After almost a year spent with the Creu Cyffro programme - delivered by Wellbeing Merthyr and funded by the UK Government via its Community Renewal Fund - our role on the evaluation has drawn to a close. Led by Drs Ellie Farmahan and Eva Elliott, of Straeon Research,...
As we approach International Women’s Day (March 8) today we will be celebrating inspiring Cockney women as part of the Modern Cockney Festival. The inspiring stories of working-class London women who overcome adversity to fight for social justice has largely been...
Wake up call to celebrate Cockney identity; or witness it be airbrushed out of history A wake-up call to Londoners and beyond - whether you were born within the inner London Cockney heartland or part of the Cockney Diaspora - to celebrate an identity than helps people...
Here’s how W.H. Davies in his ‘The Autobiography of a Super-tramp‘ written in 1908, describes Cockneys: “Cockneys make good beggars. They are held in high esteem by the fraternity in America. Their resource, originality and invention, and a never faltering...
Andy Green provides an update on an exciting project he's working on celebrating his East End of London Cockney roots and The Modern Cockney Festival. In September 2022 David Beckham received widespread accolades for joining the thousands of people to queue for 12...
Earlier this year the UK Government announced that £220 million from the Community Renewal Fund would be awarded to over 400 projects across the UK to prepare for the introduction of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. It contributes to the so-called ‘levelling up’ agenda...
