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
Thanks to the Clore Fellowship I founded my company and have achieved things beyond all my expectations with active arts projects led by deaf and disabled artists in three different continents. Thank you for enabling me to fulfil my dreams and create opportunities for so many other artists through my work.
Cathy Mager, Clore Fellow 2021
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