Welcoming our 2025 Creative Development Network partners

30 April 2025

‘We are delighted to welcome a new cohort to the Creative Development Network in 2025. Spanning from Cornwall to Cumbria, Scotland to Merseyside, the network includes an ambitious and passionate group of organisations all committed to bringing outdoor performances to their local communities. We look forward to a year of peer learning, skills development and building connections.’

Head of Festival Networks, Anaïs Biaux

An image of a child walking across a decorative and colourful floor
An image of a spherical earth floating on a lake at dusk
An image of a festival volunteer and a child walking across a colourful floor in a park setting, with blue sky and trees in the background.
An image of a performer suspended between two wooden plinths on a grassy area with a semi detached house in the background. She is wearing a red playsuit.

The Creative Development Network (CDN) is designed for arts organisations, festivals, venues, local authorities, independent producers, programmers, who are interested in expanding, developing, or strengthening their offer in outdoor arts. It provides opportunities for peer learning, sharing of resources and knowledge, networking, and connecting with other creatives across the country.

2025 Creative Development Network Partners

BarrowFull (Barrow-in-Furness, North West)
Glen Arts (Largs, Scotland)
Groundswell (Newquay, Cornwall)
Horse + Bamboo (Waterfoot, Lancashire)
Local Voices Creative Choices Consortium – led by Severn Arts (Worcester/West Midlands)
Make the Sunshine (Shepton Mallet, Somerset)
Red Herring Productions (Bideford, North Devon)
Red Lotus Events (Brent, London)
R.O.C.K.S International Arts (Roehampton, London)
Urban Wilderness (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire)
Wigan Council (Greater Manchester)
Wonder Arts (St Helens, Merseyside)

Image credits:
Banner image © Creative Hub Media (Red Lotus Events CIC)
Main images © Aura at Light Night Dancefest x Southpaw, Floating Earth, Luke Jerram © Pennington Flash
Volunteer Assisting With Playcations © John Rennie, BarrowFull, Playcations © John Rennie

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