The Field Guide - Session One: Culture, Community, Pride, Change

Using culture as a tool for place-based transformation

What is it?
This is the foundation day for the whole series.

It introduces intoBodmin’s core framework: Culture = Community = Pride = Change. The day explores how everyday culture, shared experience and local identity can help build stronger communities, deeper belonging and more confident places.
Participants will use the Field Guide to map how their own activities, spaces or projects can create connection, strengthen community and contribute to long-term change.

Who is it for?
This day is for:

• Community organisations and CICs 
• Town and parish councils 
• Cultural organisations and venues 
• Local authority officers 
• Funders and place-based partnerships 
• Artists, producers and facilitators 
• Trustees, directors and community leaders 
• Anyone trying to make change happen in a place 

What will we cover?

• What we mean by culture beyond “the arts” 
• Why shared experiences build identity and belonging 
• How connection leads to confidence, pride and action 
• The intoBodmin story and what we have learned from Bodmin 
• How to use the Change Framework as a planning and evaluation tool  
• How to describe social value in a way that feels human and grounded 
• How to move from activity to impact without losing the story 

What will you take away?

Participants will leave with:

• A clear understanding of the Field Guide’s core framework 
• A draft theory of change for their own project, place or organisation 
• A practical way to explain how their work creates social value 
• A copy of the Field Guide 
• Tool templates to use with their own team, board or community 
• Greater confidence in talking about culture as a driver of change