Chaired by researcher Dave O’Brien, the line-up includes Zulfiqar Ahmed, an expert in community-led development and now progressing, in the midst of coronavirus, the 10-year £3.5m Bradford Creative People and Places project The Leap; Amerah Saleh, General Manager of youth organisation Beatfreeks, whose recent Take The Temperature report focused on the impact of coronavirus on young people; Nisha Tandon OBE, director of ArtsEkta, who has created cultural activity packs and an online Mela in Belfast, and Sarah Clarke, Learning & Participation Manager at the National Civil War Centre, who are creating activity boxes for schools with genuine and replica artefacts.

This event was part of our 'What value culture?' festival in November 2020.