Pig Walk Parade is Urban Wilderness CIC’s flagship annual community event in Stoke-on-Trent — a playful, participatory procession celebrating place, creativity and collective imagination.
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Winter Gathering is Urban Wilderness CIC’s annual seasonal celebration — bringing communities together through light, creativity and shared ritual during the winter months.
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In the Balance is an artist-led programme by Urban Wilderness CIC that explores the intersections of art, environment, and community. Through workshops, talks, walks, performances, and immersive experiences, it invites audiences to engage with complex ecological and social questions while revealing the thinking behind the artwork.
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Urban Wilderness CIC delivered an artist development commission supporting local artist Daby Obiechefu, adapting costumes from the Pig Walk Parade to create the Blooming Longton section of the Stoke-on-Trent People’s Parade, with schools and volunteers participating.
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A participatory artist commission by Urban Wilderness CIC in Badgers Wood, part of the National Forest, exploring wellbeing, creativity and connection to place with young people living with long-term health conditions.
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A community-led making project inviting volunteers to create handmade gifts for café owners in Longton, building welcome, connection and belonging through shared creativity.
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Urban Wilderness CIC commissioned sculptor Raphael Daden to create a Sky Works canopy installation in Longton, combining light and birdsong to explore the absence of nature in the town centre and reimagine the public realm after dark.
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We Are Stardust was a participatory winter event by Urban Wilderness CIC for Longton’s Christmas Lights Switch-On, combining folk song, ritual, community-made star installations and a wish-gathering workshop.
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Urban Wilderness CIC were commissioned to deliver inclusive photo walks and an outdoor exhibition as part of the Under One Roof heritage project at St Mark’s Church, engaging primary school children and the local Deaf community in creative placemaking.
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Creative placard-making workshops across the Moorlands invited young people to answer one question — “What do you want?” Their responses helped shape OUTSIDE’s organisational planning and Youth Advisory Group.
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A creative drop-in event in Longton exploring how people understand sunlight, skin, wellbeing and memory — combining community conversations, art, and research led by Keele University historian Dr Ben Anderson.
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A community biodiversity project in Longton combining nature walks, creative workshops and citizen science, supported by Keele University and featuring Dawn Chorus by Leanne Cunningham.
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A creative consultation in Longton that grew into public interventions, heritage-led activities and cultural programming — now continuing as a community-led CIC.
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Urban Wilderness CIC developed a new Artist Design Guide and heritage colour palette for Longton, supporting business owners to make sympathetic improvements that celebrate the town’s unique architectural character.
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