Grant approved for Brave Bold Drama

A grant of £4,950 was awarded to Brave Bold Drama at the Finance and Governance Committee meeting that took place on Wednesday 24th September 2025. The funding will go towards helping children in Weymouth to be inspired by Weymouth Town Council’s Mural Trail.

Children will work together in small teams to create new short radio dramas telling stories inspired by different murals around Weymouth. These radio dramas will be professionally sound edited and designed and, using an existing free app compatible on any smart phone, will be “pinned” to the mural locations using GPS.

Residents will be able to download the walk and the app for free, then, without the need for Wi-Fi or data, can walk from mural to mural, and when they arrive the stories written and recorded by local children will automatically start to play through their headphones. Children from Beechcroft Primary School will create stories inspired by the murals at Greenhill Gardens, St Mary’s Church Passage and Weymouth Stone Pier.

Stories inspired by the murals at Overcombe Corner, the Bridge Fair Trade Shop and the Nothe Gradens will be created by children from Bincombe Primary School.

Local families will have the opportunity to attend free drop-in creative writing / sound recording workshops at Weymouth Library, with their stories taking inspiration from the murals found on Weymouth Library and on the Beach Operations Building. Brave Bold Drama will create a story inspired by the lighthouse mural on Hope Street. Once the radio dramas are all complete, they will be launched as a new free sound walk for Weymouth with two days of free guided walks for local people to attend in April 2026.

The sound walk will then be a permanent feature, available free for everyone to enjoy at any time.

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