To celebrate the opening of the new exhibition ‘The Stories That Made Us – Roots, Resilience, Representation’ conceived and co-curated by Hardish Virk in partnership with the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum we are inviting members of the community to a ‘dinner party’ in partnership with the Inclusive Network.

West Midlands Combined Authority in partnership with Culture Central is hosting a consultation session on the WMCA Creative Places Growth Fund.

Hear from Innovation Unit about co-designing a workforce strategy for the cultural sector in the West Midlands.

Co-Work with Culture Central - Join other Inc Net members in a quiet, focused space. These monthly sessions are about keeping momentum and having time to think, write or plan with others around.

Join this session to hear about the current priorities and plans for libraries, and all the work they do in place.  

Co-Work with Culture Central - Join other Inc Net members in a quiet, focused space. These monthly sessions are about keeping momentum and having time to think, write or plan with others around.

Thinking about applying in the next DYCP round? Join a focused workshop to shape your idea and plan a strong and compelling application.

Inclusive Network’s first ever Creative Scratch is a platform created exclusively for Inc Net members across the West Midlands to share new work, test ideas, and connect with audiences in an open, supportive space.

Join us for Inclusive Network Late Takes: Creative Circle on 24th September where we’ll explore how creatives are building sustainable practices, community wealth, and alternative economic models.

At this half day event you will find out what ‘A Creative West Midlands’ can do for you, get hands on with the new place profiler, and be inspired by how other places have used the research and data. 

This session will provide a briefing on the National Centre for Arts and Music Education and what it might meant for arts and cultural organisations.

Co-Work with Culture Central - Join other Inc Net members in a quiet, focused space. These monthly sessions are about keeping momentum and having time to think, write or plan with others around.

Join us for a chilled afternoon in the park with fellow Inclusive Network members. This is a chance to co-work, share and collaborate, connect up with old faces and meet new ones to build your networks, and decompress and explore some of the brilliant free exhibitions at MAC.

Spend an hour with the sector to find out what’s happening across the region and meet new people.

Join Inclusive Network for an evening of reflection, conversation, and collective authorship as we create our first Radical Care Manifesto, a shared commitment to how we work, rest, and support each other.

We are hosting a briefing and networking session in Birmingham for those interested in applying for Leadership Associates roles.

Join Culture Central to hear the latest and most detailed picture of cultural engagement and creative participation in the region.

Join this session to hear about the impact of the spending review on the culture sector and the West Midlands.

Co-Work with Culture Central - Join other Inc Net members in a quiet, focused space. These monthly sessions are about keeping momentum and having time to think, write or plan with others around.

This session draws on the Charter for Equity’s findings on exclusion in hiring and limited access to opportunity, we challenge who gets in and how.

Based on research findings that highlight burnout, access barriers, and unstable contracts, this session explores what fairer working could look like.

This session explores how equity strategies can embed care, trauma awareness, and lived experience from the start.

In partnership with Open Theatre. This online symposium will explore how the cultural sector can better understand and embed access into their organisations and/or working practice, centring the voices of people with lived experience of disability.  

For our June WMCRU session, we’ll be looking at research findings from our West Midlands cultural workforce strategy data.

Co-Work with Culture Central - Designed for freelancers and creatives who need a flexible space to work and connect. Bring your laptop or notebook and join the Culture Central team for the day.

Co-Work with Culture Central - A relaxed, drop-in session for Inc Net members to work side-by-side with peers. A space to pause, focus, or bounce around ideas with others.

Join our next WMCRU session to find out how global trends are shaping the present – and future – of people in Britain.

An online session to introduce the refreshed Inclusive Network offer. We'll outline this year’s themes, upcoming opportunities, and how members can get involved in shaping the network’s direction.

Culture Central's Inclusive Network and Shout are partnering to provide a dedicated online space for trans and non-binary cultural workers who could be impacted by the recent Supreme Court ruling.

Join our next WMCRU session to find out what is happening or not happening in terms of Arts policy within education.