Wandsworth launched the London Borough of Culture 2025 with a dance festival in Battersea Park, featuring 200 performers and hosted by Strictly Come Dancing star Oti Mabuse.
The London Borough of Culture initiative was set up in 2017 with funding and partnerships to showcase a borough’s unique cultural identity every other year, which is vital as council spending on culture has halved from £118 per person in 2010 to £59 in 2022 in England.
Past winners such as Waltham Forest and Croydon saw investment of more than £22 million, and opportunities for more than 26,000 young people.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan said: “I want every part of Wandsworth to be touched by the Borough of Culture, and every Wandsworth resident to get involved.”
Watch the video below for more on the event, and to hear more from Mayor Khan.
