Profile
Policy and Aims
Review
Partnerships
Future Aims
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SWAG - What Is It ?
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Sunny Worthing Arts Group is an autonomous
and constituted voluntary Arts organisation
with a steering committee and subscribed open membership,
formed in July 2001 and officially launched in December 2001 at
Worthing Town Hall with support of Worthing Borough Councillors and the Mayor,
Councillor Valerie Sutton.
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BACKGROUND
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In July 2001, Worthing performers and artists created their own Fringe festival
to provide a grassroots and community-based alternative to the
Worthing International Arts Festival with a diverse programme of music,
visual and performing arts. SWAG was formed as a result of
the positive public response, which strongly indicated a demand for
community "grass roots" arts events. Cllr Tim Dice, Executive Member for Culture
and Leisure Sevices at the time, was a strong lobbying voice and supporter
of SWAG's aims and initiatives.
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Reproduced by kind permission of the Worthing Herald
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Sunny Worthing Arts Group