Welcome to The Network
The Network supports libraries, museums, archives, galleries and other cultural and heritage organisations (as well as individuals) who are working to tackle social exclusion and towards social justice.
The Network supports libraries, museums, archives, galleries and other cultural and heritage organisations (as well as individuals) who are working to tackle social exclusion and towards social justice.
The Libraries of Sanctuary resource pack - to support public libraries interested in becoming Libraries of Sanctuary for refugees, asylum-seekers and other new arrivals - has been published, late May 2020.
The pack is available to download, and there is also further information on the City of Sanctuary website.
We've just endorsed this pathway to recovery:
"Along with many others in the UK the creative and cultural community has been badly hit; lives have been lost, buildings are dark, festivals are empty fields, tours are stationary, and thousands of people and business suppliers dependent on culture have shut up shop. Coronavirus has exposed deep-seated social and economic inequalities.
What we decide now will create the sustainable foundations for the future; we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a resilient recovery plan that is fair and tackles the climate and ecological crisis with urgency. We cannot let this opportunity pass us by."
Further info online.
Includes background resources and examples of work with BME (Black and minority ethnic) people.
Resources to support work with children & young people (and their parents and carers).
Resources reflecting the impact of social class on life in the UK, and work to recognise and rectify this.
Resources supporting work to overcome the four main barriers to people being able to go online: access, skills, motivation, and trust.
Resources about different disabilities, and the role that the cultural sector is playing to help overcome barriers.
Domestic abuse (and domestic violence) is a major issue in the UK, and this Category highlights some of the positive work being carried out by the cultural sector.
Examples of good working practice in the cultural sector.
Includes resources to support homeless people.
Includes resources about – and the cultural sector’s response to – people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer/questioning, intersex, asexual, and more ...
Includes resources about the ways in which the cultural sector can respond to the changing learning ‘landscape’.
Includes resources about and for new arrivals, including refugees, asylum-seekers, and migrant workers.
Highlights initiatives by the cultural sector to work with and support older people.
Includes resources that showcase and support work by the cultural sector to support people hit hard by the recession.
Includes resources to support reading, literacy, learning and other initiatives with prisoners and their families.
Resources on social policy, particularly as it affects the cultural sector.
Includes news and information about our own work, plus responses to consultations.
Includes resources about work by the cultural sector with Travellers, Gypsies, and Roma people.
Includes resources on some of the methods used to engage with communities.