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Culture Central’s CEO Erica Love on the importance of succession planning and the thinking that inspired the Leading Beyond Tomorrow action learning initiative.

In this guest blog, Nikki Riggon outlines thoughts on the next phase of Collective, our leadership programme for those traditionally excluded from senior roles in the cultural sector.

Cara Pickering has been appointed Programmes Developer & Delivery Lead at Culture Central.

An update on our Inclusive Network, with a new targeted learning and development programme in the pipeline and the chance to win a £50 voucher by taking part in our skills survey.

Our response to Baroness Hodge’s review of Arts Council England, ACE’s new strategic framework, and Andy Burnham’s keynote policy speech at the People’s History Museum in Manchester.

It is our 10th year of advocating and acting as a collective, and a collective voice for culture in the West Midlands. Here, we highlight some of our work and impact in the region over the last ten years and lay out some of our advocacy plans in 2026/27.

We are seeking expressions of interest from artists, performers, companies and creatives working across a range of disciplines who are interested in contributing to the Invictus Games Birmingham 2027 cultural programme.

On 18 March 2026, we held our third annual summit, this time in partnership with the RSC, hosted at The Other Place. Building on our first summit in 2024, Collectively Strategising Culture, we once again came together to think about the future of the region’s cultural sector and our collective and individual roles within ‘our murmuration’.

Invictus Games Birmingham 2027 (IG27) have announced the commissioning of leading creative organisations Culture Central and Outdoor Places Unusual Spaces, alongside Arts Consultant Amy Dalton-Hardy, to develop a bold and inclusive Culture and Arts Strategy for the Games.

In this guest blog post, Fiona Allan provides an overview of Strengthening Chair/Chief Executive Practice in the Arts and Cultural Sector.

Culture Central is working in partnership with Birmingham City University on a new funded PhD opportunity as part of the CreaTech Frontiers Collaborative Doctoral Award scheme.

Ahead of our annual summit Murmuration next week, we're sharing the agenda and full speaker line-up for what's set to be an inspiring day. 

Introducing the six Charter for Equity pilot organisations who will test the Charter through self-assessment, action learning and peer review.

Culture Central attended the West Midlands APPG Parliamentary Reception for the launch of the Culture, Place and Liveability Inquiry report.

Culture Central is inviting West Midlands cultural organisations and freelancers to apply to become pilot partners for the Charter for Equity. 

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the West Midlands is launching a review into the current provision for Culture, Place and Liveability across the region. We are asking the sector to support the inquiry by providing evidence.

Culture Central is consulting with our members on the visitor levy to respond to the Government and advocate for the significant role arts, culture and heritage has on the visitor and tourism economy in the region. 

Artists in Conversation: Hardish Virk and Dr. Hassan Hussain discuss ‘Stories That Made Us - Roots, Resilience, Represenation’ the dynamic new immersive exhibition currently on at the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry.