Europe

Even after Brexit, the ties between the UK and Europe remain strong, rooted in shared history, culture, and collaboration. Inspired by the spirit of the Kensington Treaty, we aim to nurture friendship, dialogue, and creative exchange across borders. Through arts, literature, and cultural programmes, we explore what it means to be European today, celebrate diverse perspectives, and build bridges that connect communities, generations, and ideas for a shared, inclusive future.
  • Our European Network

    EUNIC

    We are proud to be partner of EUNIC, our network for our national institutes for culture.

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  • Forming cultural bridges between the UK and Germany

    Cultural Bridge

    The Cultural Bridge pilot programme is a pilot funding opportunity to advocate bilateral community arts collaboration with our partners.It aims to enable social change through the medium of diverse artforms and community arts practices. It promotes cross-border cooperation between the UK nations (Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, England) and German cultural institutions in various disciplines and participative methods.

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  • Eurolis

    EUROLIS is an association founded in 2002, bringing together library and information professionals from several European countries. It advocates the importance of libraries in an open society, promotes cultural diversity, and, through collaboration, enhances the visibility of European literature, languages and cultures, as well as strengthening professional networking in the United Kingdom.

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  • European Cultural Foundation

    Libraries for Europe

    Libraries are curated, public, safe spaces where people of all kinds of national, cultural backgrounds and ages meet. Libraries for Europe is an European Social Network that can fuel a culture of solidarity between individuals and communities, across differences, borders and nationalities.

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