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.
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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.
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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.
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Find out more about the Off we Go project and the impact joining in with the activities had on those taking part.
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This is the question that sits behind our Create Health strand - a series of test projects to develop and understand how to live well. Our experience in Gloucestershire and evidence drawn from practice across the UK and internationally, confirms that arts, creativity and culture are a fundamental part of living well.
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CG’s take away from the new national and local funding picture is that there are many brilliant arts and cultural organisations who secured funding and just as many that didn’t. There was simply not enough funding available to meet the incredible aspirations and potential of arts and cultural organisations in England.
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When Cam and Dursley Creatives and GL11 Community Hub collaborated on the Platinum Jubilee Flag making project the community went silkscreen crazy, producing over 2,500 flags depicting images created by local children that celebrated our Queen.
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Our new team leader will be working within the Create Local team, supporting the existing creative catalysts in their work, and also facilitating the development of our new place-based alliances.
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A new culture board has been set up for Cheltenham to develop a new cultural strategy for Cheltenham
The board includes representatives from cultural and creative communities
They want to include artists and residents views in the strategy
They have developed an online survey so they can get some feedback and hear your views on how culture is supported in Cheltenham
Residents and creative practitioners are warmly invited to complete this survey.
The Great Jubilee Flag Project!
GL11 Community Hub and Cam and Dursley Creatives have come together to create an amazing Jubilee Project for the whole community to enjoy!
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In early May Dursley Craft Market hosted a group of talented young people who launched a range of products for the first time. They have been attending a weekly class at The Quarry Chapel, Cam where they were taught a range of craft skills and approaches to making products with the view to sell.
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Debbie Christie - CG’s catalyst for Matson and Robinswood - tells us about a new project she’s been working on with primary school children in the local community in collaboration with photography students at The University of Gloucestershire.
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Have your say! Thursdays 2-4pm in the static caravan at The Redwell Centre, Matson.
GLcommunities and GASP are looking for residents to contribute to a community podcast. If you have a hobby or interest, a burning issue you want to talk about, an interesting story, a bright idea, or if you want tot learn to record and edit your own audio content or present your own show, drop in to find out more.
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Twinberrow Sculpture Trail in Dursley woods has now got a beautiful new piece for people to view.
A group of Cam Mum’s led by Emma Scott and Stacey Dent-Beeston began working on the project through a scheme started by Create Gloucestershire, and Dursley Library as part of the Art for Libraries initiative.
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Back in 2019, Wyldwood Arts embarked on an ambitious project to re-tell an important piece of Forest of Dean history – the remarkable story of the Mushet family – through a community-led stage production. Like so many arts projects, it faced numerous challenges throughout the pandemic, but the production team was determined to see it through.
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In December, we joined Culture Matson partners to share the fantastic work being created and delivered by and for the residents of Matson, with visitors from Arts Council England.
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For the third year running The Quarry Chapel, Cam has worked with members of the community to create a giant outdoor 3d Advent calendar, which is on show throughout the run up to Christmas.
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Like many arts organisations, Forest of Dean-based community arts charity Wyldwood Arts has gradually been reintroducing face-to-face provision this year. In this blog post we hear from Associate Producer Liz Bell about the experience of delivering a community banner-making project in a post-pandemic rural environment.
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20 local GCSE and A’Level students from Rednock and KLB schools in Cam & Dursley will be showcasing experimental pieces during Tyndale Arts Week. They created the work during a nine week programme called ‘Love Art? Create your Future! run by artist and educator Abi Nicol.
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