Creative projects based at Nottingham Contemporary for women in the East Midlands. Groups of women with a range of complex needs work with artists to take a break, explore and make new art, meet new people and develop self-confidence and resilience. Projects help women to move away from challenging circumstances and to feel more positive about future employment, volunteering, training and education. Loudspeaker projects are part of a wider regional programme called Opportunity and Change.
In 2020 Loudspeaker was shortlisted to win the Museums and Heritage award for Learning Programme of the Year, and the Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance award for Collective Power Award in partnership with Ideas Alliance.
Organisation
Nottingham Contemporary
Role
Programme Manager.
Devising, resourcing, managing and reporting on a programme of creative projects. Purchasing art materials, arranging transport, providing staff training, carrying out risk assessments, safeguarding adults, budget management, referral management, and managing a peer mentor scheme.
Collaborators
Nottingham City Council.
Nottinghamshire County Council.
D2N2 – Local Enterprise Partnership for Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
Framework Housing Association.
RCAN (Rural Community Action Nottinghamshire).
Nottinghamshire YMCA.
Derventio Housing.
Nottingham Women’s Centre.
Double Impact.
Emmanuel House.
Acorn Training.
Riverside Housing Association.
Women’s Work.
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum.
Nottinghamshire Women’s Aid.
POW Prostitutes Outreach Workers.
Outcomes
Women developing confidence to talk, create and socialise.
Women finding ways to tackle challenges such as addiction, mental health, domestic violence and homelessness.
Women feeling more positive about attending an activity in a new location.
Women moving on to volunteering, training and work.
Funding
Big Lottery Community Fund
European Social Fund
Link https://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org/exchange/projects/#loudspeaker
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