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Social Gallery is a community interest company dedicated to improving lives through creative projects including exhibitions, books and films.

26/03/2026

I’m really pleased to be leading a series of guided walks in Leicester this year, inspired by my books High Flying Around and Mods: Two City Connection, as well as the Mods: Shaping a Generation exhibition held at Leicester Museum & Art Gallery in 2019.

These walks explore Leicester’s Mod scene and wider youth culture, uncovering the places, people and stories that helped define a generation, from clothes and scooters to the music, venues and energy that shaped the city’s identity in the 1960s.

Whether you remember it first-hand or are discovering it for the first time, it’s a chance to experience this part of Leicester’s history in a new way, right where it happened.

The Mods are up first - click the link below for bookings:
https://www.leicestermuseums.org/WeAreTheMods

10/03/2026

Dig into Leicester’s past, present and future at our Celebration of Heritage 2026.

Join us on Saturday 21 March for a free, family-friendly day at the University of Leicester. Explore the campus, meet our students and staff, try hands-on activities (including an archaeological dig pit!), and discover research shaping life today and tomorrow.

With 50+ local organisations, a brand-new University Heritage Discovery Zone, and the final day of Literary Leicester, there’s something for every age and curiosity.

25/01/2026

Last Tuesday, in partnership with BrightSparks Arts we held a launch event at the Leicester's new Creative Health and Heritage Centre at Glenfield Hospital for The Present Tense Project.

The project worked with participants attending the weekly ArtsCafe Sessions at The Bradgate Mental Health Unit, between November '25 and January '26, using creativity and art to explore the changing attitudes to mental health between the 1980s/1990s and now.

The artwork created was presented on pop-up banners so the exhibition can tour to different venues in the future.

It was also an opportunity for guests to explore the amazing collection of historical hospital and health-related artefacts that the centre holds.

hashtag and follow the development of the Creative Health and Heritage Centre over the next couple of years, as a space for health, heritage and creativity!

The exhibition is open on Friday 30/1/26, 6/2/26, and 13/2/26 - 10-4pm. The Creative Health and Heritage Centre is situated on the Glenfield Hospital site 'behind the Mansion House' - What3Words is allow.closer.method

The project was made possible through funding by and Cultural Ambition Fund.

Joe Nixon Christina Wigmore

05/01/2026

Social Gallery has been working with BrightSparks Arts and participants who attend the Bradgate Mental Health Unit's weekly ArtsCafe sessions, to create the Present Tense pop-up exhibition. The artwork they have created compares changing attitudes to mental health between the 80/90s and now through art and creative expression.

The project has kindly been funded by Cultural Ambition Fund.

We have a public open launch event (with refreshments) on Tuesday 20th January '26, 2-3pm, at the newly opened Creative Health and Heritage Centre within the Glenfield Hospital grounds.

All welcome, please rsvp to [email protected] if you would like to attend.

Directions and parking/travel info will be shared with attendees nearer to the date.

The exhibition is open on four Fridays after the launch event on 23, 30 Jan & 6 & 13 feb 10-4pm.

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LCB Depot
Leicester
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http://www.socialgallery.co.uk/

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