Creative Communities
Lead Research Organisation:
Northumbria University
Department Name: Fac of Arts, Design and Social Sciences
Abstract
The proposal set out below for a 2 + 1 model investment in a programme of activities which collectively contribute to the AHRC Creative Communities delivery programme.
The AHRC Creative Communities programme will develop the potential for arts and humanities in fostering and enabling creative communities. Its mission is to capture the inspiring explosion of collaboration and connectivity that can unlock the full potential of our great arts and culture to create a stronger, fairer economy and society across the regions and nations of the UK.
Building on our Boundless Creativity project with DCMS , this new programme will lead significant outward facing research and engagement work to unite the AHRC quartiles of vision in new discovery research to generate impactful public policy recommendations and to inform future funding and organisational strategy.
Any longer-term and larger scale interventions within and/or beyond the timeline of the proposal will be subject to ongoing spending developments; however, 2 + 1 programme of activities is phased and is designed to realise benefits whether additional resources are available to pursue extended ambitions.
The AHRC Creative Communities programme will develop the potential for arts and humanities in fostering and enabling creative communities. Its mission is to capture the inspiring explosion of collaboration and connectivity that can unlock the full potential of our great arts and culture to create a stronger, fairer economy and society across the regions and nations of the UK.
Building on our Boundless Creativity project with DCMS , this new programme will lead significant outward facing research and engagement work to unite the AHRC quartiles of vision in new discovery research to generate impactful public policy recommendations and to inform future funding and organisational strategy.
Any longer-term and larger scale interventions within and/or beyond the timeline of the proposal will be subject to ongoing spending developments; however, 2 + 1 programme of activities is phased and is designed to realise benefits whether additional resources are available to pursue extended ambitions.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Katy Shaw (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Shaw K
(2023)
Cymunedau Creadigol: Cyd-greu Arloesedd Cynhwysol
Shaw K
(2023)
Gan Bawb, I Bawb: Pwer Partneriaeth
Shaw K
(2023)
By All, For All: The Power of Partnership
Shaw K
(2023)
How can R&D address regional inequality?
Shaw K
(2023)
Creative Communities: co-creating inclusive innovation
| Description | Creative Communities Phase Two |
| Amount | £470,851 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2023 |
| End | 06/2025 |
| Description | Scaling Pan-UKRI Approaches to Public Engagement |
| Amount | £150,453 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | AHRC Creative Communities - Environment Policy Lab, Cardiff (07.03.24) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Through a series of five policy labs, the programme team will work with cross-nation and cross-sector stakeholders and our five Community Innovation Practitioners to facilitate new solution suggestions for maximising growth and capturing the value of culture across the UK. The policy labs will mobilise co-creation methods and generate recommendations that are co-authored to inform the strategic development of policy planning across sectors, regions and nations. Each lab will address one of the programme pillars and approach discussions through creative facilitation in the devolved policy context of its location - the Cardiff lab focused on themes of Environement. Changes to participant response, opinion and activity is being evaluated post-lab by survey. Policy plans are being formulated in the regional context with further activity planned in 2024. The programme will host four other labs across the UK in 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://creativecommunities.uk/research_articles/creative-communities-policy-labs/ |
| Description | AHRC Creative Communities - Health and Wellbeing Policy Lab, Edinburgh (31.01.24) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Through a series of five policy labs, the programme team will work with cross-nation and cross-sector stakeholders and our five Community Innovation Practitioners to facilitate new solution suggestions for maximising growth and capturing the value of culture across the UK. The policy labs will mobilise co-creation methods and generate recommendations that are co-authored to inform the strategic development of policy planning across sectors, regions and nations. Each lab will address one of the programme pillars and approach discussions through creative facilitation in the devolved policy context of its location - the Edinburgh lab focused on themes of Health and Wellbeing. Changes to participant response, opinion and activity is being evaluated post-lab by survey. Policy plans are being formulated in the regional context with further activity planned in 2024. The programme will host four further labs across the UK in 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://creativecommunities.uk/research_articles/creative-communities-policy-labs/ |
