Applying for your place

Priority groups:

Our recruitment and selection priorities for both Leadership Development Days or LDDplus will be applications from:

• people of African, Asian* or Caribbean descent and other ethnic minorities
• disabled people or those who work in organisations that focus on the potential of disabled people
• people who are cultural entrepreneurs – working in micro-enterprises of between 1 and 5 employees.

People outside these priority groups will be considered where spaces are available.

All participants in the Leadership Development Days or LDDplus will:

• Work in the cultural and creative industries. However, those not currently working in this sector can still apply providing they can demonstrate experience, ability and potential to transfer existing skills in.
• Currently occupy a position in which leadership skills are required and/or they envisage their next position will require that they demonstrate an increased level of leadership understanding, skill and ability
• Have a desire to progress to higher levels of leadership or be a more effective leader
• Have given some thought to, or are keen to work out how they will achieve mid/long term career goals.
• Live and work in the United Kingdom
• Have a minimum of 5 years work experience.

For the LDDplus sessions we would like to work with people who have a minimum of 8 years work experience and are currently in middle or senior roles of leadership or management or who have significant line-management responsibility. They might be running their own business or working as part of a much larger organisation. They might also be at a point of leading significant change or challenge within their organisation.

* In this context Asian refers to the continent of Asia from Turkey in the West to Japan in the East.

The priority for disabled people is in line with the CLP/Arts Council's duties under the Disability Equality Duty.

The priority for people of African, Asian and Caribbean descent is in line with the exemption given in the Race Relations Act 1976 under sections 35[1] and 37[2]. These exemptions allow for discrimination on the grounds of race and are aimed at reducing the under-representation of certain ethnic groups.

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