Care in the workplace (blog)
This blog from Rising Arts Agency describes how they have embedded practices of care. What does it mean to be a caring workplace? https://www.rising.org.uk/blog/caring-work-cultures
Understanding Investors
A guide to investors and how to approach them. Designed for creative businesses and produced by Gill Wildman for Watershed.
Business Development Toolkit
Tools to help creative businesses think about their offering, their way of working, and how to communicate that with others. Includes tools on audience, collaboration, idea testing, value propositions and five year plans. Link to downloads https://www.swctn.org.uk/toolkit
Diversity: Subconscious Bias
Training slides – designed for a group workshop – on subsconscious bias by the Diversity Arts Network. Download slides
Diversity: Positive Action Leadership
Training slides that explore how leaders in arts organisations can take positive actions to improve diversity, by the Diversity Arts Network. Download slides
Environmental Impact Toolkit (for museum exhibitions)
The toolkit examines opportunities for reducing impact in museum exhibitions: across areas including shipping and transport, programming, design and construction, materials, communications and energy use. It was created by URGE Collective, Future Observatory and the Design Museum. Download https://designmuseum.org/learning-and-research/design-museum-research/working-to-make-change# You...
Smart Co-op (creative freelancers)
Smart is a European platform employment cooperative with a total of 90,000 freelancers in the cooperative that mainly work within cultural and creative industries. The goal is to build a strong and diversified community where individual artists can come together...
Documentary Film Council (Co-op)
The Documentary Film Council is a sector-wide organisation for the UK’s independent documentary film industry. Designed in collaboration with filmmakers and organisations across the documentary sector, the DFC is a charitable co-operative run by and for its members on behalf...
Artists Union England
Artists’ Union England supports freelance artists based in England. Membership benefits include professional support and access to resources such as Public and Products Liability Insurance, free legal advice, free tax advice and training and study opportunities. Link to find out...