PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 27/08/04
READ, LOOK AND LISTEN TO THE FENS
www.viewpointfenland.co.uk
Web site goes live 15 September 2004


VIEWPOINT has brought together 12 community groups to celebrate life in Fenland. Local communities continue to work together on VIEWPOINT to develop a sense of place and civic pride. Even the most tentative participants gathered form 12 community groups across Fenland quickly discovered hidden creative talents in writing and diverse artforms.

This innovative project has been funded and supported by English Heritage, Arts Council of England and Fenland District Council.

Participating groups include: Teenage Parents and Toddlers group, part of the Ormiston Trust, March; Voluntary staff at Octavia Hill Birthplace Museum, Wisbech; Young Carers Group, March; Lionel Walden School, March; Peckover Primary School, Wisbech; Savage Artists group, Chatteris; Angles Theatre group, Wisbech; Bowthorpe Writers, Wisbech; and a travellers group.
Josephine Battle from Peckover Primary School wrote text poems about life in rural Fenland: