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Popped into Newcastle University Business of Culture event discussing new business models in museums and culture and the tensions and trade offs around commercial activity that sometimes occur.

Looking forward to today's Convention of the North in Manchester. 🗣️ Political, business and community leaders across the North are speaking with one voice - and we cannot be ignored. Here's Andy Burnham with a snippet of what we're asking 👇 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We’re here at Convention of the North! Last week we kickstarted the debate on good devolution at our Devo 3.0 symposium - ending the begging bowl culture and having real powers deliver growth and get on with transforming the north. Follow this thread to hear to from speakers

Jessica Koravos OVG at #conventionofthenorth @The_NP11 says Northern #Culture is a key reason to invest in the #North

"Culture is an industry ... It's about regeneration, skills, training, opportunity" Tracy Brabin WY 🌹 #conventionofthenorth @The_NP11

Great to see Onward launch a report on the importance of safeguarding Northern Football and the strong role it plays in uniting our communities. We know that sport is a crucial part of our northern culture, long live the beautiful game! ⚽️ ukonward.com/reports/open-g…

The North’s political and business leaders, inc 5 Northern Metro Mayors will be descending on Liverpool later this month for the Northern Transport Summit! Andy Burnham @MayorJD Steve Rotheram Tracy Brabin WY 🌹 You will NOT want to miss this! Tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-northern…

This is a wonderful anecdote of the soft power of culture in the North - and why more needs to be done to nurture it. From @JohnMcTernan's review of The North will Rise Again by Alex Niven:

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🚨ANNOUNCEMENT: The Secretary of State for Transport is speaking at the Northern Transport Summit! You won't want to miss this - get your ticket: eventbrite.co.uk/e/306631261357

Just over one week left! It's not too late to get on board... grab your tickets with the link below for #NTS2023 . We'll host the North's business and political leaders to shape the debate on how the North can go further, faster & greener for transport.🚅 eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-northern…

Welcome news that £60 million will be distributed to cultural institutions outside of London. Securing flagship funding and resource for #culture was a key recommendation of our Case for Culture Report Professor Katy Shaw Department for Culture, Media and Sport Rt Hon Michelle Donelan inews.co.uk/uncategorized/…

A Question of Sport... Tune to our APPG evidence session next week, hearing from Sir Howard Bernstein, John Dutton, & Yvonne Harrison from Women in Football ⚽️🏉🤸‍♀️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/northern-cul…

We’re about to kick off! We will also have Levelling-Up Committee chair Clive Betts joining us! If you would like to tune in, email us at [email protected] if you haven’t signed up yet and would like the zoom link.

"Football is a part of cultural DNA of North’s Towns and cities...Certain sports reflect characteristics of communities and helps to break down barriers, support cohesion and people connecting from different cultures." - Yvonne Harrison, CEO, Women in Football

Good to be part of the Northern Culture APPG Evidence Session today exploring ‘A question of sport: An Inquiry into the cultural value of sport to the North’s towns, cities & communities’. Lots of examples of ways sport can support sense of identity, belonging, heritage & place.

"The importance of football for people cannot be overstated. It provides a sense of togetherness, ownership and belonging." - Clive Betts MP, Chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee and Chair of the Football APPG.

"Government can help by directing levelling up funds towards those clubs doing good things in their communities." Ken Knott, Non-Executive Chairman, Stockport County Stockport County

A massive thank you to our Chair @JamesDalyMP and all our guests in this session and the previous two we have held. We will be launching the report with the findings from these inquiries of the cultural value of sport with The University of Sheffield in the coming months, so keep an eye out!

⚽️🎭 This morning it was great to chair a session of the ongoing inquiry into the cultural value of sport to the North’s cities, towns and communities. 💬 Lots of brilliant speakers submitting evidence and I look forward to presenting the results of the inquiry soon. Northern Culture APPG