Pennysound Bergslagen

The goal of the project is to set up a studio and establish activities for young people in Bergslagen.

 

About the project

The purpose of the Pennysound Bergslagen project is to establish a new leisure and cultural activity for young people. Through the project, we can give more young people access to meaningful leisure time in a safe and inclusive environment while renewing and broadening the municipality's regular cultural offerings through new forms of cultural practice.

The goal is to prepare a studio and to establish activities for young people in Bergslagen.

The activities in the project are to 

Setting up the studio for digital music production that can accommodate 50 participants per week where circle leaders can run study circles. 

Establish leisure and cultural activities for young people.

Conduct workshops

Receive study visits

Recruit circle leaders and start study circles

Conduct skills development sessions on association knowledge.

 

Pennysound Bergslagen

”In our meeting with young people, we have identified a great need
of more arenas for digital music production and songwriting, especially in hip-hop and R&B which is one of the world's
biggest music genre.”

About the project

Project period
2024

Project owner
Student Association Adult School

Project Manager
Linda Nors
linda.nors@sv.se

Web and social media
Website

Decision justification

The LAG board has chosen to prioritize the Pennysound Bergslagen project with approval as it will in its entirety lead to goal achievement according to the local development strategy.

The LAG board believes that the project is a good way to promote the inclusion of young people with different socio-economic backgrounds, gender, ethnicity and functional variation. 

About financing

Total budget
SEK 945,426

Financing from Leader
100 %

Nonprofit resources
SEK 189,419

Leader support consists of funding from the EU, the state and Leader Bergslagen.

Incoming EU funds have been granted from:
Rural Development Fund