Leadership Conversation No.2

It is a cliché now to say that the world has changed. But it has and the consequences for Leaders will be profound. - the virus has reinforced the case for the kind of changes that were already needed and has, maybe, created a world more prepared to accept radical shifts.

Leadership Conversation No.1

Baroness Rennie Fritchie kicks off our exploration into leadership - with a story which is far from conventional.

Collaborating with the University of Gloucestershire fashion design course, ex students, lecturers and course leaders, ACP, Create Gloucestershire, Dressing for Medics, and Emma Willis we quickly mobilised an efficient and skilled set of volunteers who could cut, sew, pack and deliver garments to approved NHS standards and fit.

Back in July, I attended the Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance Meeting with 30 people from across the UK. Each of the organisations attending provided an update on their current projects from AHSW’s Art’s and Health mapping to social prescribing and the latest research into loneliness and social isolation. This blog provides a snapshot of the event with links to further reading and networks if you’d like to find out more about any of the organisations or projects discussed.

Rednock School has been busy working with the writer Gabriel Dylan on an exciting new project dreamt up by one of their students Libby Arnold.

Libby attended a meeting with Cam and Dursley Creatives, a group that brings residents together with artists, arts organisations and other stakeholders in the town and surrounding areas.

Hi I am Lucy Garrett and I manage the lead consortia partner Art Shape. I wanted to just briefly talk about how the Gloucestershire Co-production consortia model works.

A few weeks ago, we launched a callout to artists and makers to submit their ideas to create work that could respond to, and connect individuals and communities across Gloucestershire in this time of crisis. We narrowed down the applications to these 8 talented artists who have each designed a project which will encourage new and uplifting ways for people to connect.

I am watching with admiration as the food sector responds to the Covid-19 crisis. Top notch chefs, take away restaurants, food banks, community kitchens, street based teams of neighbours, van drivers all now working together in radical and innovative ways.

Why I decided to do the Golds Arts Award, what I did, and how it helped me grow in confidence and creativity.

Aimee is currently on a creative leadership programme with Gloucester Culture Trust, working for Gloucestershire Libraries and for two days a week at Strike A Light. She helps engage with people through creative projects based in libraries across Gloucester. 

We caught up with her 3 months into her traineeship…

In March 2019, Gloucester Culture Trust launched the Creative Leadership Trainee Programme. The aim: to nurture the future creative leaders of today.

The programme has created four full-time, year-long jobs within four of Gloucester’s creative organisations, all of which are fully funded by the Creative Entrepreneurs strand of the city’s Great Place project. This area of our work, which we call JOLT, is about creating opportunities and a supportive space which enables people to work and make a living in the creatives industries, right here in Gloucester. 

Are you interested in coming together to celebrate Tewkesbury as a fun, vibrant and creative place?  

If so come along to Tewkesbury Library to meet other local creative people for cake, refreshments as well as inspiring conversation and new ideas.  

Join Create Gloucestershire for this hands-on lab exploring where data and art meet. 

Are you an artist interested in how data might shape your creations? Or do you work with data, and want to explore how to look at it in new ways? We want you to join us and get creative though team projects to discover, explore and represent data about the cultural education landscape in Gloucestershire. 

We caught up with Carrie Creamer to find out more about her role as Project Manager for arts on prescription - working alongside arts organisations delivering programmes in Glos - as well as her own chance encounter in a hospital setting which delivered a moment of joy amongst the worry and waiting.

We are delighted to have been selected by Arts Council England to develop a leadership development programme to address specific issues around diversity in leadership - amongst 18 fabulous other projects nationwide. We will be posting more about our project in the coming weeks but in the meantime please take a look at the ace website to find out more about the programme.

https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/fund…/transforming-leadership Arts Council England 

Join Create Gloucestershire for this hands-on lab exploring where data and art meet. 

Are you an artist interested in how data might shape your creations? Or do you work with data, and want to explore how to look at it in new ways? We want you to join us and get creative though team projects to discover, explore and represent data about the cultural education landscape in Gloucestershire. 

This Arts & Health Creative Lab will explore Arts and Health and Arts on Prescription* with a focus on Gloucestershire’s delivery. We will share experiences from a number of different arts and health providers from the perspectives of practice and evidence.

Are you interested in making Tewkesbury a more vibrant, fun and creative place?  If so come along to Tewkesbury Library on Wednesday 23 October 1.30 – 3.30pm to meet other like-minded creatives  for free cake, refreshments as well as conversation and new ideas.  

Danielle shares her experiences of volunteering at The Wilson.