envisaged that the Public Art consultancy work will take around 20 days.  A budget requirement of up to £12,000 for the consultancy can be met from the Community Development budget for 1999/2000.

9.2	In terms of a budget requirement for the Public Art programme, an initial estimate identifies each project as potentially costing up to £100,000.  The HAT will need to establish a budget of £50,000 per identified project, over the next 3 years, to be used as pump priming for this programme.

9.3	Funding of £9,925 for the FACT SuperChannel project and £4,050 for Childwall Community bench as outlined in Appendix 2 can be met from the Community Services budget for 1999 / 2000.

9.4	In terms of developing a community art programme across HAT sites, a budget of £15,000 per year, over the next 3 years will enable suitable projects to be delivered.

Appendix 2

Community Arts Pilot Projects

1.1	SuperChannel:  The Tower Block

1.1.1	This project , a collaboration between Liverpool HAT and FACT, will create a new technology commission to be based at Coronation Court and to be premiered as part of the Video Positive festival ‘The Other Side of Zero’ during March-April 2000.  The final project will have an on site manifestation at Coronation Court as well as a gallery based manifestation at the Bluecoat Gallery.  The work will have a permanent siting on and be capable of distribution via the Internet.  It will also be linked to the HAT web site.

1.2	FACT Background

1.2.1	FACT, the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, is Britain’s principal electronic arts agency, specialising in the development, support and commissioning of moving image art and media.

	FACT has:

	established the first international festival of video and electronic in Britain, Video Positive
	developed a national exhibition support service for artists and exhibitors, MITES
	developed innovative participatory projects between artists and communities of people or interest - The Collaboration Programme.

1.3	Fact and the Collaboration Programme

1.3.1	For the past ten years, FACT’s Collaboration Programme has brought together artists and “community and education” groups to produce new technology artwork.  Each project has created a situation in which groups can collectively generate and express ideas, thus developing social and critical skills, and contributed to community development through capacity-building.  The Collaboration Programme has generated more than 60 projects involving more than 400 people ranging from single screen work to sophisticated interactive installations Internet projects and large scale out-door projections.

1.4.	The HAT Context

1.4.1	Due to its economic decline and loss of population.  Merseyside has a significantly higher than average proportion of elderly people - over 27% compared with 18% nationally (source Age Concern).  Elderly people living in social housing, especially those living on peripheral housing estates, are particularly likely to experience exclusion from mainstream cultural and social activity.

1.4.2  	60% of those living in Liverpool’s social housing are elderly people, most in relatively isolated tower blocks scattered on the outer edges of the city.  Because of their age, and other financial and geographical barriers, few have access to the cultural and educational amenities offered by the city centre. 

1.4.3	Despite the growth of new information and communication technologies, there have been remarkably few innovative or creative projects that exploit the potential of these technologies to address the isolation and access problems that may older people experience.  

1.5.	Pilot Project: SuperChannel - The Tower Block

1.5.1	In response to this context, FACT’s Collaboration Programme will initiate a long-term partnership with Liverpool HAT to develop projects that will enable its residents to access and use new technologies in a pro-active creative way. 

1.5.2.	Coronation Court, Liverpool’s oldest tower block, has been identified as the site for a pilot project.  Its first tenants took up residence in 1956 and many are still living there.  More than 70% of its tenant are aged over 60 and 43% are over 70.  Ten floors high, with some 114 dwellings accessed by labyrinthine corridors and stairwells, Coronation Court is an idiosyncratic design, inspiring strong feelings.  Although it is considered by some to be ugly, cumbersome and inaccessible, sited some eight miles from the city centre, most of its residents are passionate about their home.

1.5.3	FACT have invited Superflex, a collaboration of three Danish artists, to undertake a residency at Coronation Court to make a new participatory media project.  SuperChannel - The Tower Block.  Their previous work can be viewed at their website http:// www.superflex.dk/.  The commission will be managed by FACT’s Collaboration Manager and the HAT’s Community Development Manager.  HAT tenants from Coronation Court have been involved in the selection of Superflex.

1.5.4	SuperChannel will be a live TV channel on the Internet, broadcasting from a studio based at Coronation Court.  Superflex have developed software which allows video (live or taped) and sound to be sent at the same time as a live text / chat function. The on-line public can interact with the producers / tenants via a newly developed real-time chat function.  This interaction will allow producers and public to exchange ideas.

1.5.5	The key aims of the commission are:	

	the involvement of tenants from Coronation Court in the making of the piece.  This may take the form of participation in performance elements, contribution to research, or direct involvement in directing the projects focus
	to introduce tenants and HAT staff to new creative technology and it’s use within the arts field
	to encourage the development of a critical understanding of art and it’s processes amongst HAT tenants and staff.
	to promote the inclusion of tenants of Liverpool HAT, and particularly those at Coronation Court, in a major art exhibition within the City, Video Positive.
	to introduce artists with an international reputation to our communities.
	to explore the potential for SuperChannel to become a focal point for community identity during the period tenants at Coronation Court are decanted

1.5.6	During the residency element of the project, the artists will:

		research and consult with Coronation Court tenants on developing the design and technology for the on-site Internet TV studio, and the on-line interface of the channel.
		collaboratively develop content for broadcasts with Coronation Court tenants, developed through meetings, discussions and workshops.  Intended to stimulate ideas for content of broadcast, this will involve discussion around memories and stories related to their histories, aspirations and lived experiences.
		train tenants to use the SuperChannel system.  Future use of the SuperChannel will be supported on an ongoing basis by the Community Development Officer, and FACT, and by the involvement of local artists invited to undertake production workshops over the life of the project (envisaged as the next 2 - 3 years)
		collaboratively develop the exhibition space at the Bluecoat Gallery with tenants at Coronation Court.  This is envisaged to look like the interior of a tower block flat, with photographic images of Coronation Court as part of the design.

