Call for Creative Communities Podcast Guests
Do you work in the creative industry? Has your career been impacted by covid? Would you like to share your story? The Creative Communities First Project would love to hear from you. This is open to anyone based in Europe, it can be a creative person, organisation or even someone involved in Higher Education. Creative Communities […]
Project Balance – The First Hybrid Meeting
Samantha attended the first hybrid meeting of Project Balance, which took place in Tallin, the capital city of Estonia. The Covid-19 Pandemic has brought with it a series of challenges. One of these includes the effect it has taken on women and their work-life balance. Research has found that there has been a drastic increase […]
Climate Champions – Kilteevan, Roscommon
We are working on The Biodiversity and Climate Change Community Champions Project (Climate Champions). We’ve been looking for communities who are making a difference in the area that they live in, one of the places we went to visit was Kilteevan in County Roscommon. Kilteevan is home to the Cloonlarge Bog Walk, which is a […]
Future Festivals Tools Testing
We are working on the Future Festival Tools Project. The entertainment industry, including festivals were one of the first industries to close during the pandemic, and one of the last to restart. This project that will bring a team of European experts together to tackle the industry’s environmental impact by creating tools, resources & training […]
The SHINE Project – Strengthening Female Community Leaders Toolkit
We have been busy working on the SHINE Project, this project aims to upskill women with the knowledge and behaviours necessary to confidently and successfully transition into leadership roles in their third sector or community workplace. SHINE targets female staff of non-profit sector organisations who come from disadvantaged backgrounds economically and/or have few formal qualifications, […]
Social Prescribing and the Arts – Can Art Save Us?
We are working on the ACTIVATE Project (Social Prescibring for people and communities) and we are in the process of working on IO4: A Social Prescribing Course for Social/Cultural Service educators. We have discovered so many fantastic organisations during our research for this course, it’s clear to see there that arts and culture can make […]
Creative Invisibles Takes Over Bordeaux!
Earlier in July, I took off on an adventure to Bordeaux in France for the first Transnational Meeting for Creative Invisibles. Let me introduce myself, I am Lola and I started at Momentum three months ago. I’m enjoying being a voice for inclusion on the team but also the meaningful work we get to do […]
The INVOLVE Project – Transnational Meeting
The INVOLVE Project got to meet in person for the first time recently. After many online meetings, it was wonderful to see the project partners in person. Creative Spark hosted the meeting in Dundalk, Ireland – and it was great timing as the SEEK Urban Street Art Festival was also taking place, and the team […]
The Cultural Social Innovation Europe (CSI Project) Partner meeting in Italy
Back in May, the CSI EU Project Partners met in the stunning location of Matera in Italy. It was the first time that the partners had met in person and it made a lovely change from zoom meetings. Con is working on the project for us here in Momentum, and he’s bringing his skills and […]