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Meet Lynette Dakin, Executive Director of Strike A Light, as she reflects on her experience becoming a part of the organisation. Hello! This was meant to be my “6 months in the job” blog. It’s actually my “9 months (ish) in the job” blog. And this perhaps articulates better than I can the role of…

We’re one of the organisations working with the University of Birmingham’s ‘B-Experienced’ Internship Programme – and we’ve been delighted to have had Aisha as part of our team in early 2024 through the scheme. We asked her to say a bit about her experience with us over the past couple of months… I have been working as…

‘Let Artists Be Artists’ — 4 artists appointed to experimental employment scheme in Gloucester Gloucester-based arts charity Strike A Light (SAL) has appointed four artists to ‘just be artists’ — working on an employment salary for 2.5 years, with no predetermined outcomes to their activity. The four artists are Ed Patrick, Munotida Chinyanga, Viv Gordon, and Jamaal O’Driscoll. Munotida…

Here we go – it’s actually happening! What started as a wishful idea back in summer 2020 is now a reality. Together with a group of fantastic partner organisations, we’ve been able to appoint 3 artists – 1 full-time and 2 part-time – to ‘just be artists’ for one year. It’s an experiment in a…