| Description | Andy Robson - Creative Collaborations: A Place & Community event (24.04.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Academic conference on the co-creation and collaborative partner working, useful for trailing report launch and subsequent CC activities as well as building existing network and visibility. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Andy Robson - Creative Lives Awards 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Andy Robson, Senior Impact Fellow, attend the Creative Lives 2023 awards event to socialise the Creative Communities programme and build further networks ahead of the deep dive report launch in May 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Creative Communities team - Northumbria University Cultural Partners Faculty Workshop (11.07.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Creative Communities team were invited to present findings from the recent deep-dive report, 'By All, For All: The Power of Partnership' and an overview of the programme's phase two activites (policy development, CIPs, survey, etc). The audience comprised of participants from third sector organisations who work with NU as Cultural Partners as well as academics from the institution. The cultural partner org representatives were pleased with the report's findings, supportive of our plans for future activities, were engaged in particular with the survey plans, and keen in general terms to collaborate in future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - 'Literature 2.0: The Politics of Writing and Reading in the Twenty-First Century' talk at META Politecnico Milano (19.07.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Katy Shaw delivered the talk 'Literature 2.0: The Politics of Writing and Reading in the Twenty-First Century' to META Politecnico Milano and took questions throughout on relevant subject areas from academic audiences |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - AHRC Intergenerational Justice Event (06.06.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | AHRC-hosted consultation event around a pre-call for Intergenerational Justice that opened discussion and relationships across academics, policy figures and third sector leader with an important focus on Welsh contexts |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - AHRC SMT longform Creative Communities report presentation (12.06.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Prof Katy Shaw was invited to deliver findings from the AHRC-oriented longform Creative Communities deep dive report (2023). There was internal discussion with the SMT that generated useful feedback, future lines of enquiry and made new contacts for future engagements and/or potential collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - AHRC Strategic Delivery Plan: Webinar for researchers and staff working in Higher Education Institutions (10.10.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participation in AHRC hosted session to outline and explained aspects of the AHRC Strategic Delivery Plan for an audience of researchers and staff working in Higher Education Institutions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ukri.org/events/ahrc-strategic-delivery-plan-webinar-higher-education-institutions/ |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Attended Westminster Media Forum policy conference: The role of arts and culture in levelling up regions and communities (28.11.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Opportunity to network, hear developments from policy and third sector organisations, socialise programme and develop future contacts |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/agenda/Arts-and-Culture-22-agenda.pdf |
| Description | Katy Shaw - BBC Politics North TV Appearance (30.06.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | BBC Politics North is a flagship regional news programme that features weekly panel discussions and interviews. Prof Katy Shaw was invited to discuss Cultural Levelling Up in a regional and national context, highlight findings from the Creative Communities report, and participate in broader discussion that was hosted by Richard Moss (BBC) and also featured contributions from Sharon Hodgson MP (Washington & Sunderland West MP) and Lord Kirkhope (Conservative Peer). BBC Politics North typically reaches 90,000 live viewers and approximately 45,000 via BBC iPlayer in the first week. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001njkb/politics-north-north-east-and-cumbria-02072023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - BBC Radio 4 'Any Questions' panel show appearance (01.07.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | BBC Radio 4 show 'Any Questions?' is a topical panel discussion themed loosely around politics, media and current affairs. Katy appeared on a panel with Richard Holden MP, Alison McGovern MP, and Seb Payne in a special episode hosted by Edward Stourton at Washington Academy, Tyne and Wear. This shows reaches a regular audience of 1.59 million in live listeners plus downloads. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0018p1v |
| Description | Katy Shaw - British Council Creative Industries Council (Stratford) meeting (10.05.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Used this broader British Council network meeting to socialise the programme, trail the phase one report and future phase two survey, policy labs and other outward facing activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Commission on Culture and Local Government: Findings and Discussion Session (05.09.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Commission on Culture and Local Government investigated the role that publicly funded culture can play in our national recovery. Prof Katy Shaw acted throughout as a Commissioner. This closing session was for discussion around findings ahead of the report launch in December 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.local.gov.uk/topics/culture-tourism-leisure-and-sport/commission-culture-and-local-gover... |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Commission on Culture and Local Government: Report Launch (08.12.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Commission on Culture and Local Government investigated the role that publicly funded culture can play in our national recovery. Prof Katy Shaw acted throughout as a Commissioner. This event saw the launch of the report. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.local.gov.uk/topics/culture-tourism-leisure-and-sport/commission-culture-and-local-gover... |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Commission on Culture and Local Government: Roundtable 3 (Social Mobility) (16.06.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Commission on Culture and Local Government investigated the role that publicly funded culture can play in our national recovery. Prof Katy Shaw acted throughout as a Commissioner. The third roundtable focused on Social Mobility through Cultural Education and Creative Skills. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.local.gov.uk/topics/culture-tourism-leisure-and-sport/commission-culture-and-local-gover... |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Commission on Culture and Local Government: Roundtable 4 (Place) (21.07.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Commission on Culture and Local Government investigated the role that publicly funded culture can play in our national recovery. Prof Katy Shaw acted throughout as a Commissioner. The fourth roundtable focused on Place. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.local.gov.uk/topics/culture-tourism-leisure-and-sport/commission-culture-and-local-gover... |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Convention of the North, Leeds (29.02.24) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Convention of the North brings together political, business, community and academic leaders to collaborate on a shared agenda for the future of the North. Key themes of the event aligned closely to the AHRC Creative Communities programme's thematic priorities for year 2 (Net Zero, Transport, Trade and Investment, People and Place). The panel included Alison Lowe (Chair - West Yorkshire Deputy Mayor Policing and Crime); Prof. Katy Shaw; Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe (Leader Bradford Council); Helen Simpson (Y&NY LEP); Lord Richard Inglewood (Cumbria LEP); Will Garton (HM Treasury); Pete Massey (Arts Council England). Audience capped at 400, which is the venue capacity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.conventionofthenorth.org.uk/ |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Convention of the North, Manchester (25.01.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Socialising programme across convention and developing policy connections - particularly within government levelling up teams |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Creative Cities Convention, Newcastle (26+27.03.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Private sector, public-facing conference on the creative industries, useful for maintaining research expertise and trailing report launch and subsequent CC activities as well as building existing network and visibility ahead of May launch. Audience estimate: 250+ in person, further recordings online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Creative Industries PEC roundtable on Creative Clusters (15.09.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The Creative Industries PEC roundtable on Creative Clusters was hosted by Dr Josh Siepel of the Sussex Policy Research Unit (SPRU) to facilitate cross-discplinary expertise sharing around the Creative Clusters and generate initial ideas for future plans and solutions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Cultural Compacts Conference Coventry (23.01.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Participation in ACE conference about Cultural Compacts model, socialisation of programme and developing deeper arts council connections |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - DCMS AHRC Quarterly Meeting (30.08.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | DCMS and AHRC quarterly meeting - Katy's slot was used to introduce the Creative Communities programme and outline future potential synergies in order to create meetings/contacts for future work |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - DCMS Areas of Research Interest Launch (20.09.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Areas of research interest (ARI) give details about the main research questions facing government departments, and this event was the launch of new DCMS priority ARIs for discussion and consideration by a large audience of researchers and relevant participants. Prof Katy Shaw was directly invited to attend by AHRC colleagues to comment on and consider future potential for the ARIs and AHRC research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - DCMS City of Culture Roundtable (06.02.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Katy was invited as an expert speaker to attend the DCMS roundtable on the City of Culture programme, with particular reference to R&D and learning from the Coventry 23 programme ahead of Bradford 25 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - DCMS Cultural Corridor meeting (01.06.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | This meeting provided lots of scope to consider culture strategy development at a local level in the combined authorities of the north during phase three of Creative Communities. Prof Shaw spoke with delegates from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority at this event about hosting or presenting a creative panel at the 2024 Convention of the North (March 2024). Further discussion was had with Oliver Coppard, the Mayor of South Yorkshire Combined Authority, who expressed interested in the Creative Communities team visiting to present on future community culture plans. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - DCMS Roundtable 'Corporate partnerships with the cultural sector' (21.07.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Organised by DCMS with Lord Neil Mendoza and Lord Parkinson. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - DCMS and DFE roundtable on Creative Skills (08.02.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Katy was invited as an expert speaker to this joint DCMS and DFE roundtable on Creative Skills and generated further interest and awareness of the programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Durham Book Festival Chair (15.10.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Katy chaired a discussion event featuring Jason Cowley and Alex Niven, talking about the future of England and devolution across the UK, at Durham Book Festival and taking questions from the general public audience |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/prof-katy-shaw-2039a318_such-a-pleasure-to-host-at-durham-book-festiv... |
| Description | Katy Shaw - English Shared Futures (The English Association) Conference Panels and Speaking Engagements (08-09.07.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Conference overseen by The English Association. Katy spoke in panel session 'The Public Humanities in the 21st Century' and also in 'A Writing Chance: Class, Writing and Publishing in Contemporary Britain' to broad audiences and took questions throughout. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://englishsharedfutures.co.uk/day-1/ |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Invitation to join Culture Common's 'Future of local cultural decision making' open policy development programme' Steering Group (22.09.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Culture Common's 'Future of local cultural decision making' open policy development programme' Steering Group is being led by Trevor MacFarlane. Prof Katy Shaw has been invited to join as an academic specialist to contribute to discussions, decisions and policy concepts as a non-voting/non-financially contributing member. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Keynote speech at Creative Fuse North East conference, Teesside (14-15.09.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote talk at CFNE annual conference aimed to socialise programme, make connections and generate discussion with regional and national partners |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.creativefusene.org.uk/whats-on/event/creative-fuse-conference-2022/ |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Keynote speech on Levelling Up and Culture at Sunderland University (08.09.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A keynote talk about Levelling Up, the Creative Industries and place-based community research at Sunderland University aimed at academic, third sector, policy and other more general audiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Local Government Association (LGA) Culture, Tourism and Sport Annual Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof Katy Shaw contributed to a panel discussion that asked the question, 'What changes can be made within national systems to support the delivery of culture, tourism and sport within local authorities?' This session was facilitated by Cllr Liz Green, Chair of the LGA Culture, Tourism and Sport Board. 70+ registered to join this event on Zoom. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.local.gov.uk/lga-annual-culture-tourism-and-sport-conference-2024-5-march-2024 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - London Book Fair (20.04.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Public-facing conference event with highly relevant audience, at which Katy could trail report launch and subsequent CC activities as well as building existing network and visibility ahead of May launch. Audience estimate: 500+ with further online engagement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Meeting with Ed Whiting, Director of Levelling Up at DLUHC, UK Govt (16.03.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to introduce the CC programme and discuss the relevance of levelling up to CC research, trail the report launch and future recommendations relevant to DHLUC (phase one) and cement relationships ahead of future four nation policy labs and a continued programme focus on levelling up and devolution (phase two). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Meeting with Emma Hallows and Dan Evans from the Secretary of State for Wales UK Govt Office, Cardiff (17.01.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss the Creative Communities programme, with particular respect to the upcoming report and policy recommendations mid-drafting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Meeting with Gerwyn Evans from Creative Wales, Welsh Govt, Cardiff (19.01.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss the Creative Communities programme, with particular respect to the upcoming report and policy recommendations mid-drafting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Meeting with Harman Sagger, Head Economist for Arts, Heritage and Tourism at DCMS (27.10.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss the Creative Communities programme, with particular respect to the upcoming report and policy recommendations pre-drafting |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Meeting with John Ball, Head of Creativity at the Department of Communities, Northern Ireland Government (09.03.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting to discuss the Creative Communities programme, with particular respect to the upcoming report and policy recommendations (phase one) and future four nations policy events (phase two). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - NCACE Festival: Cultural Compacts, collaboration, knowledge exchange (11.10.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Speaking contribution to 'Cultural Compacts, collaboration, knowledge exchange: the role of Higher Education in fostering place-based cultural and artistic ecologies' event and questions from audience afterward. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cultural-compacts-collaboration-knowledge-exchange-tickets-4119604939... |
| Description | Katy Shaw - NECP Annual Forum (12.08.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | The North East Culture Partnership Annual Forum offered an opportunity to socialise the programme and make connections with regional and national contacts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.case4culture.org.uk/forum-2022/ |
| Description | Katy Shaw - North East Screen Launch (08.06.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attended launch event to socialise programme and develop additional contacts for future collaboration, leading to further meetings and better knowledge of this programme in relevant sectors |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://northeastscreen.org/event/north-east-screen-industry-launch/ |
