Management & Advisory Committees & Volunteering
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Verd de gris arts is a registered not for profit company limited by guarantee, overseen and supported by our Management Committee. The committee meets quarterly, and includes past project participants as well as health sector professionals – who help to guide and shape relevant policy and company aims.
Read more about our wonderful Management Committee members
Verd de gris arts been awarded seven national and regional awards as recognition of the social impact of it’s work, including the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in 2021 (with a special recognition for its response to supporting communities during the Covid-19 pandemic). As part of this process, our governance and management systems were thoroughly scrutinised by representatives from Calderdale Community Foundation / Deputy Lord Lieutenants.
Read our relevant Policy Documents
Verd de gris arts has always been a company that is committed to sharing the impact / learning from its project work. This has included developing close ties with university departments (Huddersfield and UCLan) and a range of strategic agencies. As a creative organisation we are able to develop cultural products that allow for open, accessible platforms to help share learning, invite conversation, helping to shape future policy.
At present we are working with Culture, Health Wellbeing Alliance, WY Mayor’s Office, Calderdale MBC Skills Development Lead, Calderdale MBC Health & Well-being Board, Calderdale MBC Public Health team, other local health professionals.
ADVISORY GROUP
We use a variety of media to share our work and research, including film, print publications, theatre events, radio shows and podcasting. This work is always FREE … and it is always presented via the active participation of local people. This is about local people being given free, open public platforms to highlight, showcase, celebrate themselves … their journeys, their concerns, their hopes, their dreams … and increasingly they want more of these opportunities, to frame the narrative and tell their stories their way.
To this end we have an active Advisory Group made up of local women representing the diverse communities of our region – all of who have lived experience of key themes / issues.
Read more about our wonderful Advisory Group members
VOLUNTEERING
As a small company verd de gris can do and have done many wonderful things in our aim to impact on areas like community health and positive social change – but none of this is possible without an active and committed team of volunteers.
We have always sought the help of volunteers – helping in our various intergenerational work and support work with older people.V ery often these were young people looking to gain experience in health and social care, or artists keen to explore new ways to support older people in meaningful, life-enhancing activities.
Read more about our approach to volunteering
Please get in touch if you would like to know more about our management and governance systems:
mail: jeff.vdg@btinternet.com
Facebook: verd de gris arts
Instagram: @verddegris_arts
Our most recent projects are supported by a range of funders including The National Lottery Community Fund, West Yorkshire Mayor’s Safer Communities Fund, People’s Postcode Lottery, Give Bradford, Pause / Barnardos Bradford, Culturedale – Calderdale MBC’s Year of Culture.
