Find out more about the Off we Go project and the impact joining in with the activities had on those taking part.

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Evie and Jimmy both got paid apprenticeships through the Kickstart Scheme. Jimmy was at Deepbed radio and Evie worked at SVA. Watch their video to find out what they got up to…

Dr Alex Waldrop was our “keynote listener” at glosdataday. She dedicated her time on the day to listening. She heard what was being talked about, she noticed who was there and who wasn’t and she took notice so that she could give all those voices the opportunity to be heard. After a day of dropping into workshops and joining open space sessions Alex presented back to the room. This is what she heard:

But we knew it was important and we had a strong desire to make it happen!

Create Gloucestershire were one of the four partners who came together to host the dataday. Back in the Autumn of last year we began conversations to imagine this event. It was going to be unashamedly about data and it was going to inspire, inform and empower everyone who came along. That was the plan.

This is the question that sits behind our Create Health strand - a series of test projects to develop and understand how to live well.  Our experience in Gloucestershire and evidence drawn from practice across the UK and internationally, confirms that arts, creativity and culture are a fundamental part of living well.

We were delighted to be asked by the British Libraries as part of their Living Knowledge Network to talk about Art of Libraries and the impact it has had on two early adopter libraries in very different settings, and how they engage with local communities and tailor strategies to their individual areas. 

When Cam and Dursley Creatives and GL11 Community Hub collaborated on the Platinum Jubilee Flag making project the community went silkscreen crazy, producing over 2,500 flags depicting images created by local children that celebrated our Queen.

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Jordan Odame is working at The Roses Theatre in Tewkesbury and joined the team through the Kickstart Scheme. Read on to find out more about his unusual journey into work in the cultural sector.

How do we combine data and creativity to develop a data driven culture with a difference? Over the past six-months we have had a fresh look at how we capture and use data; asking ourselves a range of challenging questions. Read on to find out more.

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My name is Manon Molyneux and I am working as a Junior Studio Engineer/Music Leader at The Music Works in Gloucester. I joined The Music Works on the kickstart scheme and have since become a full-time employee at the Gloucester Hub!

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Lia Morgan is working as Company Assistant at Wyldwood Arts and joined through the Kickstart Scheme. She has loved the opportunity to find out more about what’s going on in her community and has had the opportunity to develop lots of new skills from event organising to graphic design - all whilst juggling caring for a young daughter too!

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Ania Bond is working as the Arts Education Intern at Prema Arts Centre and joined through the Kickstart Scheme. Find out how she discovered the work opportunity and how she has got on in the role and what she has learned along the way (as well as how great the coffee is in the Vestry cafe ;-).

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Kate has been working with Can’t Sit Still as a Marketing and Production assistant for the last 6 months as an intern. She found her placement through the governments kickstart scheme. Create Glos role was to support employers in the arts, cultural and education sector to recruit young people.

A new culture board has been set up for Cheltenham to develop a new cultural strategy for Cheltenham

• The board includes representatives from cultural and creative communities

• They want to include artists and residents views in the strategy

• They have developed an online survey so they can get some feedback and hear your views on how culture is supported in Cheltenham

• Residents and creative practitioners are warmly invited to complete this survey.

The Great Jubilee Flag Project!

GL11 Community Hub and Cam and Dursley Creatives have come together to create an amazing Jubilee Project for the whole community to enjoy!

In early May Dursley Craft Market hosted a group of talented young people who launched a range of products for the first time. They have been attending a weekly class at The Quarry Chapel, Cam where they were taught a range of craft skills and approaches to making products with the view to sell.

In December I was excited to join the “Easy Read” Training with Inclusion Gloucestershire and to learn more about how I could communicate more clearly.

How can we make all our information easier for everyone to read?

In this blog post I share my learning in the hope that it can help others!

Debbie Christie - CG’s catalyst for Matson and Robinswood - tells us about a new project she’s been working on with primary school children in the local community in collaboration with photography students at The University of Gloucestershire.

We are so proud to have been instrumental in recruiting 60 young people in 23 arts organisations and schools in Gloucestershire, from Wyldwood Arts in the Forest of Dean, Loco Glass in Cirencester, Deepbed Radio in Gloucester, Kingshill House in Dursley to Bright Marketing in Cheltenham.