How can we place participatory research and co-production at the heart of cultural evidence?
We're launching Cultural Vitality Labs, a research programme exploring approaches for understanding cultural vitality rooted in local experience and priorities.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/cultural-vit...
Writing for @artsprofessional.co.uk, we look ahead to what comes next for the Centre for Cultural Value, setting out a refreshed vision for the next three years, grounded in practical relevance and long-term benefit.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
What can we learn about co-producing research and evaluation?
In this article, Ava Podgorski reflects on the Speak Up Youth Researcher initiative, a bold example of peer research in schools as part of a wider @nationaltheatre.org.uk youth programme.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/empowering-y...
Adults and children do a craft activity together at a table at an outdoor children's arts festival. Photo by Junction Arts.
In this article, Centre director Stephen Dobson takes a cultural vitality lens to reframe familiar audience segments, finding that audiences are no longer seen as passive consumers but as micro-producers, co-creators, and cultural influencers.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/rethinking-a...
For more about the Cultural Indicator Suite and our work exploring Cultural Vitality, take a look here:
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/understandin...
Brilliant to see our Cultural Indicator Suite reflected so powerfully in the 10-year Impact Report from @funpalaces.bsky.social.
Their long-term, grassroots data shows what “cultural vitality” truly looks like in real life.
funpalaces.co.uk/everyday-cul...
From ambition to action – building better evaluation practice.
In this case study from @researchleeds.bsky.social discover more about a strategic collaboration between the Centre for Cultural Value and @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social
researchatleeds.leeds.ac.uk/embedding-ev...
Are you curious about how we can better support stronger, more connected and vibrant communities?
In this research digest, Understanding Cultural Vitality, @rob-eagle.bsky.social explores the current research into the cultural vitality of places.
www.culturehive.co.uk/CVIresources...
We’re talking about the value of data in @artsprofessional.co.uk.
Data is vital to show culture’s impact, yet narrow, fragmented evidence continues to obscure its true value. What evidence is needed to drive fair investment and growth in the sector?
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
In this piece from @thespacearts.bsky.social, Centre associate @emmamcdoofus.bsky.social shares three simple and practical tips to help you get the most out of your evaluation & signposts evaluation resources available for free on our resources platform.
www.thespace.org/resource/mak...
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What has one organisation learnt from 50 years of cultural placemaking?
Kathryn Welch explores the story of @junctionartsuk.bsky.social telling us more about creative placemaking across 50 years of economic, social, demographic and political change.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/junction-art...
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The Centre for Cultural Value has been selected as an international partner as part of The Arts Impact Partnership, a seven-year research initiative coordinated by @torontomet.bsky.social , Canada.
Read more >>> www.culturalvalue.org.uk/working-inte...
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“What’s emerging is a new shape for the Centre, one that might mean doing less, but doing it better."
Six months into a deliberate and strategic pause, we share our initial reflections, the challenges and the unexpected rewards.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/taking-the-c...
In a shopping centre a group of young people sit on stools, participating in the immersive experience Consensus Gentium.
How can immersive art reshape cultural access, foster resilience, & position young people as co-creators and leaders of cultural change?
Read more about Crossover Labs’ Consensus Gentium & a new toolkit for adapting immersive work to non-traditional venues.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/lessons-of-t...
Cultural Trends – Volume 34, Issue 3
Does ‘cultural value’ mean the same thing everywhere?
Steven Hadley, Emma McDowell & Ben Walmsley analyse the Irish cultural policy context.
Read it here:
doi.org/10.1080/0954...
#CulturalTrends #CulturalPolicy #CulturalValue #ArtsResearch
In our latest feature for @artsprofessional.co.uk the Centre’s
@rob-eagle.bsky.social and Anna Kime explore why we need a deeper, more nuanced understanding of cultural vitality and share more about the Cultural Indicator Suite project.
In our latest feature for @artsprofessional.co.uk, the Centre’s @rob-eagle.bsky.social and Anna Kime explore why we need a deeper, more nuanced understanding of cultural vitality and share more about the Cultural Indicator Suite project.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
Working with The Audience Agency and supported by Research England, we have been leading a project to develop a Cultural Indicator Suite, a new framework that helps to communicate the holistic everyday cultural vitality of the places we live.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/understandin...
If you missed the online launch of the Cultural Indicator Suite, a recording of the session is now available to watch online.
At this event, we discussed the project to date, shared the framework of suggested indicators, and invited discussion and questions.
youtu.be/STjbaiYhw30?...
In this video from @policyleeds.bsky.social, Centre director Stephen Dobson explains more about cultural vitality and the development of a cultural indicator suite framework.
For more about this work visit: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/understandin...
And thank you to all those who attended and contributed to yesterday’s online launch event. A recording of the event will be available soon. Watch this space 👀
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Our interim report pulls together findings from recent research and insights gained from interviewing representatives from Local Authorities in England.
It lays out a practice-relevant vision for how the UK cultural sector can more effectively understand and support cultural vitality.
Working with The Audience Agency and supported by Research England, we have been leading a project to develop a Cultural Indicator Suite, a new framework that helps to communicate the holistic everyday cultural vitality of the places we live.
Read more 👇
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/understandin...
As the summer tourism season gets underway, we spotlight this think piece by @aliceborchi.bsky.social & Carlo Alberto Petruzzi, highlighting recent events in Florence, a city caught between the pressures of mass tourism and preserving its cultural identity.
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/the-curious-...
Red background with speech bubble. The quote is from a course participant in 2025. Text reads: This course has shown me that evaluation is not just a tool but a powerful catalyst for change and growth
The Centre’s online evaluation course, Evaluation for Arts, Culture, and Heritage: Principles and Practice, has received numerous positive reviews, earning it a 4.7-star rating on FutureLearn.
Free-to-access for two weeks, and start anytime.
Learn more: www.culturalvalue.org.uk/evaluation-a...
"Whether you are new to evaluation or looking for fresh ideas, this is a space to connect, learn and grow your confidence".
@curiousminds.org.uk is launching the CultureEd Impact Network with an online event, featuring speakers from Orchestras Live, Goldsmiths and Storyhouse 👇
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Are you interested in how everyday culture and cultural vitality might be measured and reported?
Join us for a free online event to discover more about the Cultural Indicator Suite and our aims for developing a framework for measuring cultural vitality.
www.ticketsource.co.uk/centre-for-c...
Visit our website to learn more about the FailSpace project
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/our-work/fai...
An illustration of five animals sat around a blue board meeting table. They are looking at a white board with the words What is FailSpace?
The team that created the FailSpace framework and toolkit has set up a free mailing list, which will be a space for sharing experiences of talking about failure and supporting each other in doing so.
Join the list >>> www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/weba...
As part of The Big Thing programme, The Centre's @rob-eagle.bsky.social will participate in a panel event, Touring Immersive: Case Studies.
Discover more about the session: thebigthing.eventive.org/schedule/tou...
