Happy Black Country Day! To celebrate, we've handpicked some lovely events taking place across our mighty fine region over the next week (and a little beyond) for you to enjoy...

2023 has been jam-packed full of projects here at CBC and we’ve really enjoyed meeting new creatives and communities, alongside supporting people to make projects happen in the places they live with the people that matter to them. As we begin to lean into 2024 we asked the team to share their best bits, favourite memories and key highlights of the year…

Today is International Women’s Day and CBC are thrilled to work with lots of inspirational, talented and dedicated women everyday.

It has been an exciting year at Creative Black Country. As we respond to both opportunities and challenges the freelance team, and programme, has grown, we’ve supported a bumper year of co-created community projects and made lots of new partnerships.

How many of us would have guessed we’d still be in semi-lockdown so far in to 2021? The last 18 months have been a really strange time for CBC but, like everyone else, we’ve adapted and changed things so that we can continue our work in this new world. Find out some of the things we’ve got coming up in the next 6 months.

If you are working on a project grant application, or are about start one, for a creative project based in the Black Country and would like some advice then we are offering 20 minute sessions on the 23rd and 30th October.

Following announcements by the UK Government asking the population for increased social distancing, we would like to update you with our plans for the upcoming weeks.

Early in 2019 we advertised a new temporary role for an Assistant Producer for Funny Things Festival. The role was built into the project from the learning of the first event alongside an understanding that you can’t be in the same place at the same time. There was a great response to the role and after a round of interviews, it was Paige that shined for the panel. Here Paige tells us about the experience…