Placing the power in the hands of our communities. How does that work?

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Placing the power in the hands of our communities. How does that work?

Slung Low, Jumped Up Theatre and a number of other partners have co-authored a toolkit to help artists, organisations and communities disrupt and unpack the power dynamics of the cultural sector when working with communities.

Centring young people in the decision-making about work with young people, works. It supports them to grow, connect and dig deep. It revitalises organisations, structures and processes. It generates greater success, sustainability and legacy.

It can be scary handing over power. The outcomes are uncertain, in a world with plenty of uncertainty already. It tests the depth of our expertise, our relationships with funders and stakeholders, and the authenticity of our beliefs.

Come to this Open Space event hosted by Improbable Theatre and dive into a pool of shared solutions, challenges and insights.

This event is the first of three which aims to bring together communities, funders, artists, cultural and third sector organisations in an Open Space format to unpack and redesign how we might work more collaboratively and equitably with communities, using the toolkit as a jumping off point. Each event will bring together two chapters, with provocations posed by the organisations and communities that wrote them.

We will be providing refreshments throughout the day.

This event is inspired by DISRUPT toolkit chapters 'On the Shoulders of others' and 'Putting the community and the heart of project governance' (Jumped Up Theatre) and 'We need to change how the arts are governed' (Slung Low).