Welcome to Lucy J Turner, the newest member of the CG team who is our artist in residence on the Healthy Communities Together Co-Lab programme.

Image alt-text: Co-lab participants Alan, Kia and Sophie in a lively discussion.

Create Health, DataCaroline Fedash7 November 2024glosdataday

Create Your Future - creative careers are possible!

In Spring this year two Gloucestershire secondary schools took part in a new creative programme called ‘Create Your Future’ (CYF). It was designed by Abi Nicol, founder of Creative Communities, an arts organisation based in Cam & Dursley, supported by Create Gloucestershire and funded by NHS Gloucestershire’s Integrated Care Board.

Create Talent, Create LocalCaroline Fedash24 September 2024Cam & Dursley Creatives

Hope in the power of communities

Create Gloucestershire stands firmly against all forms of racism and discrimination and believe the diversity and creativity of our communities is to be welcomed and celebrated. As an infrastructure organisation our job is to bring people together to listen and respond to what they need.

Create Local, Create TalentCaroline Fedash12 August 2024Anti-racist

The National Gallery Art Road Trip van is on the way!

The Art Road Trip van will in Gloucestershire from 13th - 28th July. with opportunities for people to get involved with the road trip in 4 locations around the county. No need to book, just drop in!

Workshops & Events, Create LocalCaroline Fedash3 July 2024NG200, ng200, National Gallery

Creative Industries recognised at Palace garden party hosted by King Charles.

Pippa Jones, CG’s founder and director was invited to Buckingham Palace for a garden party in May . She joined over 4000 other people who work in the creative industries.

Caroline Fedash22 May 2024

Introducing new CG board members this Summer

Welcome to our new board members bringing a wealth of experience to the team. Anne has worked in broadcasting and journalism and led the University of Gloucestershire School of Creative Industries. Jacqueline is a coach and writer and will be our voice for nature, supporting innovative approaches designed to engage creative practitioners, community groups to address the intertwined ecological and climate crises that we are grappling with.

The Art Road Trip van is on its way!

The first Art Road Trip events have taken place in Derry/Londonderry in Northern Ireland, kicking off a year of arts activities which will be wendign their way to Gloucestershire this Summer.

Create Local, Workshops & EventsCaroline Fedash7 May 2024NG200

Creative Health: UK State of the Sector Survey

The UK State of the Sector Survey was conducted between February and April 2023, to help understand more about the creative health sector in the UK. It was conducted as a collaboration between CHWA; the Wales Arts, Health & Wellbeing Network; Arts Health & Wellbeing Scotland; and Arts Care (Northern Ireland).

Create HealthCaroline Fedash20 February 2024Creative health, arts on prescription

Introducing new CG board members

“We are all creative in our own ways and we all have such potential, but we don’t all have the same opportunities for this to be expressed or realised. It is great to be working with colleagues at Create Gloucestershire to positively address this challenge.” Matt Little, Chair

Jobs & Training, Create Talent, Create LeadersCaroline Fedash2 February 2024Board

Celebrating 200 years of the National Gallery - in Glos!

In 100 days the National Gallery will begin a year long celebration to mark bringing people and paintings together for 200 years, called NG200. And Create Gloucestershire and partners are taking part in ‘The Art Road Trip’ bringing the celebrations to communities in Gloucestershire!

Create Local, Workshops & EventsCaroline Fedash30 January 2024NG200, National Gallery, create local

Nicholas Serota checks in with Culture Matson

Last week Culture Matson had its second visit from Sir Nicolas Serota, Chairperson of Arts Council England. The group ‘got out the good biscuits’ before sitting down and talking through the amazing journey they have been on in the last 5 years.

Create Local, Art of LibrariesCaroline Fedash19 December 2023Culture Matson, Nic Serota, Arts Council England

What we learnt from our creative conversation about HOW we work together support health and wellbeing,

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

Caroline Fedash28 October 2023

'Not a Single Tree but an Ecosystem: Building Cooperation, Communication and support’

Pippa Jones, CG’s founder and director was speaking at the Culture, Health & Wellbeing (CHWP) Alliance Conference in Barnsley as part of a panel convened to discuss how arts organisations and the health sector can work better together.

The story of Culture Matson: from organic growth to formalisation

This is the first in a 2 part series of blogs from a conversation where Pippa and Debbie look at the story of Culture Matson. In this blog they look back at how Culture Matson came about and how the group has developed.

Create LocalCaroline Fedash5 September 2023Culture Matson

What happened when Culture Matson began using a 'Community Chest' to distribute funding?

In 2023 Culture Matson started a trial to develop a ‘Community Chest’. A community chest is a shared investment fund that supports health and wellbeing and joins up money from the NHS, local authorities, and other sources. Read how members of Culture Matson met the challenge of running a community chest to collectively decide how best to use the money for their neighbours.

Create LocalCaroline Fedash4 September 2023Culture Matson

How did the Off We Go project go?

Find out more about the Off we Go project and the impact joining in with the activities had on those taking part.

Thinking differently about creative health

Research shows that participation in creative activity and art can reduce stress, improve self-esteem, and promote recovery.

But the therapeutic value of participatory arts extends far beyond benefits to individual health: in facilitating and amplifying authentic creative and cultural expression by and for marginalised communities, it also has the potential to reduce health inequalities on a much broader scale.

Create Health, Equality&InclusionCaroline Fedash25 May 2023

Watch the vid: Evie and Jimmy's Kickstart stories

KICKSTART BLOG

Evie and Jimmy both got paid apprenticeships through the Kickstart Scheme. Jimmy was at Deepbed radio and Evie worked at SVA. Watch their video to find out what they got up to…

I'm not saying data is love. But what if it was?

Dr Alex Waldrop was our “keynote listener” at glosdataday. She dedicated her time on the day to listening. She heard what was being talked about, she noticed who was there and who wasn’t and she took notice so that she could give all those voices the opportunity to be heard. After a day of dropping into workshops and joining open space sessions Alex presented back to the room. This is what she heard:

DataCaroline Fedash17 May 2023dataday, glosdataday

Asking people to attend a ‘data day’ is not an easy sell.

But we knew it was important and we had a strong desire to make it happen!

Create Gloucestershire were one of the four partners who came together to host the dataday. Back in the Autumn of last year we began conversations to imagine this event. It was going to be unashamedly about data and it was going to inspire, inform and empower everyone who came along. That was the plan.

DataCaroline Fedash14 May 2023dataday, glosdataday, co-creation, funders, partnership, active glos