Decision details

The grant will contribute towards the Light Windows Trail for

Cheriton Light Festival 2020 supporting the main project coordination to

market, manage liaisons between the artist and residents, and arrange

installation. This project works involves participation with residents from

fifty homes to create a bespoke artwork and install it in the front window

of their home. This will create a trail that will encourage conversations,

social media activity, visitor out walking to see all of the windows and an

event map that includes all of the houses displaying images, which will

be lit with an led lighting system. Strange Cargo will plan, coordinate,

resource, install.

To provide funding of £1000 to the above project.

Reason for decision:

Kent based People United will continue to measure responses to Cheriton Light Festival for Strange Cargo since it began. Feedback has revealed:

•96% thought it had been very successful and would want to be involved in future events.

•37% of people had not been to a similar event before

•The “community coming together” at the event presented an exceptionally high value in response to a question “What did you like best about the event”?