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Solid Ground

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Award-winning, creative placemaking, place activation & property marketing agency who specialise in #BuildingCommunities - #Manchester #Midlands #UK

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✨ One week ago, we celebrated the launch of Salford Creatives with a fantastic sold-out event, bringing together creatives, cultural organisations and partners from across the city.

We heard speeches from @salford_mayor , @cllrrobinsonsmith and @jarviski_ from @aceagrams, alongside an inspiring performance from @thirstypoet to mark National Poetry Day.

It was a brilliant evening of connection and celebration, shining a light on Salford’s creative community and sharing everything the new platform has to offer.

Salford Creatives is now live! 🥳 If you haven’t explored it yet, now’s the time. The platform brings together creative profiles, opportunities and resources, making it easier to showcase your work, discover new opportunities and connect with others.

Visit the platform and become part of Salford’s growing creative network. 💫

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#SalfordCreatives #SalfordCulture #CreativeCommunity #Salford #JointheRabble

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Funded by UK Government. taken in New Bailey by @_solidground

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What an eventful Summer for Solid Ground...

Over the past few months, our team has delivered fantastic events and activations across the country, bringing places to life and creating new reasons for people to come together.

In Manchester, we launched St Catherine’s Wood for FEC and Manchester City Council, welcoming hundreds of people to explore the city’s newest green space.

At Crescent Salford we celebrated #Salford100 through the @theuntoldhistory_ Heritage Trail and some exciting large scale Murals, whilst in @new_bailey we had a programme of events from art classes and photography tours to Bike Workshops and street food from Bite Street Food.

In Chester, @carriageshed hosted a packed programme including Day Fever, Mid Century Markets and the popular Artisan Market. We also delivered several activations at Chester Northgate, including the Pooches of Pride Parade.

In Skelmersdale town centre, we delivered two new events for Tawd Valley Developments Limited, bringing more activity into the heart of the town.

In Wolverhampton, we worked with ECF and High Vis Festival to launch Smithgate Social, bringing live street art, breakdancing, music, food and family activities to Old Market Square.

And in London, @courageyard hosted the East Asian Bakery Festival and our Pride Love Trail.

A huge thank you to our brilliant team, clients, partners, artists, traders and suppliers who helped us make it all happen.

Looking forward to Autumn activity and the lead up to Christmas now.... by @_solidground

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Have you noticed the Old Police Station on Crescent has had a makeover? 🎨

Thanks to brilliant local artists @mikesian.studio the landmark building in the middle of our estate has a whole new look.
It was co-commissioned by Crescent Culture Collective and the wider Crescent partners including University of Salford, as part of the Salford 100 celebrations🥳

Lindsay Taylor head of the Art Collection says “At the University of Salford we feel it’s really important we provide opportunities for local artists. We love the new work which is a deliberate statement of intent about culture and creativity being at the heart of the Crescent community.”

See if you can spot it when you’re passing our Peel Park campus – opposite our big red Salford sign♥️

#Salford100 #Salford taken in The University of Salford by @_solidground

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Wow - we did see a lot of events from the Solid Ground team as we sprung from April into May ☀️

Lovely to see @chesternorthgate alive with activity from @brio_leisure, @polestarcars and @popinachester opening!

Staying in #Chester we had some incredible events with @mamboibiza @therealgokwan thanks to @new_vision_events and great markets from @chester_food_and_craft_market and @midcenturymarkets at @carriageshed

In #Salford the @airspacemusic event at @new_bailey saw the railway arch transformed and the @theuntoldhistory_ #salford100 trail went live. Whilst our Founder attended a round table from @insiderbusinessnews at the Eden building.

@northspringoffice’s Sip and Social Rooftop events were a huge hit in #Manchester and #Birmingham the next one is in Leeds to coincide with @ukreiif later this month.

