Welcome to Transforming Culture – a specialist cultural consultancy providing services to the public sector, trusts and community groups on all cultural activities and management issues. We have particular expertise in working across the cultural sector, learning from different sectors, encouraging partnerships and cross sectoral working between different leisure services and other associated service providers such as education and health.

As local authorities continue to seek financial savings and finances tighten generally, our expertise in undertaking option appraisals for services is highly relevant.  Our team's background includes establishing and managing a range of Leisure Trusts from sports and outdoor facilities to the arts and a museum and archive trust.  At a time of rapid change with greatly increased financial pressures, new methods of service delivery continuing to be explored and developed along with the increasing commissioning of services, Transforming Culture is well placed to support local authorities and cultural providers on procuring high quality, cost effective service delivery partners.

The growing need for leisure providers to demonstrate the impact of their services to commissioning funders means that evaluation and calculating the Social Return on Investment (SROI) will be increasingly vital to the sector. If you'd like to discuss your needs further contact Colin Mitchell on 07919 354477.

Transforming Culture's team has a long track record of working with young people and in areas of multiple deprivation, coalfield and coastal communities.  We also provide short-term freelance services at a time when budget cuts and recruitment freezes are making it difficult to deliver projects and programmes.

But there is also the growing excitement as we get closer to the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics in London, the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and other major events this decade, plus the National Lottery returning to its roots with significantly increased funding - so those organisations involved in cultural services have never faced such challenging nor exciting times.

So whether you are involved in the arts, sports, heritage, health and physical activity, tourism or play, contact Transforming Culture now to help transform your services to your community!

Olympic, Paralympic and sports news.

Olympic Torch lit in Greece and final ticket sales will soon commence. Seventy days to the Olympics deadline draws near. Olympic Torch Relay route and Torchbearers details announced. Sport England cuts funding to more failing sports. [more]  

Culture and Heritage news.

Olympic and Paralympic cultural programme details announced.   Arts Council England new National Portfolio starts and launches new Creative People and Places fund. [more]  

County Durham Sport Interim Manager.

Colin Mitchell of Transforming Culture has recently been appointed as Interim Manager for County Durham Sport. [more]

Artists working in Participatory settings.

Transforming Culture is working with Consilium Research and Consulting and Culture Partners to undertake skillset research and gap analysis for Creative Scotland as part of the national ArtWorks project.

The same team has also been commissioned by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation to Map the Terrain in Participatory Arts courses in HE and FE.   [more]  

Yorkshire and Humberside cultural improvement.

Transforming Culture has supported a programme of improvement and efficiency in cultural services across Yorkshire and Humberside.  [more]