Radical Care
Radical Care was an action research project funded by Creative Scotland which aimed to enable organisations in the arts, screen and creative industries to try solutions to help support those working in the creative community with caring responsibilities to be able to better balance professional and personal life.
Six projects were supported, delivered by:
The projects included residencies and those with an employment and organisational focus.
We commissioned CG Research to conduct an evaluation to identify the overall impact of Radical Care, including learnings that others can draw on to reduce the barriers for those with caregiving responsibilities working in the creative industries.
Learn more about the evaluation - download the full report
Read case studies from each of the projects
Barrowland Ballet's Radical Care project was to test the implementation of Care Riders to support those with caring responsibilities to identify and articulate their needs.
Hospitalfield's Radical Care project was a residency that was open to contemporary artists who are full-time carers living in Scotland.
The aim of the Manipulate Arts Radical Care project was to create a model for international festival programming and female leadership which brings in new voices in the context of a small team. The model was to employ freelance artistic consultants who would form a collaborative team focused on programming (...)
For their Radical Care project, Moniack Mhor provided two retreats with integral childcare in August 2022 and October 2022.
The Scottish Sculpture Workshop Radical Care project was The Caregivers Residency, co-created with artist-caregivers to offer funding, flexibility, respite and space for self-care, to focus on their own needs and support continued learning and development.
The Work Room’s Radical Care project was Re-Emerging. It was a peer support group for freelance dance artists moving back into an active working practice after taking time away to care for children.
Radical Care Sharing Event
Illustration created live at the sharing event, by Keiti Forbes
We held a Sharing Event where each of the projects shared insights into their work. You can find videos of talks from the day on each of the case study pages as well as below, or watch the entire series on Vimeo.
Watch an introduction to the Radical Care Sharing Event
Watch an introduction to the research
Watch the closing video on the impact
Watch the panel discussion from the Radical Care Sharing Event
