Creative Balance launches groundbreaking research into BPOC mental health in Scotland’s Creative Industries.

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Creative Balance, led by We Are Here Scotland, is conducting Scotland’s first comprehensive research exploring how BPOC-led creative spaces can support mental health and wellbeing for racialised professionals in the creative sector.

Building on the invaluable insights shared by their 10-person steering group and case studies, they are now expanding this community-led research and calling for Black and Global Majority creatives and cultural professionals to express their interest in participating in group interviews.

There are two opportunities to join online interviews on Mon 29 September and Mon 6 October, alongside an in-person group interview in Dundee on Mon 22 September.

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Key Details:

• Participants will join a 3-hour creative workshop using collage and mapping, imagining the BPOC creative spaces Scotland needs and providing space to share their experiences.
• Participants will receive 2 hours of free therapy with Black/POC practitioners, fully covered travel expenses and community meals (for in-person groups), materials for creative activities, aftercare pack and information for ongoing support, and the opportunity to connect with other BPOC communities.
• This opportunity is for Black, Global Majority, and racialised* creatives and cultural professionals (18+) working in Scotland’s creative industries. (*The term racialised is used as it reflects a process whereby people are categorised by the white-led systems they exist within.)

Expression of interest deadline: 5pm, Mon 1 September

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We Are Here is a Community Interest Company with an aim to amplify the voices BPoC (Black People and People of Colour) in particular Artists and Creatives who reside in Scotland with opportunities to share their work, connect with each other, and have their voices heard within the wider art community.