24/11/2021
Culture Recovery Fund Announcement
We are delighted to announce that we will be benefitting from the third round of the Culture Recovery Fund. We will receive £69,940 on behalf of Extraordinary Bodies. This…
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08/09/2021
The View From Here – a return to live performance
Written by Claire Hodgson Co-Artistic Director of Diverse City and Extraordinary Bodies We are about to premiere a new circus show called Human and I have never felt so human. This past…
13/07/2021
Freedom day: freedom or folly?
The planned re-opening on July 19th, or ‘Freedom Day’, shows a blatant disregard for the efforts made by so many to ensure an inclusive recovery. The government’s plan to…
07/07/2021
Mid Life Meets the Next Generation
The team who brought you Mid Life and Mid Life: The Skin We’re In are back again to complete a triptych of explorations into the female experience. We…
15/06/2021
Women Leaders South West: Meet Vandna
Women make up around 70% of arts audiences and 70% of the arts workforce, but only about 30% of arts leadership (Elizabeth Freestone and The Guardian). This sort of…
01/06/2021
Global Day of Parents: how we support parents and carers in our workforce
Today is Global Day of Parents. Over the past year, reduced childcare has made it deeply challenging to be a working parent. Supporting those who care for children and…
06/05/2021
Unexpected Leaders – building a new, fairer world
What is the Unexpected Leaders programme? We think that by transforming leadership and shifting power, we can change the arts. There are rafts of passionate, well intentioned, white, straight,…
04/05/2021
Diverse City and PiPA – how we’ve committed to supporting parents and carers in our workforce.
At the end of 2020, we were delighted to formalise our ongoing friendship and professional relationship with PiPA (Parents and Carers in Performing Arts) by becoming a Charter Partner….
04/05/2021
Amplifying Unexpected Leaders’ voices
This year, we have been amplifying Unexpected Leaders’ voices through Connecting Communities, a proactive and optimistic response to the isolation of the past year. We’ve been working with community…
30/04/2021
Mid Life: The Skin We’re In
Following the enormous success of Mid Life as Diverse City entered 2020, we were already thinking of ways that we could continue exploring that world. When 2020 turned everything…
30/04/2021
Mid Life
Hold tight. There’s a change coming. Claire was the south east of England disco dancing champion in 1982. Surely, she can’t be menopausal? Jacqui’s busy looking after the grandkids…
05/04/2021
Culture Recovery Fund Round 2
Last week, Diverse City received £69,940 from the second round of the government’s Culture Recovery Fund. We are among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest awards from…
08/03/2021
International Women’s Day: a look at Women Leaders South West
For International Women’s Day, we look at how leadership roles are still being kept away from women and how Women Leaders South West aims to claim these back. Please…
02/11/2020
It’s November 2020
It’s November 2020. March 2020 seems like a lifetime ago. We’d had great funding news. We were about to launch massive plans. We were planning our next 10 years……
27/10/2020
Signal Fire
Signal Fire (n): A fire or light set up in a prominent position as a warning, signal, or celebration. In October and November, fires are lighting up across the UK…
25/10/2020
Women Leaders South West – New Call Out
After a lockdown-induced pause, we are really excited to share the new call out for Women Leaders South West (WLSW). Diverse City is one of eight arts organisations involved…
20/10/2020
A Tribute To Dave Toole
A statement from Diverse City, written by Claire Hodgson. We are deeply saddened to hear of Dave Toole ’s death. He was a brilliant artist, collaborator and friend. He supported…
12/10/2020
Diverse City Receives A Culture Recovery Fund Grant
A Brighter Future For Diverse City Today, Diverse City received £275,690 from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as part of the government’s Culture Recovery Fund. We are…
01/10/2020
Access Help for ACE Funding: We’re Here.
Do you feel like you are in the dark? If you face any barriers to applying for ACE National Lottery Project Grants you can apply for paid access support….
