Join the Advisory Panel for Citizens for Culture

In 2025, the West of England will launch its first-ever Citizens’ Assembly for Culture, a unique opportunity for citizens to create a region-wide Cultural Delivery Plan. Citizens from across Bristol, Bath & North East Somerset, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire will come together to explore the question:

“What would culture and creativity look like in the West of England if they were for everyone?”

To ensure the Assembly is built on balanced, inclusive, and engaging evidence, we’re seeking up to 12 Advisory Panel members to help shape the materials and experiences Assembly members will engage with.

We’re looking for people with a range of perspectives, whether through lived experience, cultural expertise, policy knowledge, or community representation. You don’t need to work in the cultural sector to apply – we’re especially keen to hear from people who have often been excluded from cultural decision-making.

 

About the role

As an Advisory Panel member, you’ll:

• Select information and cultural experiences for assembly members to explore, making sure that this evidence is fair, diverse, and accessible
• Include a mix of traditional evidence formats (slides, reports, presentations) and immersive experiences (cultural experiences, workshops, performances) ensuring that evidence is accessible to all participants, considering literacy levels, neurodiversity, and recommending translation where necessary​
• Represent the cultural needs and interests of the four Unitary Authority areas, which are South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Bristol and Bath & North East Somerset, and structure evidence around the four pillars of the existing West of England Cultural Plan.

 

Panel members will meet online (3-5 times) between April and June 2025.

 

Payment

We’re looking for people who can both undertake the role as part of their current salaried positions, and people who are unsalaried. Freelancers and those without salaried positions will receive a £750 fee.

 

How to apply

If you’re passionate about shaping a citizen-led approach to culture, we’d love to hear from you! Please read a full description of the role here.

Submit your application via this form by 5pm, 26 March 2025 or upload an audio/video application (up to 5 minutes) via the form. If you have access needs, please contact anjali@citizensforculture.info.

 

Read a full description of the role here.