Back to All Events

Inclusive Network - ‘Taking Up Space’ Programme Launch and Dining Experience

Monday 16 November 2026
18:00 21:00

Nineteen58, Belgrade Theatre Coventry, CV1 1GS United Kingdom (map)

Google Calendar ICS

Inclusive Network

‘Taking Up Space’ Programme Launch and Dining Experience

Register your interest to join us as we celebrate the launch of Taking Up Space. You'll find out more about how you can join this newest cohort training programme. Can't make it?...Don't worry, there'll be more opportunities to hear from us about which events and activities are on offer for the inclusive network in 2026/27.

Date: Monday 16th November 2026

Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm

Location: Nineteen58, Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, CV1 1GS

About the event

The cohort theme of Taking Up Space is inspired by the D.I.Y. spirit, vibrancy and resourcefulness of creatives who often bring places to life before major investment arrives.

It’s a nod to the individuals, creatives and collectives who are shaping culture, creating movements, and innovating genres, long before they have a name. They merge heritage, history, and the way they move through the world with the basic human needs of community and joy.

Their ideas then go on to influence architecture, fashion, music, nightlife, and the ways we come together in work and everyday life.

For this first event, we’re bringing together creatives from across the region for a kitchen takeover and pop-up dining experience by local chef Sarah Jenkins.

Food, like culture is constantly innovating. It draws on heritage, fuses styles, remixes tradition and brings people together. A kitchen takeover is our way of putting the Taking Up Space theory into practice. Making the most of what we have got, bringing people together and trying out new things in the process.

This vegan dining experience has been co-curated with Sarah Jenkins, founder and Head Chef of Host Dining. From major music events to kitchen takeovers and creative crime dinners, Sarah has been ‘taking up space’ and bringing people together through food for over 20 years.

This event is a celebration of us. As a network. As creatives, cultural enthusiasts, and wonderful humans of the West Midlands.

We will

Chat over welcome drinks
Share the inspiration for the programme and what’s coming next
Enjoy good food
Make new connections
Take up space

Want to join us?

Register your interest in the dinner here. Please note, this is a bespoke dining experience for the Inclusive Network cohort.

Our events are often over-subscribed, and we want to make sure everyone who would like to attend can join us. Please note that non-attendance or cancellation of a free place with less than 48 hours’ notice (with reasonable exemptions) means that we will be unable to make your space available for another member of the inclusive network and will mean that we will face irrecoverable venue and catering costs. 

About Taking Up Space

Taking Up Space is a five-session regional programme celebrating inclusive creativity, activity and leadership. Through visits to live sites, specialist workshops and peer exchange, a cohort of 15 people will explore how to take up physical, creative, digital and decision-making space. Working together until March 2027, they will be building knowledge, relationships and the confidence to influence what happens next for creativity across the West Midlands, and as part of their own practice.

Who can join the cohort?

We have 15 spaces for people to join the Taking Up Space cohort. We are looking for people who are curious about placemaking, creativity, regional collaboration, and curation. You might be a:

Freelancer
Creative producer
Independent Creative
Working in an organisation

The cohort will be part of the Inclusive Network.

You don’t need to be an existing member of the Inclusive Network to apply.

Register here if you want to know more about the training programme or cohort.

Who is Inclusive Network for?

Our Inclusive Network aims to bring together a range of diverse voices from the cultural and creative sector with an interest in personal development and sector change.

By diverse voices we mean: