Submit Your Project

Share your community engagement projects here. Use the following headings and questions to explain your idea

WHY?

What was the catalyst, who was the instigator and why did you undertake this particular community engagement?

NAME OF YOUR PROJECT AND ORGANISATION - where are you based?

THEME/SETTING – WHERE?

Was geography/environment a reason, was there a story to be told, was there an iconic or other moment, was anything else involved (food /festival/celebration/myth/other) where did the project take place?

METHODOLOGY/PROCESS – HOW?

Can you walk us through the steps in your process, from starting point/catalyst, through set up, who was included, what activity happened, description…

TERM/LENGTH/TIME FRAME

Was this activity a one off project, short term, over a year, over several years .  Was there a rationale on length (or was this dictated by time/resources). Was it around another event/Season/theme/festival/artistic rationale/performance, visiting or residential artists or other community aspect?

COMMUNITIES INVOLVED

Please highlight the communities involved in the project, they can be communities of individuals, groups, artists, others, or a community area locality, and say why these particular communities were the focus – Did you specifically target, did they find you and ask for input, did an artist lead this, did a funder/stakeholder suggest this community? You can mention age/ability/cultural/other reasons here too.

GENRE/ART FORM

Examples from dance, music, performing arts, spoken word, theatre and combined arts in particular.

Can you give details of the medium chosen for the engagement, and any reason why? Was it one form (eg Dance) or multi form .  Was this instigated by an artist/individual, your organisations lead, the communities request or other starting point .  Was there a particular subject matter, Question or topic tackled?

OUTCOMES

What are/were the outcomes from this engagement? Were there funny or unexpected outcomes that were not anticipated. Did you achieve what you set out to do? Any supporting quotes/comments on outcomes available. Was anything transformative, a challenge achieved, seeds planted, other things started out of this initial engagement….

BUDGET/SCALE

Can you mention the scale of the project from no budget – full budget.  Capacity required to undertake the project in human resources, where the funding came from, any quirky ideas for raising funds that you used?

Mention anything of note in terms of human resources, population size or numbers included, partnerships of note.

ANY OTHER INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE?

DO YOU HAVE LINKS TO VIDEO, PHOTOGRAPHIC OR OTHER VISUAL ASPECTS OF YOUR PROJECT

DO YOU HAVE A LINK TO THE VIDEO EVIDENCE/DOCUMENTATION OF YOUR PROJECT?

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