News

More than £100 million has been awarded to hundreds of cultural organisations across the country including Smithdown Social Club in the latest round of support from the Culture Recovery Fund, the Culture Secretary announced on November 19th.  Smithdown Social Club

Smithdown Social Club in Liverpool has received the grant from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover and reopen. Smithdown Social Club is among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of

Smithdown Social Club has developed ‘Gallery 455’ on Smithdown Road as part of a legacy of support for local artists in Liverpool. It is a continuation of the community art concept developed by Paul Tsanos at former Naked Lunch café

As part of the new strategy to develop a digital platform for creative arts, Smithdown Social Club are currently recording live music sessions with local artists to create a series of music recordings titled ‘Smithdown Social Sessions’. Smithdown Social Club

Smithdown Social Club, a local Liverpool creative arts venue is launching ‘Music Minds’, a programme for musicians who could benefit from mental health support. The Music Minds programme will support musicians by providing funding to improve mental health conditions such as

Due to the extended closure caused by Covid-19 restrictions, Smithdown Social Club will develop a digital platform to give artists an alternative platform to practice their art. The various lockdown restrictions since March 2020 led to a pivot in the creative

Smithdown Social Club has announced it will publish a community poetry book as part of its Arts Council of England funding to support creative arts. A call for submissions went out today to commission local poets to showcase their work

Smithdown Social Club has developed five programmes for creatives in the community as part of the Cultural Recovery Grant received from Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in October 2020. With the closure of the venue due to Covid-19

The Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has awarded Smithdown Social Club the Cultural Recovery Fund which will ensure it can rebuild and recover from the damaging financial effects of Covid-19 restrictions. Smithdown Social Club applied for the funding with

Smithdown Social Club has been awarded the Emergency Grassroots Music Venue Fund from Arts Council of England. This funding will ensure Smithdown Social Club can prevent insolvency due to Covid-19 restrictions. The fund was set up to prevent grassroots music venues