September 2022 – September 2023 We are evaluating Breathe Creative‘s ‘Creativity for Wellbeing’ project, a programme of person-centred creative activity funded by the Arts Council of Wales for 12 months. The sessions take place with participants at a number of organisations across South Wales, led by artists in conjunction with staff at each venue. Each group explores their wellbeing through …
November 2022 – April 2023 We were commissioned to conduct a piece of work exploring opportunities in the TV and film making industry for job seekers in Rhondda Cynon Taf. The work was commissioned by Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council Arts service, to support Communities for Work Plus (CfW+) in their work with job seekers in Rhondda Cynon Taf. …
May 2021 – September 2021 This report brought together data collected by organisations, artists and individuals across Wales as part of a development project run by the Wales Culture Alliance (WCA), funded by the Arts Council of Wales. Straeon was asked to help the WCA make sense of a number of ‘conversations’ commissioned by them, in order to find out …
April 2020 – April 2022 Inside Out Cymru (IOC) offers a range of participatory arts classes and workshops across the South Wales region, supporting people to engage in the arts who may otherwise not have the opportunity to do so. IOC aims to: Provide creative arts workshops in a safe, friendly environment, facilitated by professional artists. Break down barriers to opportunities and …
May 2022 – May 2025 The Explore Collective pilots an ‘artists in residence’ model in two locations in South Wales with high levels of deprivation, rooted in community organisations and responding creatively to locally-identified issues and opportunities. The project shifts power dynamics, centres participants and explores the effects of engaging in creative practice on the whole person. The project creates …
April 2022 – February 2023 Creu Cyffro was an ambitious programme of creative industries training, funded by the UK Government’s Community Renewal Fund. This £1m project provided training in the creative industries for the people of Merthyr Tydfil, in collaboration with ten industry partners. The evaluation, in collaboration with Grow Social Capital CIC, used a qualitative methodology to gain an …
October 2021 – May 2022 This project was funded by Arts Council of Wales under the Connect and Flourish programme, led by Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Trust, Theatr Soar, Merthyr Council Regeneration Department, and The College, Merthyr Tydfil. The idea was to develop a Cultural Network for Merthyr Tydfil. This short development project engaged with people in the cultural sector across …
This report considers what Community Anchor Organisations are, what they do and their potential role in the policy and economic landscape in Wales. The research is based on a project (part of a co-produced ESRC funded programme, Productive Margins: Regulating for engagement), which explored the ways in which place based community organisations attempt to hold onto their values, purpose and …