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📣 Funder Spotlight: Whose Hoo Community Project Grants

Community groups, organisations and individuals across the Hoo Peninsula can now apply for a share of £25,000 through the Whose Hoo Community Project Grants programme.

Five grants of up to £5,000 are available for projects that celebrate local heritage, protect the environment, improve access and participation, and create lasting benefits for local communities.

🗓️ Apply by 23rd October 2026

Find out more and apply via the @whose.hoo.project website, or contact: whosehooscheme@rspb.org.uk

📸 Image by Sam Wainwright

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Creativity, Culture and Healthy Neighbourhoods

Over the past two years, the Creative Health Medway Place Partnership Programme has brought together artists, communities, health and social care, universities and cultural organisations to explore exactly this question. Working particularly in Luton and Brompton, the programme was created in response to significant health inequalities in Medway and has tested how sustained, locally rooted creative activity can contribute to prevention, wellbeing and stronger communities.

On Wednesday, 16 September, 2.30 to 4.30pm at Rochester Corn Exchange, we’re bringing people together to celebrate what has been achieved, experience some of the projects first-hand, share what we have learned and look ahead.

The afternoon will feature artists and organisations involved in the programme, including Paramjot Kaur, Kate Mechedou, Live Music Now and Icon Theatre, sharing their experiences of putting Creative Health into practice. A second panel will widen the conversation, bringing together perspectives from health and wellbeing, culture, heritage and the voluntary and community sector, including Scott Elliott, Head of Health and Wellbeing Services at Medway Council, to explore place-based creativity, health inequalities and Medway’s development as a Marmot Place.

We’ll be asking: how can Creative Health become part of the way we create healthier neighbourhoods, rather than simply a series of individual projects? And what role can each of us play in making that happen?

Come and meet people working across culture, health, heritage and communities, discover some of the work taking place across Medway, and join the conversation about what comes next for Creative Health Medway.

If you would like to attend please RSVP by 12noon on Wednesday, 9 September for catering and access confirmation to culture@medway.gov.uk
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Could you help shape the future of culture across Kent & Medway?

Kent County Council (KCC) @kcc_kent is inviting proposals from consultants to produce a new Cultural Prospectus for Kent and Medway.

Developed through a collaborative partnership between the cultural sector and local authorities, the Prospectus will help inform Local Government Reorganisation across Kent and Medway. It will bring together existing evidence and insight to demonstrate the value and impact of culture across the county, before setting out a shared vision and framework for future action.

The aim is to create a strong, collective voice for the cultural and creative sector, identifying opportunities for collaboration, growth and investment, and helping the new authorities understand what culture can contribute to the future of Kent and Medway.

The work will be supported by a programme of meaningful sector engagement, ensuring the Prospectus reflects the experiences, priorities and ambitions of the cultural sector.

Creative Medway is working closely with Kent County Council to shape the Cultural Prospectus, with a seat on the steering group helping to guide the development of this important piece of work for the cultural sector across Kent and Medway.

The commission is worth £20,000–£25,000, including sector engagement.

Could this be you?

They’re looking for a consultant with experience in:

- Cultural strategy and advocacy
- Creative sector engagement
- Producing impactful, accessible publications
- The wider cultural and creative economy
- Delivering projects on time and to budget

📅 Deadline: 5 pm, 18 September 2026

To apply, submit your approach, CV, sector engagement plan, timeline, examples of previous work and budget to Sarah Wren, Kent County Council
📧sarah.wren@kent.gov.uk

Commission brief - link in bio 👆🏻

Please share with consultants and creative sector specialists who might be interested.

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Ready to help bring our programme to life?

We’ve got an exciting programme of events lined up, and we’re looking for an experienced, proactive freelance Project Manager to turn the plans into action.

🎭 About Creative Medway

We represent and support Medway’s creative sector, working with artists, young people, communities, creative businesses and partners.

Our new 2026–28 programme, funded by Arts Council England and Medway Council, will back local talent, create new opportunities to take part and amplify voices that are often underrepresented.

Now we’re looking for you 👀

We’re seeking an experienced freelance professional to support the successful delivery and evaluation of this two-year programme.

Project Manager - Freelance:

40 days across the project period
£200 per day
Total fee: £8,000

Think this sounds like your next role? We’d love to hear from you.

Full job specification & application details via link in bio 👆

Deadline: Monday, 14 September 2026, midnight

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Could you be our next Executive Officer?

We’re looking for an experienced freelance Executive Officer to help us deliver an ambitious new programme for Medway’s creative sector.

🎭 About Creative Medway

We represent and support Medway’s creative sector, working with artists, young people, communities, creative businesses and partners.

