WVRF aims to connect communities, inspire and support creativity, and to interpret and celebrate our outstanding landscape. This includes working with partners to make arts accessible for all, embedding new skills that support individuals on their personal creative journeys, whilst fostering a deep appreciation of the environment.

To extend the range of the festival’s creative connections we began our Creative Community Champions (CCC) programme in 2022. This allowed us to employ artists who worked creatively across the area.

Our CCC’s seek to develop projects with local communities building confidence, ambition, and skills. Their collaborations feature in the festival and build lasting networks and partnerships that continue to enable the development of a year-round WVRF creative programme.

Check out our previous Creative Community Champion’s, 2022 and 2024, and their WVRF projects.