Current Projects

We're convening partners from across all four nations and regions of the UK to explore how increased local decision making will affect the creative and cultural life of communities.

We're researching and developing a 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.

We're working with national campaign groups to design a new policy solution that could see every school aged child access high quality creative and cultural activities.

We're co-designing policy with freelance, self-employed and atypical workers operating in the creative and cultural sectors.

We're working 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.

We're working 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.

We're reconceptualising a new place-based policy mechanism that could play an important role in supporting culture-led regeneration in a major UK city region.

We're providing 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

We're working 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.

We're supporting a charities working with refugees and asylum seekers to challenge 'hostile environment' policies in the Home Office through culture and creativity.

We're leading a national campaign alongside trade unions for better working terms and conditions for freelancers working in the creative economy.