Our lovely team got to volunteer at @manchesterandcheshiredogshome for the day! 🐾

Sunny days in Shad Thames too! ☀️ by @_solidground

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Yesterday we delivered a workshop at @salfordyouthzone to young people aged 8-12 to find out what they would like to see happening at @crescentsalford #salfordrise taken in City of Salford by @_solidground

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❤️ Love was truly in the air this February - take a look at our round up of activity from last month ❤️

Ella completed her first shift at #CarriageShed during the Valentine’s Special Chester Craft Market, such a great market. Meanwhile at #StockportExchange, ECHO PR marked World Kindness Day with live music and coffee for commuters. With Manchester Piccadilly closed that whole week, the station was busier than usual and this great gesture was very well received 👏

Valentine’s Day made a feature across many of our campaigns - at #NewBailey we launched Love Letters, placing gift vouchers (for 2) across the city centre for people to discover. At the same time, a rather besotted office from #Northspring sent Valentine’s cards to selected businesses across #Manchester (IYKYK) 😅.

Taylor and Ella got a sneak preview of the newly furnished and fitted suite at Eden at New Bailey, we launched the South at Cheadle Royal website and the team started filming at 52 Princess Street as part of newly instructed marketing activity.

We attended the Salford100 launch at Salford Museum & Art Gallery and carried out a full site visit for the Untold History Centenary Trail up at Crescent Salford (deadline for entries 9 March!) We also received some fantastic entries for the Old Police HQ art installation - watch this space for more on that over the next month or so...

Some of the team headed to the Creative Industries Council mixer at Aviva Studios whilst others spent a very enjoyable evening filming a baking session at The Big Bakes 🎂👨‍🍳

We went a little bit viral on TikTok when little Chip attended Picturehouse’s dog friendly screening of Wuthering Heights at Chester Northgate 🐾 and with Hector making a guest appearance in the office too - we’ve been inundated with cute doggos.

Finally, Poppy Keegan came to the office for work experience throughout Feb! A huge help to the team 👏 taken in United Kingdom by @_solidground

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📣CALLING ALL SALFORD ARTISTS 📣

We are looking for Salford-based artists to create a bold new mural on the former Mark Addy building at New Bailey.

This is an exciting opportunity to transform a highly visible space into a striking piece of public artwork that celebrates local creativity.

The mural should reflect New Bailey’s character, community and context while still allowing your creative freedom.

All styles are welcome, illustrative, abstract or typographic with a strong storytelling element.

Deadline For entries: Sunday 15th March. taken in New Bailey by @_solidground

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We couldn’t resist jumping on this! Meet the Solid Grounders when they were small! #meettheteam by @_solidground

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What an amazing start to 2026 🤩 January was a whirlwind

We were delighted to start work on marketing South at Cheadle Royal including a great content day filming this stunning building last week.

In Chester, we launched the first @chesternorthgate Northgate retailer meeting, thank you to Alf and the team at Picturehouse for hosting and to everyone who joined us. We also presented our progress and plan for the year to local Chester Councillors.

We delivered a wellness morning at @northspringoffice for Manchester property agents, featuring a sound bath, crystal harp and super healthy açaí bowls.

To launch @theuntoldhistory_ #Salford100 trail at Crescent Salford we spoke at the Local History Forum at the Museum and Art Gallery – thank you to Paul Sherlock for giving us some time ahead of his fascinating talk on the evolution of Salford as a city.

Elsewhere, we presented meanwhileuse concepts to the Skelmersdale Youth Forum, attended Viritopia’s Planet100 event at Eden, worked with the team at Shiruku in @new_bailey Bailey to launch their new lunch menu. Filmed @courageyard’s Home of the Month in London (we also go to try incredible food from Pont de la Tour to promote their Valentine’s offer and had a brilliant meeting planning events for 2026).

The month was rounded off with some great team news - two promotions - a huge congratulations to Ffion Williams and Ella Armitage 👏👏 very well deserved.

Bring on February! taken in United Kingdom by @_solidground

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This month has seen us celebrate with the team, deliver a whole host of wonderful Christmas events - raise money and collect donations for fantastic Charities from across the UK and spread festive cheer all around! 🎅🎄🤩🎶

Wishing you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas, from all of the Solid Ground team! ❤️ taken in United Kingdom by @_solidground

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