1.5.7	The studio / channel itself will function as a meeting point for tenants, who, should they wish, can produce material for broadcast 24 hours per day.  All broadcasts will be saved in an on-line archive, so that participants and the wider public will always be able to review previous broadcasts and chart the development of the SuperChannel.

1.6.	Promotion

1.6.1	A promotion strategy for the project will target local elderly people, local people within Liverpool, elder people world-wide, via the web and community development organisations.

1.6.2	The project will also be promoted to arts audiences via an exhibition at the Bluecoat Gallery as part of the Video Positive Festival in March and April 2000

1.7.		Outcomes

1.7.1	SuperChannel will:

	engage the residents of Coronation Court in a creative activity, generating a momentum for community development within the block 
	create visibility for the residents via the Internet
	stimulate two way dialogues between participants from the block and on-line participants globally
	establish a model which can be developed into a longer term, city-wide project.

1.7.2	The project is also crucial to the long term development of the Collaboration Programme, because:

	it initiates a new partnership between FACT and the HAT which will pilot a means of collaborative working, enabling new projects to be developed and new funding sources to be unlocked.  It will also promote awareness and understanding the potential of new media artwork as a social tool within the HAT.
	it establishes an innovative and sustainable model for working with a group of people who are culturally stereotyped, and whom it can be difficult to reach.

1.8.	Evaluation and Dissemination

1.8.1	The project will be evaluated through;

	facilitated discussion with participants and partner organisations at the end of the project
	an advisory group of cultural practitioners, development workers and community members who will be invited to comment constructively about the process and its outcomes.
	the website itself - providing opportunity for ongoing on-line response and feedback.  By its very nature, as a web-based project, the SuperChannel will be globally disseminated.  

1.9	Future Development

1.9.1		After its initial set up, the maintenance and development of SuperChannel can be built into ongoing programmes of work for FACT and the HAT at relatively low cost.  However, the project will also be a pilot for larger scale, longer term collaboration between FACT and the HAT.  

1.9.2.	The HAT, together with project partners and participants, hope to learn a great deal from this model of working, building upon the experience to seek other larger scale grants for an extension of the project (perhaps connecting Liverpool’s remaining tower blocks to the SuperChannel and exploiting the inter-generational potential of the project).  In the first instance funding will be sought from the Adult and Community Learning Fund.

1.10	Timetable
		
October - December	Project development meeting with resident	
		
January 2000	Preliminary Internet awareness workshops 	
	Software development	
	Artists residency period; research and development	
		
Feb.-March 2000	Artists residency period: installation, production and implementation.
	
March - April 2000	Project development, workshops and broadcasting

March - May 2000	Exhibition as part of Videopositive 2000	

1.11.	Budget

	Fees and expenses
	research and development costs				£  2,200
	photography and video					£     500
	artists fees : superflex					£  6,500
	artists subsistence (£25 x 3 x 20 days)			£  1,500
	artists travel							£  1,500
	artist facilitator (£75 x 8 days)				£     500
	
	Equipment
	encoder computer min 3000 mhz 				£  2,200
	camera							£     800
	2 channel sound mixer					£     400
	microphone							£     300
	studio design / furniture (Bluecoat)			£  1,500

	Technical
	technical support, software and hosting			£  5,000
	internet service provision					£  1,000

	Public access and distribution
	promotional material					£  5,000
	Bluecoat exhibition						£  1,000

	Total Expenditure						£25,700

	Income
	Arts Council of England					£  5,000
	Northern Rock Foundation					£  4,000
	Danish Contemporary Art Foundation			£  6,000
	HAT Funding							£  9,925

	Total Income						£25,700

	The HAT funding of £9,925 can be met from the Community Services budget for 1999 / 2000.  Computer equipment required has already been provided to Coronation Court Tenants Association.

2.0	CHILDWALL  COMMUNITY BENCH

2.1	Background

	Tenants from the Childwall site have been engaged in a range of arts activities over the past 3 years, running art and pottery classes from their community rooms within the blocks.  The new community centre being built at Childwall is going to have a focus on arts and pottery activities with support coming from Liverpool City Council Adult Education Service.
	
	Tenants are keen to develop a bench, to be sited in the grounds of the Extra Care Scheme, which incorporates images related to the history of the site and the views of tenants.

2.2	The Artist

	Sharon Marsden is a freelance artist, with experience in creating works with community groups from recycled materials, particularly in slate, stone and copper.  Sharon’s work involves extensive research amongst the community, and actively engages communities ‘in a hands on way’ in the production process.  Sharon is also on an approved list of trainers having undertaken work with Burton Manor College and Liverpool City Council Adult Education Service.

2.3	The Proposal

	Sharon will work from flat 181 Childwall Heights, currently a community room, to create a bench. The bench will be functional, but will also incorporate images, feelings words and contributions from the tenants. Sharon will use, wherever possible, recycled materials from the tower blocks.  Funding for the project, up to a maximum of £4,050 will be met from the Community Development budget for 1999/2000.

		Sharon will incorporate a minimum of 15 days full consultation with tenants, through open access at the temporary studio at 179 Childwall Heights.  The bench will be completed by March 2000