What change or difference will your project make?
Tip: What are the outcomes or results of your project? Think about what will happen for the people who are involved. How will it make them feel or what will they learn?
Tip: What else will happen or change as a result of your project?
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People will engage as audiences and workshop attendees. This will include post-show discussions and generating written creative content as part of the interactive workshops. I want people to experience high quality arts events that tackle difficult issues in a safe and supportive environment, allowing them to benefit from considering challenging content in a positive, and ultimately uplifting way. People who have had similar situations with their own gender identity will feel seen and represented and they will be empowered to voice their own experiences though the workshops. This will lead to them feeling connected to others and less alone, addressing the stigma of gender dysphoria. Health professionals will be able to understand people’s experiences better through seeing a range of responses and...
The project will result in the following:
A thriving cultural programme which is created with and for the local community
4 confident, skilled community-based programmers
An audience base for creative projects in the local area
For local people the change will be increased community pride, confidence in attending cultural events and changes in perception about the area in which they live. The difference for the community programmers will be significant as they will be developing transferable skills which will increase employability. These include business planning, budget management and hosting meetings. They will also…
Public engagement of the project will be delivered through:
1. Work in progress sharings of the composition, 2. Post- event discussions and 3. Online content sharing: process blogs, behind-the-scenes videos.
Our experience of delivering public engagement activities in partnership with academics has shaped our approach for this current project. Through this we have created a project with multiple means of engaging which provide opportunities for participants to enjoy the music and the live experience as well as reflecting on the content, the themes and the process. Our previous work has shown that exploring political themes through music can open up debate in ways which simply presenting the facts cannot. The changes we will look for will be…
Short term
- Improve understanding of experiences and current treatments of mental health
- Increase engagement from audiences with mental health issues into cultural activities in the city
- Trial and evaluation of a new format for interactive events in the venue
- A permanent documentation held in the city archives from interviews undertaken throughout the project.
Long term
- A city where the community is engaged creatively in celebrating their own social history and heritage
- The city establishing ongoing partnerships and gaining a reputation for excellence in community arts
- Development of the participating organisations to build communities through arts and heritage projects