Working with a cross-section of the Cockermouth community, Kirkgate Arts and Heritage will gather a group of people to help put together a performance and display to explore what freedom means to each of us, individually and together.

Working with participants from The Kirkgate Centre’s Open Mic sessions and Poetry Evening and their Heritage Group volunteers, and local community groups including the English Café, Cockermouth Linking Lives, Andy’s Mans Club, the RAF Association, and local schools, they will run a series of workshops for people to explore the theme of the project and develop their ideas for a performance piece which will be performed by community members (drawing on the strong community choirs, music and drama groups in the town) at The Kirkgate Centre and at the Cockermouth Christmas Lights Switch On in November 2025.