The idea
Our cinema will straddle several distinct sectors, notably culture, art, leisure, entertainment, and media. It will sit alongside the arts, sometimes melding them all together as a form of high cultural endeavour. We want to build a cinema that is rooted in a community, with an individual identity within its own locale. Our local cinema will have an engaged audience which will be an effective vehicle for community support for local issues (public transport, environment, supporting local food and drink suppliers) and wider global issues (climate change, sustainability, democracy, pluralism, an openness to other points of view). We will address accessibility and loneliness, and host other events that are not necessarily to do with films, such as mother and baby clubs and poetry readings. We will endeavour to revive the power of the screen, to bring people together, working against loneliness and isolation, especially amongst older audiences.
What we'll deliver
- Local employment
- High end sound and visuals
- Weekly screenings of new and classic films
- Food and beverages from local suppliers
- Community art and social space
Why it's a great idea
Cinema and Culture:
Cinema straddles several distinct sectors, notably culture, art, leisure, entertainment, and media. In rural areas, the local cinema often offers the only cultural activity in a town, serving a vital role for all the people living there, including some minority groups.
Employment:
Cinemas offer a fulfilling and satisfying career for a person and make a substantial and wide-ranging contribution to the economy. With reviving the cinema, we will create at 3 – 5 roles that will boost the local economy and be a contribution to reducing the unemployment rate.
The economic, social and cultural value of cinemas to communities:
A local cinema with an engaged audience is an effective vehicle for community support for local issues and wider global ones. We will address accessibility and loneliness. Community-led cinemas are a perfect example of the power of the screen to bring people together, working against loneliness and isolation, especially amongst older audiences.
Steps to get it done
- Purchase 100 seats
- Employ 2 x duty managers
- Employ programmer and marketing personel
- Purchase projector
