For decades Clean Break has been influencing how arts and culture organisations handle challenging subject matter, and care for audiences and staff teams, from co-producing plays with theatres across the country, to our popular professional training workshops.
This summer, we launched the most comprehensive survey on trauma informed practice that has been undertaken by an arts organisation. The insights we gained from 50 organisations from across the country have enabled us to develop an exciting new programme of training, resources and support for companies whose goals relate to improving wellbeing practices and diversifying audiences and talent.
Culture with Kindness is a five-part offer combining staff training, digital resources, community learning, consultancy support, and public recognition. The programme is a unique opportunity to connect meaningfully with an organisation that has set the standard for trauma informed practice in arts and culture.
Participating organisations can book staff members and volunteers onto Clean Break’s regular professional training workshops on a rolling basis. This way, the risk of skills and knowledge being lost due to staff turnover is minimised, and trauma informed practice becomes embedded in company culture.
Maximising the return on staff training is a key priority for leadership teams. Participating organisations will have access to an ever-growing library of digital resources, through Clean Break’s online Knowledge Hub. Staff can top-up and refresh their learning any time, and helpful guides on best practice will be on-hand when needed.
Listening to and learning from our peers is a key part of building a trauma informed practice. This is why we will be offering moments to gather - online and in person - with a series of events, bringing participating organisations together with experts from across the sectors Clean Break is part of.
Participating organisations will have the opportunity to receive discounted, prioritised and bespoke support sessions from our team, for any aspect of your work that you think requires a trauma informed lens. For example, audience care, care in production, designing trauma informed spaces, and more.
Communicate your commitment to trauma informed practice with Culture with Kindness branded resources to display at your venue and online.
How to get involved:
If you are interested in becoming one of our Culture with Kindness pilot organisations or simply want to learn more about the programme and what it could do for your company, please get in touch – we would love to hear from you.
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