Policy Lead @ahrcpress Creative Communities @northumbriauni. Director @YorkLibrariesUK. All views my own.
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Helen Apsey retweeted
NEW FUNDING AWARDS 👀
From @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities
UK Co-Lab Policy Network Awards 2026
4 new cross-sector cultural policy networks for #devolution
1 in each of 3 devolved nations and 1 in a devolved mayoral region of England
Apply now:
creativecommunities.uk/resea…
Helen Apsey retweeted
The Creative Communities programme has launched new funding to support devolved cultural policy. Helen Apsey shares how this new investment will support the cultural devolution revolution across all four nations of the UK @ahrcpress @NorthumbriaUni
artsprofessional.co.uk/magaz…
Helen Apsey retweeted
Thanks to @RobParsonsNorth for featuring our new @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities funding awards for culture and #devolution in today’s @NorthernAgenda_ 👌🏻
Helen Apsey retweeted
💻 New #CreativeCommunities Interactive Toolkit 💻
Four new interactive multi-media modules offer users new ways to engage in R&D, connect with cross-sector stakeholders and learn about co-creation methodologies
creativecommunities.uk/resea…
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Helen Apsey retweeted
🗳️ UK Devolution & Cultural Policy Provocation Papers
Our 4 Nation Policy Provocation Papers published today present innovative policy solutions co-created with cross-sector participants in the #CreativeCommunities Policy Labs and Policy Sprints
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Helen Apsey retweeted
LAUNCHING TODAY 🚀 📢
Growing UK Culture and #Devolution
New Funding Awards & Resources🌟 @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities
UK Co-Lab Policy Network Awards 2026 🤝
creativecommunities.uk/resea…
@NorthumbriaUni
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Helen Apsey retweeted
Our @ahrc #CreativeCommunities
Policy Sprint Series was hosted by @niassembly today!
Socialising cross sector policy solutions for culture and community cohesion 💪🏻
Beautiful day @niassembly for our @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities Policy Sprint on Belonging and Civic Identity.
Great to share and discuss our policy solution suggestions with @NIA_Communities in such an engaging session.
Beautiful day @niassembly for our @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities Policy Sprint on Belonging and Civic Identity.
Great to share and discuss our policy solution suggestions with @NIA_Communities in such an engaging session.
Brilliant to share our policy solution suggestions with such an engaged group of cross-sector participants at our @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities Policy Sprint on Health and Wellbeing @ScotParl.
Huge thanks to @FoysolChoudhury for sponsoring the event.
Helen Apsey retweeted
Huge thanks to @FoysolChoudhury for being a champion for culture 🏴 & our @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities R&D & policy investments in devolved nations and regions 💪🏻
Honoured to have hosted @AHRCPress #CreativeCommunities Scotland Policy Lab—showcasing how culture, research & development enhance health & wellbeing.
Thanks to Policy Lead Helen Apsey & all involved for their innovation. 👏
Let’s use creativity to build healthier communities!
Huge thanks @FoysolChoudhury for sponsoring our @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities event in @ScotParl last night - it was brilliant to work with you and your team and to share our research with such an engaged group of cross-sector participants.
Honoured to have hosted @AHRCPress #CreativeCommunities Scotland Policy Lab—showcasing how culture, research & development enhance health & wellbeing.
Thanks to Policy Lead Helen Apsey & all involved for their innovation. 👏
Let’s use creativity to build healthier communities!
Helen Apsey retweeted
🚨 DEADLINE 6 JAN 2025 🚨
@ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities
🌟 Community Innovation Practitioner Awards 2025-6 🌟
☑️ 500 word EOI initial stage
☑️ £750k for up to 10 new CIPs
☑️ Working in devolved contexts of of 3 nations and 12 MCAs in England
☑️ Inclusive Innovation with communities & cross sector partnerships
Award Call: lnkd.in/e_YTuYw9
Helen Apsey retweeted
NEW CIP Awards from @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities programme
🚨 DEADLINE 6 Jan 2025 🚨
EOI STAGE = 500 words 👩💻
✔️ Devolution
✔️ Culture
✔️ R&D & Inclusive Innovation
APPLY NOW!
🏆 NEW FUNDING AWARD! 🏆
@ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities announces NEW Community Innovation Practitioner Award 25-6
*Up to 10 awards are available*
Written ✍🏻 or Video 🎥 Applications
Collaboration 🤝
🇬🇧 Devolved Nations & Regions
Apply now: 👀
bit.ly/3Bxr8BW
Helen Apsey retweeted
This month’s blog explores insights from the @ahrcpress Community Innovation Practitioners (CIP) pilot programme.
In a rapidly evolving world, the ability of cross-sector partners to share knowledge and collaborate is essential for driving innovation...ncace.ac.uk/2024/11/07/commu…
ALT CIPs Jim Donghey and Aine Brady in Northumbria University podcasting booth at the in-person Welcome Event in Newcastle, October 2023. Image credit: Lauren Baker Mitchell
Helen Apsey retweeted
A thread on arches in #York. 📸
1. Arch on Lendal Bridge, 1866. The arch was designed by Herbert Flippard and erected to celebrate the visit of the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra to the first Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition .
#Archives #ExploreYourArchive
ALT A photograph of an arch with flags, decorations and bunting on Lendal Bridge in York, 1866.
Helen Apsey retweeted
🚨 NEW 🚨
@ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities Community Innovation Practitioner Awards 25-6
🌟 EOI Webinar 🌟
Wed 13 Nov 2024
lnkd.in/eJrcGwMP
750k new funding opportunity for up to 10 new CIPs in devolved settings
Award Call: lnkd.in/e_YTuYw9
Applicant Guide: lnkd.in/ey4aNFvH
creativecommunities.uk/resea…
Helen Apsey retweeted
Inclusive Innovation + #Devolution = Resilient Communities 🇬🇧
Great profile of our @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities 4 nation Community Innovation Practitioners’ work on culture, R&D & #devolution by @CultureImpacts ncace.ac.uk/2024/11/07/commu…
Helen Apsey retweeted
Are you applying to the @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities Community Innovation Practitioner Awards 2025-6?
Read the call guidance & register for our EOI webinar 👀
Award details: creativecommunities.uk/resea…
Webinar sign up: events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
AHRC's Creative Communities, hosted by @NorthumbriaUni is extending to 2027, with an additional £1.7m funding committed.
This collaborative initiative re-imagines research in response to community needs.
More from Programme Director @ProfKatyShaw:
orlo.uk/xlmga
ALT Quote from the blog: "Research doesn’t just happen in a lab: it happens on doorsteps and local neighbourhood streets, civic spaces and town centres, schools and hospitals, cities, coasts and countryside, through diverse digital and physical creative communities." ~ Katy Shaw, Programme Director, Arts and Humanities Research Council Creative Communities AHRC logo
The @visualminutes of our @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities Policy Lab in #London are now live!
They outline the opportunities, challenges and policy solutions for digital and creative skills, using culture as a level to unlock the potential of devolution: creativecommunities.uk/resea…
Helen Apsey retweeted
‼️ NEW ‼️
Culture, R&D & #Devolution 💡
#CreativeCommunities Policy Lab with @DEC_Darlington @ahrcpress focussing on catalysing cultural & creative growth in the North East 💪🏻
@KiMcGuinness @NorthEast_CA @NorthumbriaUni @nechamber
Brilliant to share our latest @ahrcpress #CreativeCommunities Policy Lab visual minutes, showing the opportunities, challenges and policy solutions for belonging, community cohesion and societal resilience in #NorthEast supporting the devolution agenda: creativecommunities.uk/resea…
