EU SIF Opportunities forCultural Organisations

Robin BeveridgeGraeme Williams

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What we’ve done, what we’ve found out

Agency Business/ Artist Development Inclusion through Culture

TWMS 600 + volunteers potential for growth depending upon funding and support.

Help long term unemployed from disadvantaged communities via employment opportunities – apprenticeships and volunteering.

Sage Young People who show interest in business development referred to Generator.

Extensive outreach programme works with disadvantaged young people offering apprenticeships and a mentoring programme.

East Durham Creates

Has provided short term volunteer and work placement opportunities.

Aim is to provide arts opportunities in disadvantaged communities. Easington/ Seaham East Durham.

Beamish Museum Provides placements and 100’s volunteer opportunities.

Provides apprenticeships & work placements planning to provide many more in planned expansion.

What we’ve done, what we’ve found out

Agency Business/ Artist Development Inclusion through Culture

Beamish Museum Provides placements and 100’s volunteer opportunities.

Provides apprenticeships & work placements planning to provide many more in planned expansion.

ISIS Provides placements and internships primarily via Universities.

Recently worked in Newcastle West End with Slovakian Roma community and schools.

Baltic Provides Work Placements and Internships

Visual Arts outreach programme primarily Gateshead.

The Forge Has offered unstructured volunteers opportunities

Works with Young People accredited education programmes in schools and Young Offenders institutions.

Customs House Provides Work Placements and Internships primarily via Universities.

In consortia with other organisations in South Tyneside to provide apprenticeships.

What we’ve done, what we’ve found out

Agency Business/ Artist Development Inclusion through Culture

Cultural Spring Has provided short term volunteering opportunities

Works across 10 wards most disadvantaged.

Durham Creatives Specialised cultural business support service, about generating and accessing opportunities as well as providing support

Some of their activity supports disadvantaged beneficiaries – scope to build on this aspect more

Generator Support for musical businesses is core business, linked to wider digital media support offer

Do smaller-scale activity engaging NEETs in disadvantaged areas – when and where funding allows

BAIT Provide active artist development via Creative Connectors, part of Creative Skills Development role

Engaging large numbers of people – especially young people – in disadvantaged area of Northumberland

Northern Film & Media

Currently provide business development support for film & TV professionals

Not a significant area for NFM to date

What we’ve done, what we’ve found out

Agency Business/ Artist Development Inclusion through Culture

Headway Arts Not done this to date, but might want to do so, especially linked to proposed arts hub in Blyth

Core business is focused on participatory arts for disadvantaged groups, especially learning disabled people and SEN groups

NGI Run business creation and support programme, mainly linked to events

Engage large numbers through volunteering and training around events

Newcastle City Council

Interested in supporting this activity, perhaps as lead partner. Potential link to workspace offer.

Supportive but not directly active.

South Tyneside Interested in potential to provide support to cultural businesses – especially authors – as part of the proposed ‘Word’ development.

Part of a partnership successfully engaging young people using CEP. Interested in continuing this.

And…

Speaking to LEP, DCLG, BIG, VONNE…Still planning to talk to

Remaining major venuesRemaining CouncilsOthers booked in (e.g. Helix Arts)

But moving out of listening mode into planning mode

Mapping opportunities

Social Inclusion through culture

“Creative Inclusion”

Engagement through culture

Creative Employment Programme

(existing)

“CEP Plus”(plugging gaps in CEP e.g. smaller orgs/older people)

ESF for Social Inclusion

via BIG Lottery, 100% funded

ESF for employabilityvia DWP/SFA100% funded

Creating strong cultural businesses

Creativity Works

Support for (recent)

graduates(5 Unis)

Digital Media Business

Development (e.g. Generator)

“North East Creatives” Business Support

Pre-start = ESFGrowth = ERDF

(Both need match)

Wait until future of CEP is known

Devil in the detail 1:Creative Inclusion

BIG Lottery Opt-in RouteOffers 100% grant funding to a (fairly) fixed partnershipTargeted at ‘multiple barriers to employment’ – the most disadvantaged: NEETs, Long-term unemployed, (ex)offenders, some BME groups, over 50s,disabled people“additional and innovative approaches to pre-employment training”“Outcomes must include progression towards economic activity”Small number of targeted calls for large (£2-4m) projects

ERDF for business supported (possibly only trading businesses)ESF for training in enterprise skills (possibly only pre-start)Availability of match fundingIntervention rate(s)Partnership arrangements – dealing with riskOutputsConvincing the LEP of the GVA impactLead Partner – Cultural organisation? Local Authority? Enterprise Agency? RTC?

Devil in the detail 2:North East Creatives

Timescales?

Timescales?Main programme BIG Lottery

March 15 National Programme agreed in principleFirst call for projects

June 15 Guidance issuedInitial assessments of projectsFurther calls

Call for Expressions of Interest

Sept 15 EoIs submitted

Dec 15 First projects approved? Preferred projects informed and offered development funding

March 16 Bids submitted

June 16

Links to other developments

How would we fit with and add value to…

Creativity WorksWider inclusion activity (voluntary & public sector)Creative Employment ProgrammeNorth East Artist Development NetworkCase for CultureDigital sector supportMainstream business support

Over to you…

Inclusion through CultureJust Culture, or Culture as part of a wider model?Who would be the lead partner?How would the partnership work? Which disadvantaged groups?Who else to talk to?

Business/Artist DevelopmentWho’s in, who’s out?Where does the match come from?Who would be the lead partner?How does it fit with other business support and artist development activity?Who else to talk to?

What do we need to do next?

Suggested Next Steps

Creative InclusionSign up to indicate interestSmall team to help work up further detailSmall team meet:– Friday 27th Feb 10.00 am– Friday 13th March 10.00 am

Wider event to share proposals with potential partners:– Friday 27th 10.00 March am

North East CreativesSign up to indicate interestSmall team to help work up further detailSmall team meet:– Friday 27th Feb 2.00 pm– Friday 13th March 2.00 pm

Wider event to share proposals with potential partners:– Friday 27th March 2.00 am

Venues to be confirmed – any offers?

Apprenticeships

Son of the Creative Employment Programme?There is an appetite for future delivery (mixed picture)There is potential for substantial expansion (numbers and scope)Concerns:

Consortium, who leads?CapacityResourcingHR and administration functions (South Tyneside – model)