Striving for more Inclusive Recruitment
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.
Useful National Mourning Guidance for Museums, Galleries and Arts venues
Arts Council England have shared guidance for cultural organisations given by the Government in their National Mourning Guidance Guide.
The guidance includes advice for museums, galleries, and entertainment events, as well as about websites and social media, which you or your organisation and your board/governing body may find useful.
Barnwood Trust’s Annual Public Meeting 2021 - what matters?
At Barnwood’s Annual Public Meetings in November 2021, over 50 participants came prepared to discuss the following in small groups:
What Small changes would they like to see happen in Gloucestershire, maybe in a specific area, or requiring a small amount of money?
The Art of Libraries toolkit is here!
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.
Environmental Sustainability in the Digital Age of Culture
Read a new briefing produced by Julie’s Bicycle, which draws on new data, insights and case studies of good practice to help you navigate environmental impacts and opportunities in the emerging digital landscape - covering: Environmental considerations and digital technology’s carbon footprint / Data and projections for energy use in the digital industry / Good practice case studies from artists and organisations / Recommendations for planning and measuring impact.
Framework for Human Connection
From research and development with 60+ organisations, Deepr defined Five Conditions, Principles and Methods that help to create human connection in digital services. When we design solutions that foster these between people, services work better, more gets done and people feel good. Deepr have launched a whole suite of free tools for anyone to use.
Multiplying Leadership in Creative Communities
This report by Mark Robinson of Thinking Practice was commissioned by the Creative People and Places network to explore and contextualise leadership approaches across the Creative People and Places programme and to consider the impact and learning from this for the wider sector.
Creative Industries Manifesto from Creative Industries Federation
While talent and creativity can be found everywhere, access to the money, markets and networks needed to succeed cannot. The result is lost opportunities for individuals and communities as well as a cost to the national economy.
Arts & Health Lab at Longfield
On 27th September 2019 we met to explore Arts and Health and Arts on Prescription* with a focus on Gloucestershire’s delivery. We shared experiences from a number of different arts and health providers from the perspectives of practice and evidence.
We wanted to bring artists and organisations together to share experiences with a focus on high quality practice and evidence.
Going the Extra Mile: a project to help those furthest from work
Public Health England have recently published a report called Health matters: health and work
The summary states that being in good work is better for your health than being out of work. You can read the full report here.
We wanted to draw your attention to one of the case studies in the report which focuses on GEM - a Gloucestershire partnership of community organisations who aim to engage and support individuals who are facing multiple barriers to employment.
Economic Factsheets 2018 Rural Services
The Rural Services Partnership (RSP) is a national champion for rural services in England. The RSP works for the benefit of all rural sectors through a membership organisation which lobbies and advocates on behalf of rural service providers. The RSP lobbies for a fair deal for rural communities to maintain and enhance their social and economic wellbeing and viability
Annual Report 2016-17
This report covers activity undertaken by nine leading UK arts centres during 2016/17, and is intended to provide a snapshot of the artistic, social and economic contribution and impact the arts centre sector is making.
Good and bad help: How purpose and confidence transform lives
How we help each other matters. Some help - what we call ‘good help’ - supports people to feel hopeful, identify their own purpose and confidently take action. Other help - which we call ‘bad help’ - does the opposite, undermining people's confidence, sense of purpose and independence.
In this publication we aim to make a practical contribution. We have drawn on a well-established evidence base and worked with practitioners to understand how ‘good help’ is applied in practice. We outline the key drivers of action and list seven key characteristics of ‘good help’.
Young Trustees Guide
Developing the next generation of charity leaders.
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) launched the Growing Giving campaign in order to secure the future of the charity sector and from the very start we realised it was vital to get young people to engage with charities – through volunteering, raising and donating funds, and in leadership positions such as serving as trustees of a charity.