​We believe in:

• mainstreaming the use of culture, creativity and the arts in sustainable development

• using systems thinking for social change

• connecting the mainstream and the marginalised

• neighbourhood talent spotting and development

• independence through enterprise

• collaboration rather than competition

• creatively using existing resources

• investing in big ideas not big organisations

• celebrating the ordinary because it's already extraordinary

• using impact data to inform, support and influence policy agendas, service design and investment choice

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We have four Strands:

• Be Creative : We value culture, creativity and the arts and use cultural innovation for social change.

• Be Enterprising : We believe in "independence through enterprise".  We develop ways of working that enable innovative activity not easily accommodated by traditional models and frameworks.

• Be Heard : Policy affects people so people should affect policy. We innovate community engagement, development, governance, support structures and ways of working to make this happen.

• Be Visible : We champion inclusion, talent development, and collaboration between mainstream and marginalised, to create more visibility for the people we work with, the issues they face and the solutions we find together.

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