Place-Based Peer Learning Newsletter: September 2025
Published on September 3, 2025
Welcome to the latest edition of our Place-Based Peer Learning Newsletter!
As well as our regular selection of the latest events, news and learning from the programme, we’ll also have a focus on:
• Talent development in children and young people
• How to activate creative citizens
• An introduction to devolution
Upcoming Events
Project Share and Reflect: Talent Development
Join us for an engaging session on the topic of talent development in children and young people. Listen to examples shared from Local Cultural Education Partnerships and a variety of cultural organisations.
The session will take place on Wednesday 10 September.
How to Activate Creative Citizens
Would you like to engage your community to play an active role in your place? Join us for an inspiring session as we explore excellence in building community citizens within culture and place.
Bringing together both strategic frameworks and practical examples, the session will be an opportunity to hear from different organisations and partnerships.
The session will take place on Thursday 25 September.
Connect and Reflect: Activating Creative Engagement
Join our next ‘Connect and Reflect’ session on Wednesday 1 October.
In October’s session, discuss and reflect with place-based colleagues on your experiences of activating creative engagement in your place.
Our monthly ‘Connect and Reflect’ sessions provide the perfect time to digitally connect with your place-based peers, consider a range of themes and come away with new approaches to your work.
Project sharing
We heard a variety of examples of programming for poverty awareness in our ‘Project Shares’ event.
Appetite, a Creative People and Places programme, shared their experiences of delivering their ‘Big Feast’ and how they work with the community to ensure the event is accessible.
Interested in hearing more? All our project share recordings are available to view on Hivebrite.
Take a listen
Take a listen to our podcast series, Conversations in Place.
Conversations in Place spotlight the incredible work taking place across the country through first-hand insights from those involved in the projects shared.
Explore the work of Culture West and the impact the Cultural Compact has had in the West of England.
Conversations in Place spotlight the incredible work taking place across the country through first-hand insights from those involved in the projects shared.
Explore the work of Culture West and the impact the Cultural Compact has had in the West of England.
Catch Up
An Introduction to Devolution
Catch up on our recent introductory session on the topic of devolution.
Discover more about the impact of devolution across the country and the implications of the English Devolution White Paper for Strategic Authorities and Local Government.
Development of Cultural Compacts
Arts Council England recently commissioned a review of the development of Cultural Compacts over the last five years.
In the recording, discover more about place-based strategy, delve into the report’s findings, and hear case studies from current Cultural Compacts.
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