Labour ‘should lead a wild camping revival’
Excellent piece in the Times today with CEO of Dartmoor National Park calling on the government to change the law so wild camping can take place in other national parks - a call echoed by the unstoppable @campaignerkate.bsky.social of OSS:
Imagine Galleon Together will see a citizens' panel setting the direction of an arts venue - the first of its kind in London! I'm chuffed to be working on this with Creative Barking and Dagenham, @citizensinpower.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/newsree...
I’ll be working with @trplymouth.bsky.social for the next few months as Transformation Associate and needless to say I’m happy to be back in a THEATRE 🎭 💛
You could chat with David Jubb from Citizens in Power: www.citizensinpower.com
Absolutely essential viewing 👇🏻
This project I’m working on with Creative Barking & Dagenham + @citizensinpower.bsky.social is landing and I’m excited! The first of its kind in London, with a citizens’ panel setting the direction of a cultural venue. Keep an eye out for this 👀
www.thestage.co.uk/news/galleon...
“The phrase “theory of change” has become popular in recent years, as in “what’s your theory of change?” Mine is that categories are leaky and anomalies abound. That change happens in complex, sometimes unpredictable ways, that it often unfolds with slow and indirect consequences, and that what ends up in the centres of power often begins in the margins and shadows. That stories have profound power and changing the story is often the beginning of changing the world.” Rebecca Solnit
Love this from Rebecca Solnit in The Guardian today on how deep social change is non-linear, and takes faith and creative persistence and eyes to see.
I saw this @trplymouth.bsky.social and thought it was great - funny, insightful, vulnerable. Well worth an evening.
Land managers will often also do whatever pays most per hectare!
Thank you! Hello@allegragalvin.com would be great! 😊
Interesting. Having planted a lot of trees but also allowed for natural regeneration by ceasing grazing & hedge cutting, we’re observing that the latter are (unsurprisingly) healthier & growing faster.
How about Messenger outside @trplymouth.bsky.social by Joseph Hillier
I agree! Devolution to another level of govt could just be frying pan ➡️ fire
I have a list of things I think DCMS should be getting along with that would result in tangible benefits to the sector, instead of trying to micro manage ACE which benefits precisely none of us. If anyone wants it so they can include it in their own response, let me know! #artscouncilengland
All the issues with ACE are the product of LACK - the sector is profoundly struggling. Do not, in your frustration, defenestrate ACE and assume something better is going to come along.
Once you don’t have an arms length body working with the sector, you’re subject to the vagaries (and I mean VAGARIES) of the government of the day. I was at DCMS during the Boris era and be very sure - without ACE, the Kennedy Centre saga is not so unimaginable here.
So glad I stayed up late finishing a response to the Hodge Review 🙄
A thread on my response 👇🏻
As 1/3 American, I’ll take this moment to remind my fellow creatives that whilst no institution is perfect, the fact that @artscouncilengland.bsky.social exists is critical to artists’ independence.
Saw Jeremy Deller #EnglishMagic at The Box Plymouth @plymouthcc.bsky.social displayed as part of #NationalGallery bicentenary celebrations #NG200 #TriumphofArt
There is a great evidence base on the risks posed to social cohesion by inequality here, from the Fairness Foundation.
fairnessfoundation.com/risks
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Not your average haul at forest school today…
Same! finally reached the top of the Conclave queue @librariesunlimited.bsky.social
Gawd this is my local newspaper. Have they picked up on this thread?!
We are running research workshops with @librariesunlimited.bsky.social for a *book* about nurturing the artist in every child. The first workshop is full but we have spaces at Brixham and Paignton libraries: Kids Art Space - Brixham Library www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/kids-art-s...
I absolutely did not find it, let me know if you do! I also finally downloaded the white paper. What key words did you go for because other than a slightly better grip on the myriad different types of authorities I came away with… not much.
Hard copy sitting by my bed… the paperback has caught up with me! Better get reading…
“Robbing Peter” by Joe Cunningham, 2015. The title comes from a traditional patchwork design with alternating colors, where segments are "robbed" from one block to form the design of another. The #springbudget made me think of this quilt, big blocks of govt. spend squeezing out smaller ones. #quilts
If you work in the arts as a freelancer take a moment to undertake the @freelancersmake.bsky.social’s Big Survey. It’s the final one & is so important to track what freelancers experience. It’s been used to lobby and change policy at Government level!
freelancersmaketheatrework.com/big-freelanc...
I am missing my tw*tter account for the first time in years with @artscouncilengland.bsky.social #NPO announcement. Where is the debate on Bluesky?!
