Jerwood Arts launches inclusivity toolkit

Jerwood Arts has launched a new toolkit to help drive socio-economic inclusivity in the cultural sector.

The independent arts funder says its toolkit, (Team) Work In Practice, foregrounds the voices and experiences of early-career artists from working class backgrounds.

It offers actionable ideas organised into five sections, covering recruitment and induction, support in professional development and onward progression.

Jerwood Arts Director Lilli Geissendorfer said the suggested actions in the toolkit arise directly from Fellows and Alumni of the WJCB programme.

“Responding to the ambitions of the 2020-22 Fellows encouraged us to work with them to design a resource that could articulate in real-life detail what ‘inclusivity’ does and doesn’t look like up close, day to day, throughout their journey in an organisation,” Geissendorfer added.

“Our hope is that people working in arts organisations across the UK will dip into the toolkit and use it as a starting point for wider reflection and discussion on what inclusivity could look like within their own context.”

Arts and cultural organisations will be able to access online and in-person workshops based on the toolkit throughout 2023.