On Sunday 17th September Stourbridge Glass Museum opened it’s doors for a very special tour. Our partners, Deaf Explorer and Deafscope helped promote the event and bring together a fantastic group of visitors, some of who we will be working with to make the museum and it’s volunteering roles accessible to people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

Final briefing as the team get ready for the volunteer Open Morning at the Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton.

The sun shone for our second Workplace Wellbeing Workshop with lovely staff from Paycare.

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.

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.

A warm welcome at Smethwick Heritage Centre’s volunteer recruitment day.

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…

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.

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 have announced a unique partnership that is designed to offer a range of creative development support to artists across the Black Country.

CBC enjoyed a lovely day with staff at Paycare in Wolverhampton delivering our Workplace Wellbeing Creative Workshops, which is a new initiative.

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.

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…

Fun with Shakespeare and the Folio!

Wolverhampton Art Gallery volunteers get a special tour of the gallery stores and archive to say ‘thank you’ for everything they do.

In the Dining Room at Wightwick Manor with today’s deaf and hard of hearing guests finding out about volunteering.

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.

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.

Jennifer tells us about her experience of taking part in our Dudley Creates commissioned project ‘Sound Aloud’ a project by artist Gavin Rogers.

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.