Further reading
This page lists other articles and further reading that complement the tools and learning in the Powerful Partnership Resource Library and may support your partnership development
Partnerships and collaboration
- The Art of Partnering - Kings College London guidance for creative and cultural sector partnerships https://www.kcl.ac.uk/cultural/culturalenquiries/partnership/Full-report.pdf
- Place Governance and Partnerships: LeftCoast - A Creative People and Places Case study by Ecorys http://www.creativepeopleplaces.org.uk/our-learning/place-governance-and-partnerships-case-study
- More than 100 Stories: Partnership theme - creative evaluation and observations on partnership across Creative People and Places, by Sarah Butler and Nicole Mollett, 2015-2016 http://www.creativepeopleplaces.org.uk/more-than-100-stories/category/partnership
- More than 100 Stories: Trust theme - creative evaluation and observations on partnership across Creative People and Places, by Sarah Butler and Nicole Mollett, 2015-2016 http://www.creativepeopleplaces.org.uk/more-than-100-stories/category/trust
- Teacher’s Toolkit: Partnerships - Advice on engaging delivery partners – developed by A New Direction with Nimblefish, 2015 https://www.anewdirection.org.uk/resources/teachers-toolkit
- Collective Impact Forum - the place for those practicing collective impact to find the tools, resources, and advice they need https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/
Practical support and planning
- Connected London Workshop 1 report: Making the Case for Change - Innovation Unit and A New Direction for Connected London 2013 Download here
- Connected London workshop 2 report: Planning for Innovation in Cultural Education - Innovation Unit and A New Direction for Connected London 2013
Download here - Connected London Workshop 3 report: Planning for Innovation in Cultural Education 2 - Innovation Unit and A New Direction for Connected London 2013
Download here - Radical Efficiency, A practical guide: Different, better, lower cost public services - NESTA and Innovation Unit https://www.nesta.org.uk/report/radical-efficiency-practical-guide/parts
Schools and work with young people
- Creative Croydon: Findings from a youth consultation on arts and cultural provision in Croydon - Lawrence Becko for Croydon Youth Arts Collective, 2015 https://croydonyouthartscollective.co.uk/s/Creative-Croydon-FINAL-REPORT-June-2015.pdf
- How are schools engaging in Hull City of Culture? - A city-wide schools programme example by Steve Moffitt CEO of A New Direction in conversation with Drew Rowlands Development Director for CapeUK https://www.anewdirection.org.uk/blog/how-are-schools-engaging-in-hull-city-of-culture
- Building Partnerships – learning from the Creative Partnerships programme, 2012 https://www.anewdirection.org.uk/knowledge/building-partnerships
- Arts Award information - A New Direction https://www.anewdirection.org.uk/what-we-do/arts-award
- Artsmark information for schools - A New Direction https://www.anewdirection.org.uk/what-we-do/artsmark
- Artsmark Partnership programme - Arts Council England http://www.artsmark.org.uk/artsmark-partnership-programme
- Developing an Innovation Ecosystem for Education (Innovation Unit) – a comprehensive view of the context within which education systems and system leaders operate. https://www.innovationunit.org/publications/%20developing-an-innovation-ecosystem-for-education%20/
Data sources
- Arts Council England's Cultural Education data Portal - http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/research-and-data/children-and-young-people
- Trust for London's London Poverty Profile - https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk/publications/londons-poverty-profile-2017/
- GLA's London Datastore - https://data.london.gov.uk/
- Centre for London's The London Intelligence - https://www.centreforlondon.org/
- Statistics at DfE - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education/about/statistics
Making the case
- Culture Case from Kings College - http://www.culturecase.org/
- The Cultural Learning Alliance - https://culturallearningalliance.org.uk/
Impact, evaluation and sharing learning
- Theory of change - A resource created by NESTA and Innovation Unit https://media.nesta.org.uk/documents/theory_of_change_guidance_for_applicants_.pdf
- Greater than the sum of its parts: unlocking the potential of peer learning - A blog about CPP Peer learning model by Sara Robinson, 2016 http://www.creativepeopleplaces.org.uk/blog/unlocking-potential-peer-learning
- Teacher’s Toolkit: Documentation, evaluation and assessing impact - Project evaluation tools for teachers, developed by A New Direction with Nimblefish, 2015 https://www.anewdirection.org.uk/resources/teachers-toolkit
- Hitting the Spot: Music and Social Impact toolkit - designed for music education hub lead and partner organisations, this toolkit contains examples of the social impact of music education activities across the country http://www.worldpencil.net/music-and-social-impact-toolkit
- Camden Cultural Commissioning Model Annual Review, 2015 - an example of needs-led, co-created cultural programming https://static1.squarespace.com/static/572b07492b8dde0c526a8c85/t/5746efb2f850826c48f9d8c5/1464266675699/Camden+Spark+Annual+Report+2015.pdf
- Inside the Connected Lab – a blog outlining the development of the Connected Lab peer learning network by Lawrence Beko, 2019 https://www.anewdirection.org.uk/blog/inside-the-connected-lab-
- The Cultural Learning Evidence Champions Handbook – An evaluation toolkit by RSA https://www.thersa.org/discover/publications-and-articles/reports/evidence-handbook
- Future Views Toolkit - Workshop tools for consultation and future planning developed with three Bridges and three South East LCEPs https://futureviewstoolkit.com/
