Southern Culture
Did You Know?
Pigs
George Orwell, as well as having gone to school in Eastbourne, also wrote 'Animal Farm' based on Chalk Farm in nearby Willingdon. The Red Lion pub mentioned several times in the book remains much as it was then, just a couple of hundred yards away.
London 2012: Culture and Communities
Sub Group 4: Culture and Communities
Lead: Arts Council England, South East and Government Office for the South East
Contact; Sue Heywood, Culture and Volunteering Policy Officer
Safer and Stronger Communities Directorate
Government Office for the South East
Bridge House
1 Walnut Tree Close
Guildford
Surrey
GU1 4GA
sue.heywood@gose.gsi.gov.uk
Plans include playing a full part in the four year Cultural Olympiad, encouraging social inclusion and increased opportunities for disabled people, engaging young people across the region with the world by giving young people the opportunity to compete, create or collaborate, increasing healthy living and wellbeing, focusing on volunteering and improving the public realm and sense of welcome.