Image: Family Picnic Event, Coalville Park August 2025. Credit: Deana Bamford
Changing Places
Changing Places is an ambitious Creative People and Places programme, connecting communities across North West Leicestershire through arts and culture, made possible by the Arts Council England.
The Changing Places consortium is led Coalville CAN, and includes The National Forest Company, NWL GP Federation, Our Co-op and Coalville Public Radio, a variety of organisations committed to the local area and rooted in our communities.
Alongside the consortium, a Community Voice panel will ensure we are keeping the focus and vision of the project.
Looking for a new role?
We are currently looking for a bold, people-focused Programme Director to lead Changing Places, who is enthusiastic and experienced in community-led creative programming. This role is funded to March 2029 thanks to Arts Council England. (with intention of permanent employment within Coalville CAN).
We’re looking for:
- A track record of developing cultural initiatives and commissioning creative projects within a range of public spaces.
- Experience working in communities and building relationships, ideally with a knowledge of North West Leicestershire
- An effective project manager, able to be flexible and adjust plans.
- Experienced managing budgets and resources.
- Confident working with and influencing a wide range of people and partners and working together to shape strategies.
- Knowledge and experience of co-creation and empowering others through the process.
- Aligned with our values
- Positive and enjoys their work and celebrating others' success.
- A natural connector, curious and open
- Passionate about making creativity accessible to everyone
Deadline for applications: July 3rd
Interviews will take place at the end of July 2026. This date will be confirmed shortly. We are
committed to the interview being inclusive.
Our Vision
Through this project, we aim to achieve a number of key goals in the local area:
- Making creative opportunities visible in people’s daily lives, enabling them to connect with each other, to participate and build a more vibrant, sustainable, and creative community.
- Positioning North West Leicestershire as a dynamic and thriving cultural hub, where creativity is a cornerstone of community life and local identity.
- Creating a legacy of local creative empowerment, especially for those that currently have the least engagement in arts and culture.
The programme will focus strongly on local communities across the whole area, develop new ideas and approaches, to learn and share the learning, and have a sense of fun! It'll be focused on community, through an artistic lens.