Our new 2026–28 programme, funded by Arts Council England and Medway Council, will back local talent, create new opportunities to take part and amplify voices that are often underrepresented.

Now we’re looking for you 👀

We’re seeking an experienced freelance professional to support the successful delivery and evaluation of this two-year programme.

Executive Office - Freelance:

52 days across the project period
£300 per day
Total fee: £15,600

If you have the experience, energy and organisational skills to help us make this programme happen, we’d love to hear from you.

Full job specification & application details can be found via link in bio 👆

Deadline: Monday, 14 September 2026, midnight

Creative Medway | Arts Jobs | Medway | Executive Officer | Medway Jobs

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Join us and @nucleusarts on Tuesday 1st September 10:30 - 12:30 for the next Creative Medway Meet Up.

We are excited to be welcoming Guest Speaker Mandela Fernández-Grandon.

Mandela is a board game inventor based in Medway. He invents games for bookshops, the hobby market, and companies using games for training or education. His games have been published internationally with several winning major awards. In addition to his own games, Mandela mentors budding inventors and teaches a course for young people on the craft of game design, showing them how to make science-based games. He’ll talk about the creative industry of making analogue games and touch on the broader intersection with the world of art.

This is a free event, no booking required.

We look forward to seeing you there.

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✨ Chatham’s creative future is taking shape, and there’s a place in it for you!

Chatham is at the heart of Medway’s creative and cultural ambitions, with exciting regeneration and investment helping to shape the town’s future.

Chatham Creative Quarters is an ambitious vision for the area, connecting four distinct creative areas — Old High Street Intra, Central, the Historic Dockyard and Maritime — and creating more opportunities for culture, creativity, skills and investment to thrive.

From music, theatre and dance to digital arts, fashion, graphic design, artists and studios, Chatham already has a vibrant creative community. The Creative Quarters vision aims to build on those strengths and create a place recognised for creative ambition and opportunity for all.

Creative Medway has been involved in helping to shape this initiative from the beginning, ensuring the voice and needs of our creative community are part of the conversation. And we’ll continue to work alongside partners as the initiative develops, bringing you updates and opportunities as they land.

So what could this mean for you?

More opportunities to connect.

More opportunities to collaborate. More opportunities to develop your skills and creative practice.

And a stronger creative sector with a bigger voice in shaping what happens next.

Whether you're an established creative, an emerging artist, a freelancer, a creative organisation or simply someone interested in Chatham’s creative future, this is something to watch.

👉 Find out more about Chatham Creative Quarters 🔗 in bio.

Chatham’s creative future is being built now. Be part of it. 🚀

#ChathamCreativeQuarters #CreativeMedway #MedwayCreatives #Chatham #CreativeIndustries #ArtsAndCulture #KentCreatives
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🔎 Looking for creative opportunities? Make sure you’re easy to find.

When organisations, producers, businesses and other creatives are looking for people to work on projects in Medway, how do they find you?

We’re building a creative directory bringing together the people and organisations working across Medway’s creative sector, from artists and makers to musicians, performers, designers, freelancers, creative practitioners and more.

By adding yourself to the directory, you’re making it easier for people looking for local creative talent to discover you and your work.

Whether you’re established, just starting out, working independently or part of a collective, this is a chance to get your work in front of the people who may be looking for exactly what you do.

And the more people who join, the more useful the directory becomes while giving Medway’s diverse creative community a stronger collective voice.

✨ Want to be easier to find? Add yourself to the directory.
👉 https://creativemedway.co.uk/creative-directory

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🎉 We’re thrilled to announce that Creative Medway has been awarded funding from @aceagrams and @medway_council_news to deliver an ambitious new 2-year programme.

This is the beginning of an exciting new chapter, one that will create more opportunities, build confidence and help more people see a future for themselves in the creative industries.

Kevin Grist, Interim Executive Officer, says:

“I’m delighted to be supporting Creative Medway during this period of change. The new programme will help grow the confidence of those from underrepresented backgrounds — those who are often unsure if the creative industries is the right career path for them. We hope to change that.”

Carol Stewart, Chair, says:

“This funding is an important step forward for Creative Medway. Over the next two years, we have a real opportunity to break down some of the barriers that can prevent people from seeing a place for themselves in the creative industries, and to help build the confidence and connections needed to take that next step.”

As suggested by our community, the 2-year programme will include:

- an annual Medway Creative Industries Fair
- seed money for organisations to create work placements
- support for existing artist networks to extend reach
- ⁠⁠a digital programme of youth-focused video guides
- a bursary for diverse creatives to access events and training

👀 Keep an eye on our social media, website and newsletter for more information about what’s coming and how you can get involved.

#CreativeMedway #CreativeIndustries #Medway #CreativeCareers #CreativeOpportunities

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