Welcome to our blog
Get the latest insights from Creative Black Country. Find out about our projects, fundraising opportunities and more…
Culture Volunteers BSL collaboration with Stourbridge Glass Museum
The Culture Volunteers project is delighted to support Stourbridge Glass Museum with its aim of making volunteering opportunities there more accessible for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Volunteers Make a Difference at 'Same Difference' Festival, Wolverhampton
Some of Wolverhampton’s brightest young creative talent had chance to show off their skills at this year’s Same Difference festival in the city’s West Park.
Culture Volunteers - Smethwick Heritage Centre Recruitment Day
A warm welcome at Smethwick Heritage Centre’s volunteer recruitment day.
The CBC Summer Social photo gallery
Where can you go for circus skills fun, nature-inspired screen printing, live music, Japanese Hapa Zome making and creative conversations? The CBC Summer Social is where…
More Than a Mailing List - On Connection, Creativity and Friendship
With thanks to Sallyanne Rock of Glass Pen Studios for writing this guest blog post about her experience connecting with Yvonne, our Fundraising Manager, at Creative Black Country.
The Red Lion Desi Pub sign is on show once again
From West Bromwich to Venice, London, and now Scotland, The Red Lion Desi Pub sign is on show once again.
Creative Black Country and The Space Partnership to support Black Country Creatives
Creative Black Country and The Space have announced a unique partnership that is designed to offer a range of creative development support to artists across the Black Country.
The first Wellbeing in the Workplace workshop with Paycare
CBC enjoyed a lovely day with staff at Paycare in Wolverhampton delivering our Workplace Wellbeing Creative Workshops, which is a new initiative.
ENTER – Starting the process of co-creating ideas and outcomes
GUEST BLOG POST - from Kulturvilla Nellie our ‘Cultural Bridge’ partner organisation. Thank you to Stephanie Staib, project lead Kulturvilla Nellie for sharing this post following a visit to the Black Country in June.
Project Grant fundraising tips
Take a look at some of the TOP TIPS that we heard from Arts Council England relationship managers at our recent Fundraising Fellowship event. If you are looking to apply for a project grant these might help…
Potions, Performance and Passionate Volunteering! Shakespeare's Folio comes to Smethwick
Fun with Shakespeare and the Folio!
A special ‘thank you’ for the volunteers at Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Wolverhampton Art Gallery volunteers get a special tour of the gallery stores and archive to say ‘thank you’ for everything they do.
Volunteering Futures - at Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton.
In the Dining Room at Wightwick Manor with today’s deaf and hard of hearing guests finding out about volunteering.
PODCAST: Gavin and the Sound Aloud project
Hear more about the ideas and concept for ‘Sound Aloud’ by artist Gavin Rogers who worked alongside women and LGBTQIA+ people living in and around Dudley to find their voices together and discover the possibilities of Netherton Tunnel.
PODCAST: Steve and the Portrait of a Place project
Steve shares what it was like to be part of a group making poetry and an animation having never tried it before with Dudley Creates commissioned project Portrait of a Place.
PODCAST: Jennifer and the Sound Aloud Project
Jennifer tells us about her experience of taking part in our Dudley Creates commissioned project ‘Sound Aloud’ a project by artist Gavin Rogers.
Doing things differently
Since developing CBC’s pilot project ENTER as part of Cultural Bridge in 2021, a partnership programme between UK and Germany, CBC have been rediscovering the importance of building European relationships in the Black Country, and how we do this differently.
Volunteering Futures - Willing Hands make things happen
Getting crafty at Wolverhampton Art Festival 2023 in Victoria Street in the city centre.
Fundraising Fellowship Scheme 2023
The Fundraising Fellowship Scheme is back for 2023 and we are very happy to announce that we have a new cohort of six community organisations and projects to support over the next year.
Volunteering Futures - Lighting up Whitmore Reans - Welcome Spring!
After weeks and weeks of preparation the Welcome to Spring Lantern Parade was finally here and lit up Whitmore Reans in style.