Creative Communities Unit

Residency Trainee Artist Opportunity

4, September, 2014 jh59 0

A great trainee artist opportunity! Residency Trainee Artist (Full-time, October 13th – December 5th 2014, plus 20 additional days to be agreed in 2015 / 37 hours per week/ £1440) This is a trainee artist […]

WANTED: Get Talking Artist(s) in Residency

9, July, 2014 Ryan Kalisz 0

Artist Commission to support the Get Talking Evaluation of Appetite August 2014 – March 2015 Staffordshire University’s Creative Communities Unit is looking to commission an individual or group of artists to support the evaluation […]

Social Enterprise Pop-Up Shop 2014: Sptialfields Market, London

8, July, 2014 Ryan Kalisz 0

We are delighted to announce that our collaboration with the Students’ Union to bring a Pop-Up Shop Competition was a fantastic success! Congratulations to all of the students who participated during the days in both […]

Research That Encourages Mutual Benefit by Sarah Page

3, April, 2014 sjd1 0

Having recently conducted a couple of pieces of focus group research I have been encouraged by the reciprocal benefits experienced by researcher, commissioners of the research and research participants themselves.

Introducing the new guy…!

4, September, 2013 Ryan Kalisz 0

We briefly posted on Facebook earlier this week about welcoming our new Administration Assistant Ryan to the Creative Communities Unit. Of course, it is always a daunting thing joining a new team and been thrust […]

Tipping the Conversation

28, August, 2013 Ryan Kalisz 0

Adam Gratton, Get Talking Volunteer, reflects on how Get Talking and tea helped conversation flow at a beautiful performance of As the World Tipped on a soggy Friday night

Stoke is where the ‘art’ is!

14, August, 2013 Ryan Kalisz 0

Adam Gratton, Get Talking Network Volunteer and Cultural Reporter for Appetite reflects on his experience of being part of Get Talking for Appetite As I helped to unload the wild array of implements for the […]

Are you a Youth worker in Stoke or North Staffordshire? Let us hear your thoughts….

16, July, 2013 Ryan Kalisz 0

We are currently carrying out a small research project looking at the feasibility of developing a local youth work network for youth workers in Stoke on Trent and North Staffordshire. Please take a couple of […]

The complexities of managing youth work

13, June, 2013 Ryan Kalisz 0

Youth work in the UK has seen significant changes and challenges in recent years. A recent study by the Creative Communities Unit (The Shape of Youth Work Report) found that across the West Midlands there was […]

Get Talking Researcher Job Vacancy – Apply now!

14, May, 2013 Ryan Kalisz 0

The CCU advertises a great employment opportunity to work on Appetite, an Arts Council funded project in Stoke on Trent. The Creative Communities Unit wishes to recruit a Researcher for the ‘Appetite’ programme – an Arts Council funded, Creative People […]