This is an initial, informal meeting to discuss ideas, outcomes, concerns and hopes for the network (almost like a steering group for the work).

The EDI Co-learning Working Group is designed to highlight best practice, innovate, and explore how to make improvements in equality, diversity, and inclusion, by working and learning together in a supportive environment.

About this event (there are two options):

Online event: 10:00-11:00am Friday 22 April, Via Zoom

In-person event: 13:00-15:30pm Friday 22 April, Mackintosh at the Willow, Glasgow

If you have any access requirements or other general requirements that we can arrange to support your access and participation in the event, please contact joseph@culturecounts.scot

Participating in the group is voluntary. Funding for the EDI working group comes from members subscriptions, Creative Scotland and from Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

The Cross Party Group on Creative Economy encourages the exchange of ideas and learning around the development and support of the future creative economy. The group will consider support for creative economy in Scotland, exploring barriers to success and highlighting any potential solutions.

• Convenor: Claire Baker MSP

• Secretariat: Culture Counts

• Agenda

• Minutes from 01/09/21

This meeting of the group will focus on the Scottish Games Industry.

Speakers TBC

MSP Members of the group are:

• Claire Baker MSP (Convener)

• Sarah Boyack MSP

• Foysol Choudhury MSP

• Maurice Golden MSP

• Michael Marra MSP

• Jenni Minto (Deputy Convener)

• Mercedes Villalba MSP

• Beatrice Wishart MSP

PS We're not allowed back in the Parliament yet, though once we are, we aim for you to be able to choose to attend in person or online.

Register

Registration is now open to members on Eventbrite.

Cross-Party Groups are open to anyone in the sector; if you have not signed up already, here’s the membership form.

Culture Counts Culture Hustings on Friday 23 April 2021 (10:00 AM - 11:30 AM). Registration now fully booked: culture-hustings-2021.eventbrite.co.uk

Promoted by Culture Counts, 30 Grindlay St, Edinburgh.

The Hustings Event will feature:

In alphabetical order:

• Claire Baker (Labour)

• Fiona Hyslop (SNP)

• Fred Mackintosh (Lib Dem)

• Kim Long (Greens)

• Pam Gosal (Conservative)

Follow the conversation on twitter using #culturehustings

Register: culture-hustings-2021.eventbrite.co.uk

The next meeting scheduled for the Cross Party Group on Culture is Wednesday 17 March 2021 (on Zoom) 7:00 PM-8:30 PM.

The proposed topic is 'Recovery from Covid-19'. If any members of the CPG on Culture think we should cover something-else or add something to the agenda please let us know. Contact andy@culturecounts.scot.

Registration details for the meeting will be sent to all members shortly.

The next meeting of the Cross Party Group on Culture will be on the topic of the Scottish Parliament Election 2021. The meeting will take place on Zoom, on Tuesday 8 December from 6:00PM to 7.30PM.

Agenda

• 6:00 pm Welcome

• 6.10 pm Minutes of the last meeting (to be approved and seconded)

• 6.15 pm Party representative introduction)

• 6.30 pm Party representative Top 3 on the Cultural Manifesto

• 6.45 pm Open discussion, questions from members to politicians/ party representatives

• 7.20 pm Date of next meeting (TBC)

• 7.30 pm Close

Culture Counts is the secretariat of The Cross-Party Group on Culture (#CPGCulture). The group meets at least twice a year and is hosted by our Co-Convenors Joan McAlpine MSP and Maurice Golden MSP.

We're changing the way we're holding the Core Members' meeting by splitting workshops into three different discussions held a month or two apart this year. You can contribute to the discussions through email in your own time, by joining a live meeting on Zoom - or both!

The first discussion will focus on re-visiting the ‘summary of actions’ (page 52) within the Culture Strategy in light of COVID-19. It is important we don't lose sight of our contributions to the strategy, the government's commitments to our sector and our commitment to others in Scotland's cultural ecosystem. We'd like to explore which of our recommendations feel like a priority now, ways in which we can demonstrate our value during the pandemic and think about how we might help heal people and communities after lock down.

We'll be guiding you through some questions and discussion points that will help reframe the Culture Strategy in current circumstances and look ahead to possible futures.

Let us know if you would like to contribute to the conversation in your own time by email or if you'd like to join an online meeting via Zoom on Thursday May 7th.
 

To join via Zoom, register a place on this Eventbrite page on we will forward you the Zoom link later.

