Region: UK
Research
Intersections: Emerging creative trends across UK art and digital culture
A series of conversations looking at the ideas and creative practices at the junctures of art and technology in the UK.
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Toolkits
How to set up and run a creative hub
Hubs are co-working or cultural spaces focussed around collaboration and community. If you are looking to set one up or run one, the Creative HubKit has examples of best practices from some of the most successful hubs in the UK and Europe. It was created together with Creative Edinburgh and Creative Dundee.
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Policy Guides
Introduction to the Creative Economy
First published in 2010, this is an excellent guide to the creative economy, its reach and impact. Written by John Newbigin OBE.
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Toolkits
Creative Hub Leader's Toolkit Translations
Download our Creative Hub Leader’s Toolkit in a variety of languages for free.
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Research
Making Space
Making Space is a series of essays commissioned in collaboration with the Barbican. The essays undertake a body of research into how arts organisations and cultural producers are seeking to become more responsive to an increasingly complex world beyond their walls, and play a stronger role in civic and social life.
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Research
Mapping Creative Hubs in England
This mapping report provides a record of creative hubs across England, along with an overview of their role, their challenges and their drive to deliver social and economic impact.
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Mapping Creative Hubs in Scotland
This mapping report provides a record of creative hubs across Scotland, along with an overview of their sustainability, social and economic impacts, their international connections and their inclination to respond to global challenges.
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Evaluations
Enabling creative communities in Southeast Asia
This report is an external evaluation of the Hubs for Good programme led by the British Council in Southeast Asia between 2018 and 2021.
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Toolkits
Creative Hub Leader's Toolkit
We are delighted to launch our brand new Creative Hub Leader’s Toolkit, a free practical guide for emerging and established creative hubs.
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