Sharing what we’ve learnt

Over two decades of work in Sheffield and beyond, we’ve picked up a fair amount of experience in a diverse range of fields, from independent publishing and event organising to more unique areas such as generative journalism and systems thinking.

Alongside our day-to-day work, we’re sometimes in a position to provide paid advice on areas we’ve developed expertise in. We’re hesitant to use the word ‘consultancy’, as it doesn’t feel true to who we are or the relational way in which we work.

All paid partnerships help support our work as a not-for-profit exploring and furthering systems change in South Yorkshire, including projects such as Now Then, Festival of Debate and the River Dôn Project.

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Areas we have a good deal of experience in and can potentially provide paid advice around include:

  • Events, including:

    • Event planning, production and delivery

    • Festival planning and curation

    • Community engagement and consultation

    • Live literature and spoken word events

    • Event accessibility

  • Finance including:

    • Financial systems and management

    • Income generation and fundraising

  • Project management

  • Organisational strategy

  • Designing participatory processes, including:

    • Participatory facilitation

    • Workshop design and delivery

    • Facilitation of vision and strategy

    • Co-creation processes

    • Creative facilitation (using systemic mapping, flow game, art of hosting, social presencing theatre and eco-facilitation)

    • Deep listening

    • Community engagement

  • Qualitative research, including:

    • Report writing

    • Facilitation

    • Story-sharing sessions

  • Social-ecological transitions

  • Bringing arts, culture and storytelling into programmes

  • Cultural sector analysis

  • Network and movement building

  • Independent publishing, including:

    • Copywriting and editing

    • Media leadership

    • Moderation and interviews

    • Community media development

  • Storytelling, including:

    • Community journalism

    • Generative journalism

    • Developing community storytelling programming

    • Participatory storytelling

    • Systems change communications

  • Strategic communications

Please email us if you’re interested in getting advice from us on any of the areas above, and we can set up a conversation. We can’t guarantee that we’ll be able to, as this will depend on capacity, staff time and other workloads – but we’re always happy to have a chat.

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