Get Creative - a campaign with the BBC - tell me more Hannah Lambert, 24 January 2015 We discussed a new campaign, Get Creative, which will be led by the BBC and What Next? in partnership with numerous arts organisations across the UK. It is launching in February and runs for a year, with moments for everyone across the year to engage and participate. The focus of the campaign is two-fold. To discuss the value of arts and culture - raising people's awareness of how culture is at the heart of society - and encouraging more people to participate in creative activities. Get Creative will be a campaign for everybody, across sectors and aims to be as inclusive as possible. It is a unique moment for professionals, amateurs and the curious to come together and explore creativity in their lives. It is not about excellence, it is about taking part. Key supporters include Fun Palaces, 64 Million Artists and Voluntary Arts. We looked at how people who don't consider themselves creative or interested in the arts could engage - perhaps there should be a fun quiz / Buzzfeed. The emphasis needs to be on the fact that singing at a football match is as creatively engaged as going to watch an opera. We explored what a big moment could look like: a processional baton-passing of culture through regions of the UK, to include cities and rural areas equally. Something that travels as a way to encourage people to engage and get involved / inspired. Please contact Hannah Lambert to find out more and see how you can get involved: [email protected] Who was there: Hannah Lambert Jessica Denning Ellie Scanlan Sarah Allen Emma Rucastle Lottie Hughes Polly Kemp Lisa Hammond David Jubb Mary Halton Jess Jones Sophie Gill Liz Counsell Caley Powell Tags: creativity, Participation, Creativity, communities, arts, Arts, participation, culture, Culture, celebration