In this edition of Lead On we share the findings and analysis of our Market Research Survey, undertaken in July 2020, as well as news of applications opening for the 2021 Fellowship and Spring residential courses. There's also an opinion piece from Clore Alumni Amanda Parker on the term 'BAME' from The Independent, fundraising and leadership resources and upcoming job opportunities. Enjoy! 

Applications for the Fellowship, Leadership Pulse and Emerging Leaders residential courses, all taking place in 2021, will open at the end of September.

All Fellowships are fully funded for 2021 and in a first for Clore Leadership, 75% of Course places will receive a bursary. Read our news story for full details and dates.

After a sell-out event in 2018, Emerging Futures is back for 2020!

This online conference is for early-career change-makers working independently or within
organisations in the Arts, Culture & Creative Industries across the UK.

The conference and series of satellite workshops are a chance to hear from leaders, trailblazers and activists, make connections with others and exchange ideas on what leadership is and will be for the Creative sector.

Tuesday 29 & Wednesday 30 September 2020

If you are looking for a space to download and reflect on challenges you’re facing
or opportunities to develop in the future, why not sign up to our Small Group Conversations?

These sessions, kicking off at the end of September and beginning of October, are a series of facilitated conversations to provide spaces for mutual support and reflection to explore the issues, challenges and opportunities being faced in your professional life.

In July 2020, Clore Leadership contacted our alumni and the wider arts and culture sectors to request responses to a survey assessing the impact of Covid-19 on workforce development priorities in the short to medium term.

We have now published the headline findings, analysis, narrative reponses and conclusions of the survey.

If you’re serious about anti-racism, you need to stop using the term ‘BAME’. Ethnically diverse creatives across the UK are asking the government, media, and our allies to take on expressions of our choosing, writes Clore Alumni Amanda Parker.

NPOs join forces to deliver city-wide cultural funding. Plymouth’s arts organisations are aiming to ‘innovate’ their way out of the crisis by setting up a Cultural Investment Fund. 

'Not touching is the worst!': Rambert embrace a different kind of dance. Masking up and working in bubbles are part of the routine as the company rehearse a dark but hopeful new piece by Wim Vandekeybus. 

Post-Brexit UK festival chief seeks country’s 'brightest talents' amid criticism over £120m cost. The project, planned for 2022, promises £3m in total to successful applications.

The Freelance Task Force Producers working group created a Theatre and Performance Producers Survey around the questions ‘How do we advocate for the role of Producer?’ and ‘What are our working conditions now?’. 137 Producers responded, and this report, co-written by Clore Alumni Daisy Hale, is the culmination of the data. 

Sign up for a Future Steps Discussion on Wednesday 30 September.

The Clore Duffield Foundation has partnered with GEM (the Group for Education in Museums), Engage (the National Association for Gallery Education) and the Theatre Education Forum to publish 'Space for Learning: Covid Secure guidance for museums, galleries, heritage and performing arts sites'.

A number of heads of learning from across the UK cultural sector contributed their expertise and time to put the guidance together around topics such as workforce safety and wellbeing; adapting learning spaces and processes; and digital learning.

Rebuilding Heritage programme launches to provide free support to the heritage sector.

A new programme coordinated by the Heritage Alliance and delivered through a partnership with Clore Leadership, Creative United, the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, and Media Trust, will provide free support to individuals and organisations to help them to respond and adapt to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The first wave of support will be themed around Ways Out Of Crisis and details will be announced at the end of September. For more information please sign up to the Rebuilding Heritage mailing list.

Arts Fundraising & Philanthropy are pleased to pilot 'Reboot & Regroup', a brand new free support programme, in partnership with the AMA and University of Leeds, which will act as a virtual support group for those needing to unexpectedly change roles or adapt skills in the uncertainty of the current climate.

The programme will work with up to 100 arts fundraisers who are furloughed, at risk of, or have been made redundant and will provide support as well as professional development.

'The Leading Edge': Ideas shaping a better world from Exeter University Business School

This series of inspirational talks will provide a space to discuss some of the most pressing global challenges and consider how we can all play a role in shaping a better and more sustainable world. If you strive to demonstrate responsible leadership and are keen to explore creative approaches to your day-to-day work, this is your opportunity to take part in provocative conversations with a range of award-winning and creative leaders.

In 'The Empty Cases' Gary Younge speaks to museum curators as they currently review what's on display in UK museums and how they’re re-writing the way we revere, remember and acknowledge Britain's historical moments. As Gary finds out, when the public is re-admitted to museums after the current lockdown, there is a distinct possibility that some display cases may have notable absences.

The National Rural Touring Forum conference is an opportunity to bring the Rural Touring community together for a series of sessions and showcases. New and existing schemes, promoters, cultural organisations, artists, performers and arts practitioners from across the rural touring and creative sectors are all welcome.

This year’s NRTF Conference 2020 will be online and digital, taking place every Tuesday in October with follow up session every Friday morning.

'Reverberate' is a new funding scheme for grassroots organisations to run small, locally-based projects that enable and empower young people (aged 11-25) to re-discover, re-imagine and re-create their local heritage through creativity, and share their vision with their communities. 

Deadline is Monday 21 September 2020. Projects must finish by 20 December 2020.

Interim Director of Strategy, Attitude Is Everything
3 months, part-time. Fee negotiable.

The Interim Director of Strategy will work on a consultancy basis with the management team to review, map out and plan the organisation’s strategy over the coming crucial months. The successful applicant will have experience of managing organisations at the highest level and will have had demonstrable experience of Board and team management.

Deadline is 5.30pm, Friday 18 September 2020

Relationship Manager, Children, Young People and Learning, Arts Council England
£32,615 per annum

ACE are looking for an enthusiastic advocate of culture and creativity to fill the role of Relationship Manager, Children and Young People in the Midlands area team. Specialist knowledge and experience is required to support the development and delivery of Let’s Create, the strategy for 2020-30.

Deadline is Tuesday 22 September 2020

Chief Operating Officer/ Deputy Chief Executive, Kent Music
£45,000 - £50,000

This is an exciting new role in the organisation with responsibility for the finance, operational and compliance aspects of running a modern charity. Reporting to the chief executive you will lead a team of managers working across finance, resources, HR, communications and customer service.

Deadline is 9am, Monday 28 September 2020

Deputy Director, New Contemporaries
PT 4 days a week. £34,000 - £38,000 pro rata

The Deputy Director will working closely with our Director and Board of Trustees, playing a vital role in ensuring the future development, ongoing financial resilience, management excellence and smooth running of New Contemporaries. This role may suit you if you are interested in progressing to a more senior leadership role, or are returning to work.

Deadline is 6pm, Tuesday 13 October 2020

Chief Executive, Imaginate
£45,000 - £50,000

Imaginate is looking for a dynamic new member of a world class team. Someone to lead, manage, enable, facilitate, develop, instigate, advocate and be a local, national and international ambassador for the benefit of the organisation and young audiences across Scotland. Working with the Board of Directors, you will lead Imaginate through the specific challenges presented by Covid-19 and into a post-Covid cultural landscape.

Deadline is 5pm, Monday 19 October 2020