USING ARTS AND CULTURE TO CREATE A CLIMATE-READY FUTURE

Creative Carbon Scotland and the Improvement Service have worked together to develop a free sprint training programme to empower local authority officers to utilise cultural and creative practices in the delivery of their work to help create a more sustainable future.

Working with arts and culture offers many opportunities to advance work on climate change adaptation, mitigation and the just transition, and this programme will provide both training and bespoke advice to help participants to develop work in this area.

The programme is open to any local authority officer who feels it will make a difference in the delivery of their role. This is likely to be those working in climate change adaptation or mitigation, just transition planning, community development, economic development or arts and culture, but other areas will be relevant too.

The programme will be delivered via Teams by members of Creative Carbon Scotland and input from artists and other experts in the field. There will be six hours of contact time and an expectation of six hours of individual work between sessions.

When signing up participants will be asked to submit a climate change- or sustainability-related challenge they want to work on through the programme.

You can submit an application using this online form before the deadline of Friday 19 July. Applicants should be able to display a demonstrable interest in the subject matter and work in roles that provide clear opportunities to apply the learning from the programme.

If you have any questions, please contact lewis.coenen-rowe@creativecarbonscotland.com. rights

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Programme structure

	Date	Time	Content
Group session 1: Getting Started	Wednesday 4 September	10am-12pm	Creative icebreaker Guest speaker presentation from a successful previous project Summary of different ways that arts collaboration offers value Practical information on how to work with artists Group discussion and mentoring on your challenges and how arts-led methods can help address these
Group session 2: Evaluation	Wednesday 2 October	10am-11am	Presentation on appropriate evaluation methods for arts-led projects Group activity on using an evaluation framework to design and assess a project
1:1 Mentoring with Artists	Wednesday 6 November	10am-11am	1:1 sessions matching you up with a creative practitioner in your area to discuss ideas, get feedback, and develop your plan
Group session 3: Making the Case	Wednesday 4 December	10am-12pm	Reflection exercise Guest speaker presentation on how to make the business case for art-sustainability work Discussion on how to communicate your work and develop interest Advice on future resources and support Line-managers join for the end of the session to hear short presentations from participants on their ideas