What We Do
Sheffield Culture Consortium develops projects which bring additional resources into the city, and encourages collaboration within the sector.
The Covid-19 Pandemic has sharpened our awareness of structural racism and climate crisis. We will shape future projects with these priorities at the forefront.
Black lives matter, and the diversity of Sheffield is precious. We need to change as organisations and as an ecology of city arts to become more diverse, to act in anti-racist ways, and to change structural inequalities. We recognise there is a long way to go, but we will work harder to learn, reach out, employ, promote, celebrate, campaign, change.
Member organisations are building on their own Equality, Diversity and Inclusion plans, and we are also developing an EDI action plan for Consortium activities.
Statement regarding Theatre Deli
Sheffield Culture Consortium is concerned that one of our consortium members, Nathan Geering, a Co-Artistic Director of Theatre Deli, felt compelled to resign from his role, feeling that it was no longer safe to work there as a person of colour.
We support him and anyone who takes the brave step of calling out a hostile working environment so it can be investigated, action taken, and we can all learn as a sector.
Sheffield Culture Consortium understands that Theatre Deli is undertaking due process regarding these serious allegations and whilst this is underway we will suspend their membership of the Consortium.
After the investigation is completed this situation will be reviewed.
What We Are
- A voluntary working group of cultural partners, now constituted as a Limited Company
- Sheffield’s larger cultural organisations, with capacity to work beyond our own organisations; plus some artform members
- A promoter of specific projects, usually funded by Arts Council England, with city-wide benefit.
- A network with a good track record with Arts Council England, and the ability to bring additional project funding into the city.
- Inspired by Sheffield as a City of Makers
What we are not
- A general funding body. The Consortium has no funds of its own, beyond the specific project funding it applies for.
- Arbiters of cultural taste; though we aim to promote good operating practice in our organisations and projects.
- A representative body, though we have included as many art forms as possible. All members have the capacity to work beyond their own organisation, for city benefit.
- Well resourced! A part-time council officer post supports all our work and covers basic operating costs for the Consortium.
We link with the wider sector through Creative Guild events, and hold an annual open meeting.
