| Mid-March Member Bulletin |
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| Welcome to your Mid-March Member Bulletin. Below you'll find New upcoming events and information not included in your March Member Bulletin, as well as summary updates on what's happened since you received your Member Bulletin! There'll also be a copy of your March bulletin at the bottom of this email. |
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| In March we have hosted 3 events! What an insightful conversation. We explored how organisations can work collectively to support affected communities, maintain safe cultural spaces, and strengthen solidarity across the sector. Summary notes will be included in your April Member Bulletin Thank you so much to everyone who attended. For those of you who don't know, I'm Dan, the new Membership and systems coordinator at Culture Network LCR. This was such an amazing opportunity for me to meet members and freelancers and start building relationships! Thank you to all Catalyst presenters! We covered a lot: upcoming arts festivals, opportunities for local artists, and major cultural events planned across the city through 2026-2030. We also explored the sector’s growing economic impact, sustainability collaborations, fundraising campaigns, and creative education initiatives. Full summary notes will be available in your April Member Bulletin |
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| | When? Monday 13th April 10:00am-4:30pm Where? :📍Half~space What? : In-person training introducing the foundations of Decoloniality Book Here by the 7th April |
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| Join us at Half-Space for a Decoloniality Training session led by Dr Rebecca Loy of Living Colour Collective. The module introduces the foundations of decoloniality, exploring the origins of race and racism alongside pre-colonial African histories. Participants will examine how race was constructed through law, science and empire, reflect on its ongoing impact on institutions, and apply trauma-informed, healing-centred decolonial approaches to their work and organisational culture, concluding with practical anti-colonial strategies for the workplace. About Living Colour Collective Through dynamic workshops and interactive sessions, we build a vibrant community where diverse voices are celebrated. We inspire people to explore creativity, challenge preconceptions, and embrace a more inclusive worldview. By sharing tools for personal and professional growth, we foster resilience, innovation, and belonging. At Living Colour Collective, we believe creativity can drive change and build bridges across cultures, one colourful idea at a time. About Half~space Half~space is a “Creative lounge” created and curated by Playmaker.studio. A working studio and specialty coffee shop, the venue is a flexible space that offers the baltic community an independent location to relax, come together, learn and discover. We exist for the love for the arts and subculture. Playmaker.studio Playmaker studio exists to be Creative Allies to our clients and the local community. We apply over 25+ years of industry experience to support organisations to help shape their identity across Branding, Creative Direction and Web Design. Recognised by “Webby” and “Awwwards” for our website design and “Great place to work” for our brand storytelling, we’ve travelled to the Arctic Circle to film for our clients, worked with PLCs across the globe and nurtured our “Littlemakers" here in Liverpool. |
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| With For About 2026: Are you playing out? |
| When? : Thursday 16th April 9:30am-5:30pm Where? :📍 Shakespeare North Playhouse What? : A day-long gathering for artists, cultural workers, theatre makers, educators and practitioners who make art with children and young people (0-25). Book Here |
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| ❗️Culture Network LCR Member Exclusive Discount: Join Heart of Glass at With For About 2026. As a member of our network, Heart of Glass are providing a 40% discount on tickets booked for this event using the code CULTURENETWORK40 Network ticket prices: • £6 – Micro organisations (up to 4 staff) • £15 – Small organisations (under 10 staff) • £27 – Large organisations (10+ staff) Spaces are limited and Heart of Glass would love to fill the room with colleagues from the network, so if you’ve been thinking about coming, now's a great moment to book your tickets, or share with colleagues who collaborate with children and young people in their roles! If you’ve already booked at the standard rate, just let us know and we’ll refund the difference - email in...@heartofglass.org.uk Bursaries are also available, with applications open until the end of March. If cost is still a barrier, please get in touch at in...@heartofglass.org.uk to find out more. |
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| Unity - A Round Table Special |
| When? Friday 10th April 3pm-4:30pm Where? :📍World Museum What? : A special Round Table event with a focus on 'Unity' Book Here |
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| Save the date! Following the thoughtful conversations sparked during our Culture of Courage Round Tables (Parts 1 and 2), we’re bringing the Network together again for a special session on Friday 10th April at the World Museum, centred on the theme of Unity. This Round Table will create space for us to reflect on how the cultural sector can show solidarity with the communities around us, respond reactively to an ever-changing political landscape, and support one another through the challenging but necessary conversations our work often invites. Together, we’ll explore how we can strengthen connections, share perspectives, and move forward collectively. If you’d like to join us in person, you can book a place via the link above. Please note that spaces are limited to 15 participants. Online invitations will be shared closer to the date for those who would like to take part remotely. |
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| Landing in your inbox this month is your annual Membership renewal invoice. This covers Apr'26 - Mar'27. You'll also get to see the impact we have had in FY '25 - '26 by reading our first Impact Report! Katie Dean from Counter Culture has worked hard on this report and gave a sneak peak to our Catalyst attendees. The teams in Prescot, Bootle, Widnes, Birkenhead, and New Brighton are all working hard on developing their ToC bids. Birkenhead and New Brighton have launched some short surveys to enable people to provide input before the EOI is submitted Read More Here |
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| Monday 30 March, 2pm-5pm
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Find out more in the March Member Bulletin Holding 'THE MARCH TO STOP THE FAR RIGHT' on Saturday 28th March in London.
Find out more Here Complete the survey by 20th March and email to Charlie Comer |
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| That's all for your Mid-Month Bulletin! Remember that this is just a summary, want the full picture? You can find the March Bulletin by Clicking Here |
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