Workshops, networking and other opportunities
Looking for other ways to help your organisation succeed or grow your profile? Here we'll list any upcoming workshops, seminars, networking events or other interesting opportunities for those in the arts, culture and heritage community in Reading.
Register for the new Indigo Share: Hot Topic and help inform the sector
Indigo Share: Hot Topics are designed to tackle the topic of the moment. They are FREE for cultural organisations in the UK to take part in. The next Hot Topic is Access Culture, launching this November.
Access Culture is designed to help cultural organisations:
- Understand how audience and visitor behaviour at cultural organisations is impacted by access needs
- Develop a baseline understanding of audience and visitor perceptions of accessibility of venues, productions, events and exhibitions
- Gain meaningful insight to understand how to develop an offer that helps everyone feel welcome and comfortable in our cultural venues
- Identify areas of opportunity where an inclusive approach may enhance the experience for a whole range of audiences and visitors
The survey will run from mid-November to mid-December and will be open for approximately four to five weeks. You can send it out at any point within that. You'll then be invited to a webinar in early 2025 to see the results and will receive a full report with the aggregated data set, so you can compare your own results.
Access Culture is free for cultural organisations in the UK to take part in. Simply sign up through the quick form. Indigo will send you a survey link and a template email to send out to your audiences or visitors. You'll have instant access to your organisation's results and contribute to a benchmark for the benefit of the sector.
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Supercool: Acting on Act Green: Thu 24 October at 1.30pm
Join Kate Mroczkowski, Flo Carr, and Dr Nathalie Huegler for a discussion – and practical tips – about digital sustainability in the cultural sector. (With a focus on findings from the Act Green Report 2024.)
Flo Carr from audience specialists, Indigo, will take us through the Act Green report – specifically looking at audience expectations around your digital marketing activity.
Dr Nathalie Huegler will discuss research and the Digital Sustainability Game developed at the University of Sussex Digital Humanities Lab
And Supercool's Kate Mroczkowski will share tips for using your website to share your sustainability-related actions.
You'll learn:
- What audiences expect organisations to be doing in response to the climate emergency
- How you can reduce your digital impact (not just on your website!)
- How you can use games to get buy-in
- How to use your website to share your actions
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Upcoming webinars from the Digital Culture Network
Beginners guide to Ad Grants for creative and cultural organisations | 12pm on Monday 18 November
An entry-level webinar for non-profit organisations in the creative and cultural sector wanting to benefit from Google’s free advertising grant.
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The Ticketing Journey: From pre-purchase to post-event | 11am on Tuesday 3 December
Learn practical strategies to streamline your ticketing processes and enhance the customer journey, from start to finish.
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Freelance social media assistance from Adam Koszary
Adam Koszary has made a career of helping galleries, libraries, archives and museums with social media and content strategy, governance and production. He used to do just that and more at The MERL, where he was responsible for the smash absolute unit meme.
And now he's going freelance to help cultural organisations succeed on social. If you want to create fun and impactful content, make the case for content within your organisation or just want a critical friend, then he is here for that.
Help inform Reading's Culture & Heritage Statement of Intent
In 2023, Reading Borough Council worked with a number of organisations to create a Statement of Intent (SoI), this SoI was set up to show the power of the creative sector, help attract funding, create community and to help give more context to the Culture and Heritage Strategy.
They are working in partnership with organisations to amalgamate the work that you or your organisation has completed to date against some shared targets from the Statement of Intent. This Statement of Intent was created in partnership and brought together by Artswork. If you would like to get involved with some of the work taking place around the Statement of Intent please do let me know, as it would be wonderful to work more closely with you.
Just by way of reminder: The aim of this Statement is to help keep everyone informed of work that is going on across the sector, serves to help reduce duplication and celebrates some of the key priorities for the sector, but more importantly through our joint storytelling, gives visibility and celebrates the power of work that you and your organisation deliver.
You're invited to fill in a Google Form with any updates you have to help inform the Statement of Intent
The Arts and Heritage Forum’s next meeting is on the 7th of December in person at the Mayor’s Parlour or online.
Forest School and Outdoor Learning Training
Muddy Puddle Outdoor Learning offers nationally recognised qualifications in Forest School and Outdoor Learning, and they currently have some training available for anyone looking to step up when it comes to stepping outside:
Outdoor Learning Practitioner - Gain skills and confidence in using your grounds for curriculum delivery.
Forest School Leader Level 3 - This course is designed for those who would like to set up and run a Forest School programmes. There are five Units of Study at Level 3.
Space opportunity!
Reading Biscuit Factory - Located at the end of Oxford Road, right in the heart of town, Reading Biscuit Factory is a new three-screen cinema, bar, coffee shop, live performance space and community hub. Our aim is to offer a fantastic and welcoming venue that embraces Reading’s rich and vibrant culture, and create a setting where everyone can relax, work, meet, create and perform - all under one roof.
We want to hear from anybody with a bright idea who wants a partner to help make it happen. If you have a film you would like to screen, a rehearsal or workshop you would like to organise, art you would like to exhibit, or you are a food vendor or other business looking for a host, we would love to help.
Contact Us
For individuals, groups or organisations, for general enquiries email info@readingbiscuitfactory.co.uk