| Description | Katy Shaw - North East Tourism Awards (23.03.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Katy attended this public event to socialise the project, broaden the non-academic network and trail the report launch to build interest (phase one). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Ongoing participant working group, Commission on the UK's Future, Labour Party (12.10.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof Katy Shaw acted throughout this report project as a Commissioner. The Commission on the UK's Future, chaired by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown was a research exercise and major report that proposed the biggest ever transfer of political power out of Westminster and into the towns, cities, and nations of the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Ongoing participant working group, Commission on the UK's Future, Labour Party (27.06.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Prof Katy Shaw acted throughout this report project as a Commissioner. The Commission on the UK's Future, chaired by former Prime Minister Gordon Brown was a research exercise and major report that proposed the biggest ever transfer of political power out of Westminster and into the towns, cities, and nations of the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Opening keynote speech at Newcastle Creates / Cultural Compact launch (20.10.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Katy delivered an opening talk about culture, creative industries and the cultural compacts model at the launch of Newcastle Creates with a panel of local government, third sector partners and members of the public who have been involved in the compacts model, and took questions from the audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.newcastlecreates.co.uk/2022/10/20/newcastle-creates-sets-out-a-new-vison-for-culture-in-... |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Presentation to Liberal Democrats Party representatives APPG (22.06.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Introductory briefing to Creative Community project, and delivery of evidence relating to creative cultures and communities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Pride in Place Evidence Review Workshop (11.01.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Arup, who are conducting the 'Pride in Place' evidence review for DCMS, held a workshop for close contacts and partners. Katy was invited as an expert in the field to both learn and inform. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - RSA Fellows Festival (17.06.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | A large in-person audience assembled at RSA House in London to hear from Prof Katy Shaw and panellists like Darren Henley (Arts Council) and other key figures from the CI + Culture landscape. The talk was positively received on the day and sparked discussions. The YouTube recording of the event has had 1500 individual views post-event, and the count is still growing. Creative Communities has developed a stronger relationship with the RSA and its leader Andy Haldane as a result, and future collaborative work is planned. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/a3GVMN8jGu8 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - RSA N8 NORTH Devolution & Culture panel seminar: "Culture and Knowledge: Growing Opportunities in North-East England panel discussion" (07.02.24) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | "Culture and Knowledge: Growing Opportunities in North-East England panel discussion", RSA N8 NORTH Devolution & Culture panel seminar. As part of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) and N8 event programme 'UP North', Durham University hosted a day of talks, discussions and debate from a diverse group of experts. Prof Katy Shaw spoke as part of a panel that also included: Jennifer Williams (Moderator - Financial Times, Northern England Correspondent); Prof Karen O'Brien (Vice-Chancellor, Durham University); Nick Malyan (CEO Redhills Durham Miner's Association); Prof Katy Shaw (Programme Director, AHRC Creative Communities; Director of University Cultural Partnerships, Northumbria University); Councillor Elizabeth Scott (Portfolio Holder for Economy and Partnerships, Durham County Council); Dr Henry Kippin (Chief Executive of the North of Tyne Combined Authority and interim Chief Executive of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority); Prof Giorgio Fazio (Professor of Macroeconomics, Newcastle University Business School). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.durham.ac.uk/discover/upnorth/ |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Speaker at Local Government Association (LGA) Annual Culture, Tourism and Sport Conference 2023 (15.03.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Public-facing conference in which Prof Katy Shaw spoke about levelling up, the creative industries and devolution, with a particular nod to the LGA Culture Commission report launched December 2022 and the forthcoming CC deep dive report due May 2023. This panel discussion also involved Jack Shaw (IPPR and Bennett Institute) to an online and in-person audience of cross-sector, research and policy experts. Audience estimate: 200+ in person and online. The shared panel has led to initial meetings with Jack Shaw via IPPR and BIPP. Katy's presentation slides can be freely viewed online, providing a legacy element to the event: https://www.local.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Professor%20Katy%20Shaw,%20Northumbria%20University.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.local.gov.uk/events/past-event-presentations/lga-annual-culture-tourism-and-sport-confer... |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Ted Talk 'Breaking a Class Ceiling: The Value of Diversity in Creative Industries' (30.05.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Katy was invited to deliver a Ted Talk via TedxSoho on 'Breaking a Class Ceiling: The Value of Diversity in Creative Industries' as part of their broader theme 'This is Not a Rehearsal'. The Tedx Talks YouTube channel has 37.6 million subscribers and her talk has been viewed on that platform 1.3k times as of February 2023 (time of reporting). Comments on the video from viewers via YouTube describe the talk as ' inspiring to watch' and emphasise the value of Katy's use of this platform as 'very reassuring to hear that people are organising to address the widening gap between those who have and those who have nowt'. Additional URL: https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/37292 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ir0SsZmvaw |
