Practical toolkits, resources and reports sharing Create Gloucestershire's learning

In 2022 and 2023, Create Glos teamed up with the NHS to run a series of micro experiments designed to test and build the infrastructure needed to support neighbourhood-led arts and health. Read about the process and findings.

In 2024, the National Gallery marked a historic milestone—200 years of bringing people and paintings together—with a year-long celebration known as NG200. This ambitious initiative looked both to the past and the future, launching a nationwide festival of art, creativity, and imagination to set the tone for the Gallery’s third century.

Barnwood's Research and Policy team shared their learning and a range of resources related to inclusive and accessible evaluation practices through one of the dataday workshops. 

Find downloadable resources here.

Jacqui Stearn’s workshop, on creative writing inspired by Data, produced a powerful collective sonnet, responding to the Biodiversity Stripes data visualisation.

In the open space: we explored engaging young people in shaping data collection, co-analysis to understand data gaps, the importance of getting data sharing collaborations right, and the promise and pitfalls of presenting data through stories.

Our keynote listener, Malaki Patterson, offered us a powerful set of reflections on the day.

In June 2023 Healthy Communities Together (HCT) Gloucestershire held a Structures of Togetherness Event in Stroud Sub Rooms, a creative conversation about whether HOW we work together in the county to support health and wellbeing, matters as much as WHAT we do (hint: HCT thinks it does).

Image credit- Myron Rogers

Create Gloucestershire is continually looking at ways we can be a more inclusive employer. And over the past couple of years we have made lots of significant changes to our recruitment process to make it as flexible and accessible as possible.

We’ve put this blog together to share our learning about what we did. And at the bottom of the page you’ll find a checklist that we hope you’ll find useful.

We are delighted to announce that our Art of Libraries toolkit is now available to download.

The toolkit is packed with creative and practical ideas to support artists and library staff to work together to make an irresistible creative programme for children and young people.