21st Anniversary
2024 marks 21 years of Clore Leadership. Over 480 Fellows and 2,150 course alumni have taken part in the Clore Leadership programme since inception, with many working at the pinnacle of the arts, culture and heritage.
Back in 2003, Dame Vivien Duffield and the Clore Duffield Foundation, responded to the lack of pipeline for UK cultural leaders by creating the Clore Fellowship Programme, and have retained this investment in strengthening the leadership of culture in each of the 21 years of our existence.
Here Sally Bacon, former Director of the Foundation, shares the origin story charting the year of research, consultation and programme design that led to the announcement of the first cohort of Fellows in 2004.
21 Stories Articles
It’s been quite the journey since my Clore experience and every day I reflect back on the amazing and challenging time I had. I will be forever indebted to you and Clore for helping me believe in myself again and for opening doors to possibilities that seemed beyond my grasp.
Suzie Cross, Clore Fellow 2018-19
1200
Leaders engaged through our programming each year
35%
Of our programme participants are from global majority backgrounds
2538
Leaders in the Clore Leadership Network
17
Sectors on average represented across our programmes