Neighbourhood Creative Agents

Neighbourhood Creative Agents is a collaboration between Make/Shift and Platform Thirty1. Inspired by our shared commitment to put communities — their strengths, ideas, energy, ambitions and stories — at the heart of making positive change where they live.

This peer learning adventure is part of our action research approach. Testing ways of shifting more power, resources and ownership towards communities and deepening our understanding of how to create space for people to activate their creative potential and realise their own ability to make change. As opposed to the traditional ‘top down’ approach. You can read more about co-creation The Journey To Co-Creation and working on your doorstep What it means to work on your doorstep in our recent blogs.

 

We are rooted in Amber Valley, Derbyshire with networks reaching out beyond. We believe everyone is creative and want Amber Valley to be a place full of makers, where everyone’s creativity matters.

A big part of our work is testing new ways of working and learning together, which shift more power and resources to communities to make decisions, take action, and make change together on their doorstep.

Make/Shift is part of Arts Council England’s Creative People and Places programme. Find out more >>> www.wearemakeshift.uk

We are interested in changing the balance of power and agency through a co-created approach, with partners and participants. There are three core strands to our work:

Find out more >>> www.platformthirty1.com