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 looking for an Action Learning Facilitator & Critical Friend to support the Charter for Equity pilot from March-December 2026.

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.

Arts Council England - an independent review by Baroness Margaret Hodge has been launched today and we are pleased to see alignment with a number of recommendations from the Growth Enquiry into the future of cultural investment in the West Midlands.

Culture Central’s CEO Erica Love shares ‘12 updates' of Christmas looking back at what has happened in 2025 and what we can look forward to in 2026.

In this guest blog post Selina Thompson shares reflections on the challenges and opportunities of collective leadership in 2025.

In this third year of our leadership programme for those traditionally excluded from the cultural sector, we have recruited 12 people to learn alongside and explore how we can make change for ourselves, our peers, the sector and the people and places of the West Midlands. Meet the third cohort of Collective.

We are really excited to announce that we have appointed two Leadership Associates who will be joining Culture Central over the next twelve months. Cara Pickering and Kat Hughes will be bringing their brilliant experience and thinking into the work we do, as well as building on their sector leadership knowledge.

Dr. Anthony Ruck, Culture Central’s Chief Strategy Officer, reflects on the regional research project A Creative West Midlands.

A Creative West Midlands is a data-led initiative developed to better understand the creative engagement of people living in the geographic West Midlands region, and to provide powerful tools to the creative and cultural sectors - as well as to Local Authorities and policy makers - to increase creative opportunities for residents across the region.

We’re looking for four artists/creatives to share or test a creative idea, workshop or activity as part of a Scratch-style event led by and for the Inclusive Network..

As part of Radical Listening Week, Culture Central brought members together for a focused conversation on Leadership and Governance.

Guest blog, as part of Radical Listening Week, by Kat Hughes, theatre director and producer from Stoke-on-Trent, who runs Stoke Exchange Forum.