PHF hosts two-day community engagement discussion with Clore Fellows
Paul Hamlyn Foundation, in partnership with the Clore (cultural) Leadership Programme and the Clore Social Leadership Programme, hosted a two-day ‘community engagement’ discussion with the current fellows of both programmes at its Leeke Street headquarters.
The event, held on the 21- 22 January, brought together forty Fellows and staff from the Paul Hamlyn, Calouste Gulbenkian and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundations to explore issues and opportunities in the field of community engagement.
Dr Bernadette Lynch, author of ‘Whose cake is it anyway?’ – a PHF research report on community participation in museums, led a provocation on community engagement and explored the meaning of leadership in relation to community empowerment. The final day took the form of an open space process led by facilitator, Dick Robertson. The attendees defined the agenda and discussed the identified topics in mixed groups.
The Clore Leadership programme, an initiative of the Clore Duffield Foundation, aims to strengthen leadership across a range of cultural activities, from visual arts to museums, policy and administration. The Fellows undertake short residential courses, a seven-month intensive course and an optional research project. The Clore Social Leadership Programme is modelled on the cultural programme and is aimed at developing aspiring leaders in the social sector.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation currently funds fellowships for both leadership programmes. In 2012, the PHF Social Justice programme awarded the Clore Social Leadership Programme a grant of £105,000 to support three Fellows, one per year in 2013, 2014 and 2015. The PHF Arts programme has recently awarded the Clore Leadership Programme a grant of £30,000 over 20 months towards a funding a fellowship in Arts Participation and Engagement. This follows on from a grant of £60,000 over two years, awarded in 2011, to support two Cultural Leadership Fellows.