| Description | Katy Shaw - The Northern Agenda Newsletter (29.09.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Northern Agenda newsletter featured a guest segment with Prof Katy Shaw, discussing the launch of the five Community Innovation Practitioners, an update on the aims and activities of AHRC Creative Communities, and future policy activities as part of our phase two. This newsletter is read by a cross-sector, cross-UK audience and sparked a conversation on the Northern Agenda podcast. The post on twitter and account have each 2000+views/followers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/RobParsonsNorth/status/1707636585053704427 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - The Northern Agenda Podcast (29.09.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Katy Shaw spoke to Rob Parsons, journalist and host of the Northern Agenda podcast, about the AHRC Creative Communities 'By All For All' deep dive report, actioning some of the report recommendations, launching the cross-UK 5 Community Innovation Practitioners, and how to conduct community research in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://podfollow.com/the-northern-agenda/episode/fdaf8df1898de095057aa6bf1496ce8842a98ed4/view |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Times Higher Education Campus Live 2023 Keynote (06.12.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Katy Shaw was invited to give an opening keynote talk about Levelling Up, Devolution and the role playable by Higher Education and Universities. This talk was delivered in Liverpool to an in-person cross-sector audience and supplemented by an article in Times Higher Education on related topics: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/english-universities-have-central-role-play-devolution-agenda |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/english-universities-have-central-role-play-devolution-age... |
| Description | Katy Shaw - UKRI Strategy workshops and levelling up roundtable (03.02.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Katy was asked to attend or participate in the UKRI strategy sessions hosted in Newcastle and the roundtable around levelling up, regional/local interests and the role of universities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Westminster Business Forum and Westminster Higher Education Forum policy conference: Next steps for growing investment for R&D in the UK and supporting scale-ups in key sectors (24.01.24) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Westminster Business Forum and Westminster Higher Education Forum policy conference: Next steps for growing investment for R&D in the UK and supporting scale-ups in key sectors. Prof Katy Shaw spoke as part of a panel focusing on 'Priorities for unlocking public and private sector investment in R&D - government support, widening sources of funding, attracting foreign investment, tackling bureaucracy, and supporting investor confidence and expected returns'. The panel also included: Sami Moughrabie (Managing Partner, ATMOS Ventures); Professor Katy Shaw; Professor Paul Beasley (Head of Research and Development UK, Siemens); Andrew Leicester (Associate Director, Frontier Economics); David Bryon (Chief Financial Officer, First Light Fusion). Questions and comments were taken from the audience. Follow up engagements are planned with other speakers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/agenda/InnovationFinance-24-agenda.pdf |
| Description | Katy Shaw - Westminster Higher Education Forum keynote seminar: Widening participation and access to higher education - improving outcomes, HEI and school collaboration, and the future role of universities in skills development (26.05.22) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Keynote speech by Prof Katy Shaw at Westminster Media Forum intended to reach non-academic audiences of policymakers, third sector and private sector stakeholders. Her panel focused on local contexts, themes of levelling up and the role of partnerships. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/forums/agenda/HE-Widening-Access-agenda.pdf |
| Description | Katy Shaw and Creative Communities team - AHRC visit, Christopher Smith (02.02.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit by Christopher Smith, AHRC, to Northumbria University and session with Creative Communities team to discuss progress, future activity and alignment of strategic goals |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Lauren Baker Mitchell - Bristol CKC conference attendance (29.03.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Public-facing conference useful for socialising project in academic and R&D circles ahead of the report launch (phase one) and policy labs, partner survey and toolkit (phases two and three). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Lauren Baker Mitchell - Engage Online 2023, NCCPE - Interactive Provocation Workshop (06.12.23) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Lauren Baker Mitchell delivered a uniquely interactive session from AHRC Creative Communities for Engage Online 2023, with the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement (NCCPE). The session, 'Funders and HEIs must invest in co-created, community-led innovation if we want sustainable, inclusive research ecosystems', offered participants the opportunity to respond directly to our provocation and share ideas and potential solutions around community-led co-creation research. Outputs from this talk will include evaluation from Lauren for the NCCPE and potential future publication online with NCCPE. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |