Throughout 2024-2025, community-first innovators Ideas Test were commissioned as one of seven delivery partners to lay the foundations for creative health to become a permanent, sustainable part of how Medway Unitary Authority supports its communities. They developed HEARD, a project rooted in listening and making change together. Senior Producer Wayne Parsons walks us through the … Read more
The Brompton Halloween Creative Health Project achieved a set of tangible impacts on people’s lives through a mix of increased creativity and agency, gaining new skills and a greater sense of community, connection and belonging. Amy Scott, Senior Producer, Ideas Test takes us through the plan, process and results.
Heritage marketing professionals often work alone or in small teams, with limited resources and no one to collaborate with when challenges arise. Carol Jones explores how Goose, an AI platform co-created with over 50 UK heritage organisations, is transforming this isolation. By combining sector-specific knowledge, peer insights, and AI capabilities, Goose promises to democratise marketing … Read more
Natelle Morgan-Brown, Consultant, Co-creation and Participation at The Audience Agency guides us through key questions we need to ask ourselves before we start on any community engagement project.
Hounslow is a place of industry, trade, migration and diversity. Creative People and Places Hounslow detail two co-created projects based on walking and wandering, filming and editing to produce a new document showcasing the richness of the borough.
Through examining evidence from the latest wave of Cultural Participation Monitor data, this recorded session from The Audience Agency takes a look at the creative activities people do independently, such as playing an instrument, podcasting, flower arranging, drag, creative gaming, graffiti and much more.
Part of the Future Trends series, published as part of the Warwick UK Cities of Culture Project and commissioned by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. This paper looks at the importance of hyper-local offerings and developing a sense of ownership as ways of engagement.
Part of the Future Trends series, published as part of the Warwick UK Cities of Culture Project and commissioned by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Co-creating is difficult so why do it. This paper looks at what makes co-creation valuable to those who participate and how to evaluate it.
Eloïse Malone and Rich Halliday from Effervescent discuss how co-production can be used to communicate more effectively with your audiences and to have a positive impact on society.
Discover what co-creation means, how it can help you actively listen to and collaborate with the local community and form new partnerships as well as helpful insight on putting it into practice. Explore the Heart of Glass and Battersea Arts Centre report and three podcasts with artists, producers, and collaborators.