Creative Bedfordshire October networking has a focus on Creating Relationships.  We will hear short 5 Minute talks on the subject from 3 viewpoints. The evening also includes a chance to shout-out about your own work and needs, and to chat informally.  If you work in the arts, run a creative business, are a freelance artist, actor, producer, maker or musician (or commission them), or are just curious, this network is for you. Creative Bedfordshire monthly events take place across Bedfordshire. Creative Networking is delivered by Bedford Creative Arts and is free of charge to attend thanks to the support of Central Bedfordshire Council and Bedford Borough Council.

1. 6th October 2016 7 - 9pm Biggleswade, SG18 0LJ
CREATIVE
NETWORKING OCTOBER
Creative Networking is delivered by Bedford Creative Arts and is free of
charge to attend thanks to the support of Central Bedfordshire Council and
Bedford Borough Council.
Supported by

2. CREATING
RELATIONSHIPS

3. SAY HELLO
We are a very friendly network. We are not pitching at each other. We are
chatting about what we are in to and what we are up to with a view to
understanding each others skills, collaborating and voicing our needs.

4. SHOUT OUT
Your chance to tell us about your work and needs

5. OUR
GUEST HOST
Elly Hudson
Assistant Producer - The
Culture Challenge
Elly Pop Illustration
Elly will give an introduction to
The Culture Challenge, and talk
about creating relationships
between creatives and
education providers in
Bedfordshire and beyond.
Elly lives in Bedford
@ellypopart & @bcaintern

6. OUR
SPEAKERS
Erica Roffe
Publishing + Cultural Events
Management
Master of Many , creative force
behind The Bedford Clanger,
BedPOP Funpalaces BedPOP
ScienceLab, Castle Quay
Weekender, Bedpop Record
Shop & more.
Erica lives in Bedford
@Bedfordclanger
Richard Slade
Co-founder of Neotists
Neotists is a collective for
creative professionals in the St
Neots and Huntingdon area.
Richard is a Graphic Designer.
Richard lives in St Neots
Sandra Dartnell
Customer Experience
Consultant at ThinkingCX
Sandra has been self employed
for 3 years, and works on how
the key point of value can be
communicated to customers.
Sandra lives in Leighton
Buzzard
@SandraDartnell@neotists

7. CULTURE
CHALLENGE
A project devised and led by Bedford Creative Arts to enable more young people to
experience and make arts and culture. Designed for and with teachers it provides a
directory of creative and cultural providers that are experienced at working with schools.
Artists, cultural organisations, and schools can become Culture Challenge members

8. OUR
SPEAKERS
Erica Roffe
Publishing + Cultural Events
Management
Master of Many , creative force
behind The Bedford Clanger,
BedPOP Funpalaces BedPOP
ScienceLab, Castle Quay
Weekender, Bedpop Record
Shop & more.
Erica lives in Bedford
@Bedfordclanger

9. Erica Roffe

10. COLLABORATION
LEADS TO
GREATNESS
Erica Roffe will explain how collaborative relationships lead to greatness! - making
for more credible and successful funding applications, and making for projects that
are more attractive to sponsors, artists and venues and audiences.

11. Collaboration is great for venues.
Image credit for Bedpop Funplaces by Cat Lane

12. Collaborations is great for ideas.
Image credit Katie Allen photographed for Bedpop Funplaces by Cat Lane

13. Collaboration is great for big brands (and small brands).

14. Collaboration is great for spreading the word.

15. Collaboration is the future.

16. OUR
SPEAKERS
Richard Slade
Co-founder of Neotists
Neotists is a collective for
creative professionals in the St
Neots and Huntingdon area.
Richard is a Graphic Designer.
Richard lives in St Neots
@neotists

17. Gayle Storey.
Richard Slade.

18. A CREATIVE
COMMUNITY IN
YOUR TOWN
Richard Slade will tell us the story of the Neotists, and explain how you might go about
forming a creative community in your town

19. Richard Slade.

20. Richard Slade.

21. Richard Slade.

22. Richard Slade.

23. The Neotists.

24. The Neotists.

25. OUR
SPEAKERS
Sandra Dartnell
Customer Experience
Consultant at ThinkingCX
Sandra has been self employed
for 3 years, and works on how
the key point of value can be
communicated to customers.
Sandra lives in Leighton
Buzzard
@SandraDartnell

26. COUNCILS ARE
APPROACHABLE
Sandra Dartnell will talk about how you can create projects for your creative business
by approaching your local town council with a viewpoint and a set of skills.

27. Sandra Dartnell.

28. Councils are approachable

29. Councils don’t care about you they care about the community

30. Councils need evidence

31. Do your homework. Speak to people who already care.

32. Don’t assume you need to volunteer

33. Be part of your community

34. SAY HELLO

35. SHOUT OUT
Your chance to tell us about your work and needs

36. DUMP IT ON
PARLIAMENT REVISITED
– THE FINAL CUT
3th Nov 2016
Tickets £6.50 http://bedfordcreativearts.org.uk/projects/dump-parliament-revisited-final-cut/
Commissioned by Central Bedfordshire Council and Produced by Bedford Creative Arts.
Dump It On Parliament Revisited – The Final Cut was created by local film-maker Andy Willsher and artists
DASHNDEM and Roshi Nasehi, to explore the history of the original protest tape, Dump It On Parliament,
and the creation of a new compilation made with local post-punk bands and musicians as a record and
celebration of the raw energy of Bedfordshire 1980’s post-punk scene re-imagined for today.
7.30 – 9.45pm Luton, LU1 2EY

37. LET’S TALK
BUSINESS
Business advice and information email alerts from Central Bedfordshire
Council, including financing and funding opportunities, local business news,
networking events, awards and competitions.
http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/business/timebank/lets-talk.aspx

38. BUSINESS
TIME BANK
The Business TimeBank scheme, includes seminars, workshops and
opportunities for one to one advice from experts – and all completely free.
http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/business/timebank/timebank.aspx

39. BUSINESS
TOOLKIT
One page summary of business advice sources with links to each
http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/business/networking/creative.aspx

40. BUSINESS
GROWTH SUPPORT
Velocity provides networking with other businesses and cutting edge
information / guidance on a range of growth themes. They hold a number of
free workshops across the South East Midlands area.
www.velocitybusinesssupport.com/

41. GRANTS
FOR THE ARTS
Grants for the Arts is an open access funding programme for individuals, art organisations
and other people who use the arts in their work. The Arts Council offer awards from £1,000
to £100,000 to support a wide variety of arts-related activities, from dance to visual arts,
literature to theatre, music to combined arts.
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/grants-arts/

42. 3rd Nov 2016 7 - 9pm Bedford, MK40 3QY
CREATIVE
NETWORKING
NOVEMBER
Register for updates: http://bedfordcreativearts.org.uk/creative-bedfordshire/#signup
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43. 7th & 21st Nov 2016
FREE
WRITING WITH
PURPOSE
WORKSHOPS
Only 24 places available. 5hrs of collaboration and professional development advice for free.
Register by emailing sandrad@bedfordcreartivearts.org.uk
This is not a creative writing workshop. It is a workshop about writing
creatively and engagingly about you and your creative business.
10 - 4pm Bedford, MK42 9HE

44. THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS?
LIKE TO BE A SPEAKER?
LIKE TO FEEDBACK ABOUT
HOW WE HAVE HELPED
YOU?
sandrad@bedfordcreativearts.org.uk
Sandra Dartnell – Associate Producer