Driving Change
Backstage Studio
Taking place in the Roundhouse Backstage Studio.
To register your interest, please email RSVP@roundhouse.org.uk
Are you an EDI or HR professional or a leader in the Creative Industries?
Join us for a day of workshops, talks and discussions about how we can improve access to the industry for all. Topics this year include neurodiversity, class, values and leadership.
To reserve your space, please email RSVP@roundhouse.org.uk
The day will start with a welcome and keynote speech by Joelle Taylor, recipient of the T.S. Eliot Prize.
We’re also excited to announce more information about the workshops taking place on the day below.
From Knowledge to Innovation: Empowering Inclusive Leaders for the Future.
Delivered by Emilie Fellingham, Equity, Diversity, Justice and Inclusion (EDJI) Programme Manager Royal Shakespeare Company and Marc Elliott, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Lead at Roundhouse
The future of the arts industry relies on the integration of three essential pillars: traditional craft skills, human skills like collaboration and creativity, and the ability to embrace and apply new technologies. This workshop will explore why these skills are vital, the need to overhaul the way we are training for a new era of curiosity-driven learning, and how we can ensure excellent succession planning as we develop the future leaders of the industry.
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Creating a diverse and inclusive Board: practices for the future
Delivered by Shonagh Reid from Spotlight Inclusion
This workshop will interest you if you are a board member or work closely with your board in your organisation. In it, we will focus on how boards work to become more diverse and how we might consider common board practices through the lens of inclusion. What are the benefits of a diverse board? Why does it feel so difficult to create a diverse board? How do we retain board members and create environments in which they can thrive? How might we reimagine how boards work to create sustainable organisations for the future?
For our afternoon workshops, you can choose between:
How to connect EDI to your organisation in an honest and meaningful way
Delivered by Gemma Johnson, Scott Morrison from The Glasshouse
Tick boxes begone! This practical workshop will give you tips and ideas for how to make sure you are authentically integrating EDI into your organisation’s culture and strategy in a meaningful and long-lasting way.
Class in the Arts Hackathon
Delivered by Zainab Shariff from Southbank Centre and Tom Armstrong, Co-founder of Common People
Panelists
Carolyn Forsyth, Exec Director and CEO, Talawa Theatre
Antonte Semira, Head of Community, UN Women (UK)
Lunch will be provided, as well as complimentary drinks during our end of event networking session in the Roundhouse Bar and Cafe. There will also be an opportunity to attend the Roundhouse Poetry Slam, which will be celebrating its 20th anniversary! Spaces are on a first come first serve basis.