Culture Counts and Equal Media and Culture Centre for Scotland are inviting participants to join a short-life working group, aiming to share learning and advocate for fairer and more inclusive cultural policy as we approach the 2026 Scottish elections. We will be hosting three online sessions over the summer, which offer space to discuss and explore together the conditions, barriers and opportunities of a cultural sector that is of, by and for everyone in Scotland.
The events are:
Wed 18. June, 3pm-4.30pm, online
Tues 08. July, 10.30am-12noon, online
Wed 06. August, 3pm-4.30pm, online
Purpose and approach
We will kick-off each event with a series of prompts for discussion. These may come from one of the commissioned artists who recently created work under the theme of "dreaming of a fairer future for culture", and / or from an invited guest with experience to share. We'll then move into more open discussion, asking attendees to share their experiences of working to create a more accessible and inclusive cultural programme. We'll be asking you to reflect on challenges and barriers, as well as successes and enabling factors. We hope that these events will be both an opportunity to learn from, and share with, a network of peers, and also offer an opportunity for us to think together about how we might advocate (at a Government and policy level) for a cultural environment that helps this kind of work to thrive.