Signpost to Skills
We ran an intensive job and career skills programme to develop employability for people from Black and ethnically diverse groups in South Gloucestershire. We are now providing ongoing career mentoring support to our cohort.
Drive for Change – First Bus
Our Drive for Change campaign for First Bus raised awareness of the Bristol Bus Boycott’s civil rights contributions to Bristol and Britain, and aimed to increase the number of bus drivers from Black and ethnically diverse communities.
Promoting the First Caribbean High Sheriff of Bristol
We were proud to provide promotional and digital marketing support to Bristol’s first ever Caribbean High Sheriff, Sharon Foster.
Crossing Coasts Heritage Project for schools
We supported My Future My Choice in their heritage project for local schools promoting local stories of the Windrush generation and their descendants with an uplifting and educational card game.
Crossing Coasts: Windrush Citizenship and Compensation Initiative
Crossing Coasts was a Windrush Citizenship and Compensation Initiative project focused on recognising the contributions of the Windrush Generation and the injustices they and others have faced.
Support to High Sheriff Alex Raikes
We supported SARI CEO Alex Raikes throughout her 2022–23 tenure as High Sheriff of Bristol, helping deliver her programme through the organising committee and amplifying her key events on social media.
Black Seeds Network
We provided early support to set up the network, and continued to incubate the organisation through administrative and funding support. See more of the exciting work BSN is doing now:
Black Writing Matters
We worked with Paper Nations, Bath Spa university and UWE to build a stronger infrastructure for local Black and ethnically diverse writers.
Creative Powertown
Creative Power Town is a youth project based in St Pauls, Bristol, delivering career paths in the arts for Black and under-represented young people. Creative Connex CIC provided pro-bono support to the organisation in terms of fundraising, mentoring, business development and networking, to support their aim to develop as a multi-disciplinary talent agency and artistic platform for Music, Theatre, Fashion, Dance and Photography.
Come The Revolution – 10th Anniversary
Come The Revolution, a collective of diverse film curators and creatives from Bristol, celebrated and showcased 10 years of Black Cinema & Culture in 2024. Creative Connex is provided its digital marketing and marketing events for a year of public film screenings with directors, talks and music.
Strategic Inclusion Advice to Management Boards
Roger and the team offer advice, create resources and support organisations such as Bristol Legacy Foundation, Film Bath, Bath’s American Museum & Gardens, as well as Arts Council England from 2015 to 2023.
Windrush Heritage Project
This project celebrated the Windrush Generation and its achievements and legacy for Bristol and Britain. In 2023 and continuing in 2024 we hosted several events and initiatives. These included celebrating the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the first ship of pioneers, Roger’s memoir ‘My American Odyssey From The Windrush to the White House’, The UWE Bristol Generations Project, and support to local partners including St Pauls Carnival.