To contribute in my own time, click below, or email andy@culturecounts.scot

The Zoom meeting will be two hours and will consist of full group discussion and breakout room discussions. Those who can join with audio and the ability to see a screen will get the most out of the online session.

If you have not used Zoom before or if you're not confident with it, our facilitator Leah Lockhart is happy to walk you through how it works. Let us know if you'd like an intro to Zoom and we'll pass your contact details to Leah.

Click here to let us know if you’d like an introduction to Zoom meeting.

Best,

Culture Counts

Culture Counts welcomes our Core Members to CodeBase Stirling.

Agenda

9:30AM - Registration / Networking (tea/coffee & breakfast snacks provided)

9:55AM - Event begins

10:00AM - Lightning Talks

• Scottish Enterprise (Supporting Creative Industries)

• Creative Scotland (Supporting Creative Industries)

• Scottish Contemporary Arts Network (Sharing from Art-in-Action)

• Creative Carbon Scotland (Climate Change Bill)

• Historic Environment Scotland (Data)

• Code-Base Creative Bridge Programme tbc

11:15AM - Coffee Break

11:30AM - Cultural Data – policy making group work 1

12:30PM - Lunch (provided)

13:15PM – Cultural Data – policy making group work 2

14:15PM – Culture Counts Brexit & Scottish Planning Bill Update(s)

14:30PM – Kate Wimpress; Co-convener Citizens Assembly Scotland

15:00PM – Close

The Topic of the next Cross Party Group on Culture will be 'City Deals: Cultural Cities & Local Resilience.'. We have interesting speakers to share ideas and experiences from being involved in City Deals. 

Agenda

5.30pm Announcements from CPG 11th Dec Cultural Freelancers 
5.40pm Introduction to discussion and panellists
5.45pm Short-Film from Arts and Business Scotland 
5.55pm Panellist Anna Young - Glasgow Canal Project 
6.05pm Panellist Julie Farr – Dundee Social Enterprise Network 
6.15pm Panellist Dame Seona Reid – Cultural Cities Inquiry. 
6.30pm Skye Eco-Museum Short-Film 
6.40pm Open discussion, including group members 
7.30pm Confirm Group Actions (if any) 
7.40pm Date of Next Meeting 1st Oct 2019 (incorporating the AGM) 
7.45pm Close

Membership

Members of the Cross Party Group receive notification of events by email. You can see the current membership on the Scottish Parliament website. If you would like to join, please contact Andy andy@culturecounts.scot. Membership is open to all.

Culture Counts members meet twice a year at Core Members Meetings. The next meeting will take place on Wednesday 27 February 2019 at The Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow. This event is invite only, for Core Members of Culture Counts. If you can't attend, but know a colleague who would like to come along, please email Andy andy@culturecounts.scot

Agenda

10:30AM - Scottish Government Climate Adaptation Plan.

11:00AM - Visa Policy: Collaborative Build Policy Workshop: Help design the Visa system that our sector needs.

13:30PM - Norway: Morten Jgelten Director of the Association of Norwegian Orchestras and Theatres shares information. How to work with the EU as a non-member state?

2:45PM - Facilitated collaborative policy experiment. The Active Scotland Framework; could this work for Culture alongside the National Performance Framework? 

The Cross Party Group on Culture, hosted by Joan McAlpine MSP, invites you to the next group meeting.

Policy Design - Culture Strategy

Agenda

Facilitated collaborative policy build event to produce a response from the sector to the Culture Strategy for Scotland:

• Theme 1: Measuring Impact: ideal outcomes and practical realities

• Theme 2: One Step Beyond: culture strategy into action plan

• Theme 3: To Tsar or not to Tsar?

Report (Appendix 1)

The outcomes from the event have been pulled together in our Report - Culture Counts Response to the Draft For Consultation. Read an overview here or download the full PDF Report.

Policy Sharing

Core Members of Culture Counts met on Wednesday 23 May 2018 to discuss and share policy.

Agenda

• Data Visualisation: How to use data to tell a story, BBC Data Journalist Jonathan Stoneman

• Improving Equality & Diversity: How to implement effective change in your organisation to improve equality and diversity within the Cultural Sector with Amanda Huxtable, Hull Truck Theatre

• Parliamentary Inquiries: How to write a Parliamentary Inquiry that a clerk can use with Sigrid Robinson, Scottish Parliament