Live Projects
Chatham Intra Heritage Action Zone
We evaluated a major collaboration between University of Kent and a High Street Heritage Action Zone in Chatham. This project involves Medway Council, Historic England and private design consultants.
The Future of Cultural Devolution in the UK
We convened partners from across all four nations and regions of the UK and led a major four nations open policy development programme exploring how devolution and increased local decision making will affect the creative, cultural and heritage ecosystem.
English Civic Museums Network
We worked with a network of nearly 100 museums across England to identify potential policy objectives in a shifting political landscape, develop a new Statement of Purpose and consider new sustainable operating models.
Valuing Culture and Heritage Capital
We worked with Historic England, DCMS and Arms Length Bodies to help develop a new framework to measure Culture and Heritage Capitals and inform HM Treasury's Green Book approach to investment.
National Performing Companies Impact Report
We worked with the National Performing Companies of Scotland to measure the depth, reach and breadth of their collective work & communicate findings to Scottish Government & policy stakeholders.
Greater Manchester Creative Health Strategy
We worked with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and GM NHS Integrated Care Service on their ambitious plan to become the world's first Marmot city region.
UK Covid-19 Inquiry: a creative response
We worked on a major nation-wide project to bring artistic, creative and cultural responses to the Covid-19 pandemic together in a new exhibition to submit as formal evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry.
Creative Workforce Workshops: Place
We co-designing policy alongside freelance, self-employed and atypical workers operating in the creative and cultural sectors and commissioning news works of art to support advocacy.
Arts Backpack
We worked with national campaign groups to design a new policy solution that could see every school aged child access high quality creative and cultural activities.
Connecting Through Culture As We Age
We worked with leading researchers at the University of Bristol and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to develop policies that support people to take part in their creative and cultural life as they get older.
Creative Improvement Districts
We explored a new place-based policy mechanism that could play an important role in supporting culture-led regeneration in a major UK city region.
Pandemic and Beyond
We provided extensive policy and advocacy services to a flagship Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) led programme for 77 research teams investigating the impacts of Covid-19 from an arts, humanities and social sciences perspective
Culture in Crisis
We worked with the Centre for Cultural Value and leading on policy development for the UK's largest research programme into the impacts of Covid-19 on the cultural sectors.
Stand and Be Counted
We supported a charities working with refugees and asylum seekers to challenge 'hostile environment' policies in the Home Office through culture and creativity.
Creative Workforce Pledge
We led a national campaign alongside trade unions for better working terms and conditions for freelancers working in the creative economy.