PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR VALUES ARE

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We’re a different kind of creative agency.

Access unique ways of thinking, doing and being that elevates your work and deepens your social impact.

With our wealth of production and facilitation experience and community of 100+ emerging creatives, we can help. 

As a not-for-profit, every pound you spend goes back to supporting emerging and underrepresented creatives.

CREATIVE
Commissions

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Need a visual, audio, creative version of your work? Maybe it’s a rebrand, an unforgettable event, a mural or something else entirely?

Commission our multidisciplinary community to bring your ideas to life in a way that looks great and connects you with the communities you’re trying to reach. We’ll be on hand to support the creative throughout and make sure you get what you need.

  • If you have an idea and you’re looking for an artist to bring it to life, we can support you through the whole process. From brief writing to matching you with the right emerging creative and supporting them to deliver what you need

  • If you’re looking for a producer, facilitator, speaker, performer or programmer for your event or project we can help

  • Looking to commission something slightly different? Or a mixture of artwork and events? Get in touch and we can make it happen

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CONSULTANCY

Are you looking for new ways of thinking about what you do? Does everyone in your organisation look or sound the same? We can help you do things differently. 

Half the world's population is under 30. Young people are the most creative, diverse and radical generation in existence and you could ask us directly how to do your work better. We support organisations to innovate and future-proof their leadership, projects, branding etc., so let us help you too.

  • Looking to bring new voices to your board or rethink your model altogether?

    Our year-long OnBoard programme recruits, trains and supports you to embed young people into your governance.

    Our team has tons of expertise in radical governance models and we curate a bespoke annual programme of leading industry thinkers to get your board where you want it to be.

    See more here

  • Looking for more personalised support for you or a project you’re working on? Work with 1-2 young people to get strategic support on a particular project or your own leadership development.

    Get tailored 1:1 mentoring and coaching from our community of underrepresented creatives and team who can provide the expertise and guidance of the audiences you're not reaching

  • Looking to build relationships over a longer period of time and get a range of lived experiences under the skin of your organisation? Work with a group of 6-8 young people over 6+ months to develop the direction or practice of a project or your entire organisation

  • Looking for a deeper understanding of how young people do and could engage in your work? Or how your organisational culture could be more radical and care-centered? We can help with designing your research and reaching young creatives

    See our publications here

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Recruitment

Are you looking to reach more people with a creative role or opportunity? Do you have a great idea but not the network to find the person you need?

We can support you with writing accessible briefs, advising on day rates and reach out to members of our community we know would be perfect for your role but might not see it or think to apply without us.

  • If you have a brief ready to go, the fee is at least the real living wage and there’s two weeks left to apply we can put it in our weekly newsletter to the community for £20-50 depending on the type of role and organisation

  • If you want to recruit someone from our community of creatives we can help you find the right person.

    We can approach specific people, support them to apply and support you to select for £300 or 30% of the role fee (whichever is more)

TRAINING

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Have you got all the buzzwords down (e.g. equity, inclusion, partnership, anti-racism, co-creation etc) but they’re not translating into real change?

Sign up for our training and figure out how to embody this change making work in a way that will fill you with rage, but only so you can take real action.

  • How to create a work culture that cares for you and others

    Over 4 weeks together we'll explore how to embed care in every phase of the employee journey - from access and recruitment to generative conflict and policies made for humans.

    Find out more & book your place

  • We can tailor any of our existing programmes to your organisation and/or run training on a range of topics from governance and youth leadership to decolonisation and social enterprise business models.

    Get in touch to find out more.

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

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Please, not another Powerpoint presentation about the future of the creative sector, or an all white panel about…anything.

The Rising team and our community can talk on a range of topics from unique lived experiences and facilitate engaging events for you and your audiences. We can create engaging workshops that hold space for different points of view, ensuring that more people are getting a (paid) place at the table.

  • Whether it’s a board away day or a city-wide conference we can facilitate a host of engaging activities that help you explore a range of difficult topics through play, physical embodiment and creative thinking.

    Get in touch to find out more.

  • The Rising Arts Agency team and our community are experts in new models of leadership and governance, care-centered approaches, inclusion, anti-racism, person-centered work culture, access, youth voice, co-creation, power redistribution, decolonisation, arts activism, social enterprise and reflective practice to name a few topics.

    Find out more about how we work here.

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