Culture Co-op (Creative People and Places)
WHAT IS THE CULTURE CO-OP?
Culture Co-op are cooperating in a radically new way to build cultural capital, ownership and ambition in order to deliver a step change in cultural access and provision with the diverse people of Rochdale Borough.
Culture Coop is based on the original 1844 Rochdale Co-operative principles. The Coop builds shops in places where communities live and where the shops will benefit the community. Culture Coop will build cultural opportunities around neighbourhoods and across communities. Citizens will become collaborators, co-designers, co-producers and protagonists in creating work that is both neighbourhood driven and recognised for its quality, local relevance and artistic ambition.
The Culture Co-op started working in 2022 and currently it is funded until March 2025. It is led by a consortium of arts and community organisations, comprising of lead organisation Action Together CIO, Your Trust, Public Health, Rochdale Borough Housing, The Co-op Group, and Rochdale Borough Council.
HOW DOES THE CULTURE CO-OP OPERATE?
The Culture Co-op, in its simplest of terms, is a network of community participants, artists, arts and cultural organisations, third sector leaders, and local service providers - all committed to improving the quality of life through the arts.
How we come together and collaborate is where the co-operative model comes in. The Co-operative College produced a report on Cooperative Leadership, suggesting ways that the newly formed Creative People and Places programme might benefit from cooperative ways of working.
One of the ways is to implement 'leadership from the middle'. This means that while the Consortium will be formally responsible for delivering the Creative People and Place programme, key decision will actually be made by our network of partners - of 'Cultural Pioneers' - meaning that those delivering work on the ground will be the people who decide how resources are distributed and allocated across the borough.
The Co-operative College report also suggested Culture Co-op might benefit from utilising 'Sociocracy', which is a form of decision-making designed to encourage, autonomy, interdependence and transparency.
Expertise
Books, Literature & Publishing Children & Families Circus Arts Comedy Community Arts Crafts Dance Design (product, graphic, fashion) Education Events Festivals & Carnivals Film Fundraising Galleries & Exhibitions Marketing & Advertising Music Outdoor Arts Performing arts Photography Poetry Socially Engaged Arts Sound and Audio Textiles Theatre Tours/Walks Town of Culture Visual Arts (incl Fine Arts, Sculpture) Workshops & CoursesAccessibility
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- Monday: 9am -5pm
- Tuesday: 9am -5pm
- Wednesday: 9am -5pm
- Thursday: 9am -5pm
- Friday: 9am -5pm
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