Culture Central Events
Cultivate Heritage: Heritage x Arts Connector Event
As part of our series of sector support activities for Cultivate Heritage, we are holding an exciting networking event bringing together arts/cultural organisations and heritage groups to spark new partnerships and cross-sector collaborations.
We want to support and facilitate innovative, multi-disciplinary approaches to interpreting and celebrating local heritage.
Cultivate Heritage: Inclusion, Access & Participation Webinar
As part of Culture Central’s project development support within the Cultivate Heritage programme, we are delivering an informational webinar highlighting one of The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s investment principles 'Inclusion, Access and Participation' encouraging organisations to hold this principle as a high priority in the development of their heritage project.
West Midlands Chairs Cultural Forum 2023-24
The Chairs forum is a confidential regular meeting for those in voluntary governance positions in cultural organisations in the West Midlands. After the success of our initial Chairs forum in Coventry in April 2023, we will be hosting three more in 2023-24. Join us for the full series of events.
Cultivate Heritage ‘Meet the Funder’ - with National Lottery Heritage Fund
Culture Central would like to raise awareness of the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s new 2033 strategy and Open Grants programme and support the development of creative programming approaches to heritage as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival Legacy offer through a series of events.
WM Culture Summit 2024: Collectively Strategising Culture
Join us for Culture Central’s first annual summit where we will hold space to acknowledge the past challenges, using them to build a consensus on how we lead for our future.
Grow: Mentor Information Sessions
Join Culture Central to find out more about Grow. This is a space for potential mentors to the programme, whether you are interested in developing your mentoring skills or are an experienced mentor who would like to take an active role in supporting the cultural sector to change, learn and grow.
Radical Listening Week 2023
Join Culture Central and More than a Moment for a week of Radical Listening sessions. Throughout the week, we will create a platform for the voices of marginalised creatives and culture sector professionals to be heard and valued, enabling collective learning, healing, and the possibility of transformative action.
Collective - Information Session
Join Culture Central and people make it work to find out more about Collective. This is a space for potential applicants to the programme, for people interested in nominating other people to the programme or for those who are interested and want to contribute to the development of the programme.
West Midlands Chairs Forum
Chairs and Vice Chairs of arts, culture and heritage organisations in the West Midlands are invited to meet to discuss the opportunities and challenges for culture in the region, and consider how we can share practice more effectively.
Culture Central - IPSO Briefing
Culture Central are excited to be joining the ACE National Portfolio as an Investment Principles Support Organisation, with activity happening across the West Midlands.
We will be holding an online briefing session about what that means, what we will be delivering as part of our programme of work over the next three years, and what you can expect.
Briefing - West Midlands Volunteering Programme
Are you a cultural organisation in the West Midlands that works with volunteers or would like to work with more volunteers?
More Than A Moment – Quarterly Learning Session
Quarterly meetings are for all organisations who have signed up to the More Than A Moment Pledge (either in full or in principle) to come together and share their experiences of putting it into action within their organisations.