Membership
The WWDN membership is the heart of our network community, driving innovation, collaboration, and positive change
WWDN is a place for members to build connections and share, learn, and develop best practices in creative placemaking. Collectively, we are part of a growing movement in community empowerment and collaborative working towards wider social change.
Membership is open to practitioners (individual or collective) from around the globe and community groups and organisations operating within Dumfries and Galloway.
To join, you do not have to be an artist or have worked with creatives before. You just need to be passionate about communities, open to creative exploration, and interested in the shared values of our network.
As a member, you will be part of a community to:
Be part of our movement and a collective voice for creative placemaking, celebrating successes, reflecting on challenges, and influencing policy decisions to create a more vibrant and inclusive society.
Explore comprehensive research, curated resources, bespoke training, and expert consultancy services tailored to enhance your understanding and implementation of creative placemaking initiatives.
Connect and collaborate with a diverse community of creative practitioners, collectives, and community organisations passionate about making a positive impact in Dumfries & Galloway and beyond. Create meaningful partnerships and amplify your projects.
Keep up-to-date with the latest developments and trends in creative placemaking both locally, nationally and internationally. Our regular events, seminars, and thought leadership initiatives provide insights and inspiration to fuel your creative endeavours.
Showcase your projects and activities through our platform, website, and programme. Use members’ profiles, event and activities to increase visibility and share your work with a broader audience across sectors.
Packages & Benefits
Practitioner Membership
You can be an individual or small collective based anywhere.
- Profile on Members Directory
- WWDN approved membership – working within the values and ethos of WWDN
- Opportunity to join consortium teams for cross network programmes and creative placemaking projects
- Access to Gatherings and membership discounts on Events and Training Sessions
- Membership rates for additional Services
- Access to all WWDN Resources for Practitioners
Fee
£ FREE
Community Group and Organisation Membership
You can be a group or organisation working within Dumfries & Galloway.
- Profile on Members Directory
- WWDN approved membership – working within the values and ethos of WWDN
- Opportunity to join consortium teams for cross network programmes and creative placemaking projects
- Access to Gatherings and membership discounts on Events and Training Sessions
- Membership rates for additional Services
- Access to all WWDN Resources for Community Groups
- Support to develop ideas and proposals to work with artists
- Support in best practice for creative engagement
- Development advice for creative placemaking projects
- Resourcing and financial planning advice for creative placemaking work
- Marketing and communication support
- Opportunity to be part of WWDN Digital, establish a digital suite and develop digital activity
Organisations Annual Fee
£200
Unconstituted Groups Annual fee
£100
Cross Network Projects
Members can initiate collaborative projects and programmes focused on cross-sector agendas (health, employability, net zero, place plans). If you have an idea, get in touch!
WWDN Digital
Support for members to develop their digital capacity and increase access to technology, testing new ways of working with digital media and connecting communities to resources.
Sparks
Sparks is an innovative year-round commissioning programme available to network members to ignite, inspire, and provoke new and imaginative explorations for our communities.
What Our Members Say
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It’s tremendously gratifying to work on a project like this with the potential to make a real, positive difference to the community.
Hope London
Stranraer Artist – WWDN Pilot Project
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This has been a very different way of working. We’ve always had artists that have worked in A’ the Airts as a centre but we’ve never had artists work with us for so long. And what that has meant is that they’ve got to know the local people, people understand what we’re trying to achieve, and it’s also given our young people time to get to know and build that trust… It’s been wider than just being two artists being parachuted into a community. They really got to know everybody.
Yvonne Barber
Centre Manager – A’ The Airts, Sanquhar
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I think the effects from projects like this will last and the young people we work with now will help these pockets of creativity blossom and in doing so, shift the perspectives of the past.
Natalya Smith
Langholm Artist – WWDN Pilot Project
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