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The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 December 2023
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Going Concern: The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis based on the on going support of the directors. Small companies provision statement: This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
19 December 2022
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31 December 2023
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
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Ground is a project working seasonally with artists, using ideas and materials that come from the ground. Led by Jessica Mason, Katrina Wilde and Natalia Kasprzycka, Ground runs workshops across the city of Stoke-on-Trent in collaboration with local businesses and organisations. The project was initially funded by Stoke-on-Trent BID, and then has continued through an Arts Council England Project Grant. Working seasonally and cyclically, each workshop is anchored to the earth; Soil, Clay, Cloth and Conversation. As makers and artists ourselves, we believe in the need to understand how things come to be, to deepen connections with the materials world and move away from throw-away culture. By bringing in practitioners that can share their particular material knowledge in a workshop, we hope this can give you good grounding to understanding materials and the living world around us, at a deeper and more intimate level. This project was a testing ground for a wider, accessible programme of creative skill-sharing and connecting the public with their natural environment through working with creative practitioners, in Stoke-on-Trent. The information we collected during the project suggests that it has benefited the people and communities we wanted to connect with. Of the participants who submitted feedback: - 75% were Stoke-on-Trent based - 52% work outside of the creative industries - 40% have never attended a skill-sharing workshop before - 88% learned a new skill The project received an overwhelmingly positive response. Our sliding scale tickets (£0-£15), based on the same income guide as Glasgow Zine Library have been successful in opening the project to people from diverse income backgrounds. 40% of our participants assessed themselves to be in the lowest paying tier of £1-5, 10% in the middle tier of £5-10 and another 40% in the highest of £10-15. Each of the 12 sessions got booked up very quickly, usually on the day of releasing tickets. We achieved our aim of connecting with local residents but were also pleased to have 25% of participants come from outside of Stoke-on-Trent, some as far as Lancashire and Manchester. This created a sense that the project was relevant outside of the city and has the potential to draw people into Stoke-on-Trent. However, our audiences were predominantly from white backgrounds, which is not representative of Stoke-on-Trent’s diverse population. This led us to consider strategies for connecting with a wider range of communities in the future.
Partnerships have been instrumental to the process, not only through promotion but by providing us with venues to work in across the city. The individual and often contrasting nature of those spaces, which included shop units, artists studios, bars, hairdressers and galleries, allowed us to imagine the right conditions for a permanent space. Airspace Gallery, ACAVA Spode Works, Urban Wilderness, Bottlecraft, Altar Salon were instrumental partners in offering space, mentorship and in-kind support. Of the creative practitioners who worked on the project: - 9 were Stoke-on-Trent/Staffordshire-based - 8 were based elsewhere in the country - All were satisfied with support from us (marketing and promotion, facilitation during the day, communication) The project allowed us to form meaningful relationships with creative practitioners both locally and nationally. We invited specific practitioners to work with us and the curated programme of activity and practice we deemed relevant in Stoke-on-Trent was well received. Going forward, we would like to combine invitation with call outs, in order to open up the selection process to those who might not be as established or have as much of an online presence. The regular work with graphic designer Holly Temple and photographer Adam Gruning during the project allowed us to forge a permanent team, establish our visual identity and ways of communicating with our audiences.
The aggregate amount of emoluments paid to or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services was £2,481.51 There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
4 September 2024
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Jessica Mason
Status: Director