Staying local: reshaping our children’s home marketplace
- April 2025
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Liverpool City Council has long recognised its cultural and creative sector as the beating heart of the city.
Major event programming is central to cultural provision, and Liverpool is a global leader in this area. A crucial element of its success has been recognising the need for such programming to build on, and foster, the social partnerships which exist between cultural organisations, artists, social enterprises, and communities to deliver improved outcomes for citizens.
Never has this been more evident than in May 2023, when Liverpool won the opportunity to host the Eurovision Song Contest on behalf of Ukraine with a compelling, creative, empathetic and fun bid.
This wasn’t the City Council’s Eurovision, it was everyone’s – residents, schools, community groups, businesses and stakeholders were encouraged to grab this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and make the most of it.
EuroFestival was a two-week cultural festival featuring 24 brand new commissions – 19 of which were collaborations between UK and Ukrainian artists – with the majority of activities being free to ensure there was no monetary barrier to being part of this experience.
Solidarity Disco Banquet, copyright Liverpool City Council
Chris Steward
Senior Policy Officer
Liverpool City Council