Over the last year (both pre and post covid!) Ruth Davey has been running mindful photography courses across Gloucestershire to improve the mental health of the participants. This mindful approach to photography uses a blend of photography, mindfulness and being in nature to slow down, reduce stress and relieve anxiety and depression.
Read MoreWe were delighted to be part of the Arts & Health South West Conference in November 2020 and to be part of this podcast series of stories recorded on the day. The stories speak of the incredible challenges experienced during the last year from the Hospital, Medical School, & Care Home, as well as amazing examples of how artists & the cultural sector rose to those challenges
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For our next leadership conversation Sally has focused her thoughts on the importance of inner work; our own ‘personal leadership’ which is rooted in values that guide us when making decisions about how to react, respond and behave…
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We are delighted to continue our leadership conversations with Louise Emerson who is a business consultant in the cultural & charity sector. Louise was previously CEO of Cheltenham Festivals and Head of Commercial Strategy at the Natural History Museum. She is an accredited Coach/Mentor working with leaders and managers in the NHS, Media, Culture, Pharma sectors, as well as, entrepreneurs.
Read MoreOver the Summer, Churches Together in Cam & Dursley organised 5 weeks of Pop Up creative cafes to support communities during the Summer holiday after months of lockdown.
Read MoreAlice is the first child to pass the Discover at Home award as part of the CG network
To get started with her Discover at Home Art Award Alice joined an art session with visual artist, Debbie Kersley. Alice then chose to do the ‘Imagining Age’ creative challenge which was devised in partnership with Age UK Glos. The challenge involves finding out about an older person and their chosen lockdown object and then imagining what they might look like.
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In the fourth of our leadership conversations we hosted an online chat with Bren McInerney – a well-known Gloucestershire resident, volunteer and citizen leader!
Read MoreTwoCan theatre have been working with arts awards for over 10 years and has supported hundreds of young people at all five arts awards levels. We caught up with Louise Partridge, one of TwoCans founders to find out how the group adjusted to life during lockdown and how they used arts award to recognise and celebrate the creative output of the group through ‘lockdown challenges’.
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Aysha Randera works in women’s development at the Friendship café in Gloucester. She has been successfully designing and implementing ways to give the unrepresented a voice for a very long time both within the local inner city community and more widely, you could say her leadership journey started when she was 14yrs old. She is a participant on the Catalyst Leadership programme run by Create Gloucestershire and Nowhere.
Read MoreLeadership 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.
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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.
Read MoreBack 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.
Read MoreRednock 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.
Read MoreHi 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreI 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.
Read MoreWhy I decided to do the Golds Arts Award, what I did, and how it helped me grow in confidence and creativity.
Read MoreWe are looking for 2-3 people interested in taking part in a new Train the Trainers course starting in February 2020. Create Gloucestershire (CG) is offering this opportunity to meet additional need in our team for facilitators, trainers and coaches as we grow over the next 3 years. You don’t need to be a coach, trainer or facilitator to apply: we are more interested in finding people with a passion to bring about individual and creative change in Gloucestershire with an open and optimistic mind set.
Read MoreAimee 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…
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