Our Patch
Inviting the people of Bradford to learn skills, make connections and unleash their inner artist with our free community creativity programme.
About Our Patch
Since 2024, we’ve been working with communities and artists across every district of Bradford, delivering over 140 creative projects so far. Together, we’ve helped people learn new skills, make meaningful connections and discover their inner artist through our free community creativity programme.
Our Patch is a major creative programme for the people of Bradford, celebrating over a year of activity and now looking ahead with excitement to what lies beyond 2025. Since launching in 2024, more than 140 creative projects have taken place, bringing people together to learn skills, make connections, and experience the joy of taking part in art.
We continue to invite community groups across the district to join us in shaping Our Patch workshops, activities and events. No previous experience is needed, and everything remains completely free.
Upcoming Our Patch events
Explore Our Patch events coming soon
Our Patch is led by the Our Patch Producers – inspirational local people who are passionate about arts, communities and Bradford. Working alongside artists, makers, performers and creators, they help spark activity on their patch and bring people together through creativity, with activity continuing beyond 2025.
From painting to poetry, singing to cooking, dancing to drystone walling, Our Patch celebrates the full spectrum of Bradford’s creativity. Activities are shaped with local people and take place in community halls, libraries, faith-led venues and social hubs across the five constituencies: Bradford East, Bradford South, Bradford West, Keighley & Ilkley and Shipley. Together, communities are learning new skills, building confidence and forging meaningful connections through culture.
Public events are listed on our What’s On page – and you can check back regularly to discover what’s been happening in the Stories section of our website.
This is Our Patch: shaped by communities, inspired by Bradford.
Our Patch is funded by The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation and The National Lottery Community Fund. We extend our thanks to all players of the National Lottery.
Some of our past Our Patch events
16 Jan 2025
DRAW a Mini Portrait
Local artists Nicola and Dan ran this workshop to draw a portrait on a mini canvas.
16 Jan 2025
DRAW Coffee Morning
We beat the January blues with artist Emily Parkin in Holme Wood.
16 Jan 2025
Discover the joy of creative drawing
Duncan Burnett shared tips and tricks to improve our drawing skills.
16 Jan 2025
DRAW like Hockney
In this workshop we used colour and expressive marks to draw our own Hockney inspired landscapes.
24 Apr 2025
Repair Patch workshop
Duncan Burnett and Samina Ali
Textile repair pop up. Let’s thread this community together, one stitch at a time!
28 May 2025
Urdu Shurdu Poetry Group
Rubina Akram supported by Kauser Mukhtar Creative Practitioner
We shared the love of Urdu poetry and improved our literacy skills.
29 May 2025
Repair Popup
Duncan Burnett
A session where people could swap, stitch & repair!
2 Jun 2025
Creative Play for Under-5s
Families got crafty in Bowling Park at this special session for under-5s and their grown-ups.
10 Jun - 1 Jul 2025
The Blank Page Club
This was a series of storytelling & art workshops for everyone
12 Jun 2025
Sip and Paint
Creative Flare
Sip and Paint was a chance to chill, create, and connect with friends.
Our Patch stories
Find out more about the work Our Patch have been doing across Bradford.
Posted December 3, 2025
Denholme Mural Project
"It's lovely to see... Brightening the lives of us Denholmers"
Posted September 24, 2025
The Keighley Carrom Tournament
'It wasn’t just about the game. This tournament was about community.'
Meet the Team
Bradford 2025’s Our Patch Producers are working with community centres and organisations to bring people together, helping even more local events and activities become bigger and brighter.
Meet the team of creative people making art and bringing joy across our communities.
