Culture Volunteer WM: Film Commission (CLOSED)
Culture Central are looking for a film maker to capture the Culture Volunteer WM programme.
Grow: West Midlands Mentoring for the Cultural Sector
Join Culture Central to support colleagues working across the cultural sector in the West Midlands to ensure that we have a dynamic, resilient, equitable and inclusive sector. We are looking for people interested in developing their mentoring skills, as well as experienced mentors who would like to take an active role in supporting the cultural sector to change, learn and grow.
Arts, Culture & Creativity in Birmingham
Culture Central offers a collective statement to organisations, workforce, communities, stakeholders and supporters with regard to uncertainty around arts, culture and creativity in Birmingham.
Culture Central partners with More Than A Moment for the Beautiful Futures Summit 2023
This year, Culture Central joins forces with More than a Moment on October 20th, presenting the Beautiful Futures Summit — an intersectional critical dialogue for the sector.
Culture Central and More than a Moment Reveal Full Programme for Radical Listening Week 2023
Culture Central and More than a Moment have been working together to curate a week of radical listening sessions platforming the voices of marginalised creatives and culture sector professionals.
Invitation to Culture Central West Midlands* Chairs Forum 2023-24
After the success of our initial Chairs forum in Coventry in April 2023, we will be hosting three more in 2023-24.
The Chairs forum is a confidential regular meeting for those in voluntary governance positions in cultural organisations in the West Midlands with the goal of working collectively on challenges and opportunities facing boards.
Applications open for ‘Collective’, an ambitious cultural sector leadership programme
Culture Central x people make it work x Collective is a leadership programme for those traditionally excluded from senior roles in the cultural sector.
This is an invitation for you to join us to explore and support how we make change for ourselves, our peers, the cultural sector and the people and places of the West Midlands.
Launching the Culture Volunteer Knowledge Sharing Network
As part of the Culture Volunteer project, we are launching the Culture Volunteer Knowledge Sharing Network.
Recruiting West Midlands Volunteer Access Champions (Applications close: 3rd July)
Culture Volunteer West Midlands (a regional volunteering programme for volunteers in the arts and culture sector) are recruiting 16 people across the region, to be trained as Volunteer Access champions.
Culture Volunteer opportunities across the West Midlands
Culture Central is working in partnership with Birmingham Museums Trust, Creative Black Country, Stoke Creates and Open Theatre to deliver regional and place-based, volunteering and development opportunities.
‘What do you do all day?’ Freelancer Research - University of Warwick & Culture Central Partnership
We wanted to understand more about the actual day-to-day experiences of freelancers working in the West Midlands, and we’ve partnered with the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies at the University of Warwick to ask freelancers ‘What do you do all day’?
New Culture Central Membership Launched
Culture Central have today launched a brand new membership scheme, which gives everyone working in arts and culture in the West Midlands, an opportunity to be part of the collective voice of the cultural sector in the region, and enjoy a range of member benefits.
Whether you would like to join as an Individual or an Organisation, there is a membership option for everyone.
Culture Central to receive £525,000 in funding to support community volunteering opportunities through UK Government investment
Over 160 community organisations, including Culture Central, are set to support 7,800 new volunteering opportunities over the next two years, as the Government has confirmed the beneficiaries of a £4.6 million fund that will level up access to the benefits of volunteering across the country.
West Midlands Cultural Sector Research Project: What have we have learnt and what should our future be?
Culture Central, Birmingham 2022, Coventry City of Culture, and the West Midlands Combined Authority recently invited strategic leaders and partners from across the region to discuss how the findings from the recent West Midlands Cultural Sector Research Project impact on the future of creativity and culture in the West Midlands.
West Midlands Culture Response Unit - Collective learning and collective futures
As lockdown restrictions once again begin to shift in England, we wanted to take some time to reflect on what we have achieved so far as a collective, and think about what we’ve learnt about working together.