NATASHA PLAYER
Clients
Dorset Council
We worked with Dorset Council and Dorset Changemakers through a significant period of change across the regional cultural sector.
As Lead Consultant, Natasha guided a structured Conversation with a Purpose, combining facilitation and strategic advisory support to help those involved make sense of the change, gain clarity and identify practical next steps.
Outcome
The work supported the transition from strategy to implementation, providing greater clarity around the process, recommendations and the actions needed to move forward.
Bournemouth University
We were delighted to work with BU Business Innovation on inclusive entrepreneurship, bringing students and staff together to explore what creates a healthy entrepreneurial ecosystem and the challenges that can affect an entrepreneur’s ability to thrive.
Through Puppet Power, we used play, puppets and purposeful conversation to open up deeper conversations, surface different perspectives and explore what needs to change to create more supportive conditions for entrepreneurship.
A different way to have Conversations with a Purpose — through the power of play.
Co-led Mahtab Grimshaw & Natasha Player
Bournemouth University
We worked with Bournemouth University and industry leaders Wessex Archaeology to bring different perspectives together through a purposeful, enquiry-led session focused on collaboration and what could come next.
Outcome
The session created greater clarity around working together on a new course curriculum, while also establishing a three-year vision and milestone plan to guide the partnership forward.
A focused conversation became a clearer shared direction — connecting immediate action with a longer-term vision for collaboration.
Lead Consultant: Natasha Player
Access BEAF
We are delighted to be working with ACCESS BEAF stakeholders and the wider community to facilitate a series of evaluation focus groups to gather information on the program and find out What's Next for ACCESS BEAF.
Lead Consultant Facilitator: Natasha Player
Wessex Museums
Natasha Player & Co. are delighted to work with Wessex Museum Partnership.
7 Museums across Wiltshire and Dorset as part of our Inclusive Leadership training program. Inclusive Recruitment.
Lead Consultants: Ebi Sosseh & Natasha Player
Dance Along the Coast
A Conversation with a Purpose to inform the decision-making of a new partnership with Lighthouse Poole, Pavilion Dance South West and The Mayflower Theatre in Southampton.
Inviting creatives from across the South West to gather for a facilitated conversation on the challenges in the industry, what is working well and what could the future look like.
Natasha Player & Co. facilitated a dynamic and inclusive day drawing out the uncomfortable and tapping into the wealth of talent and opportunities for a thriving industry future.
Lead Facilitator: Natasha Player
Plymouth Culture
Natasha Player & Co. are delighted to work with Plymouth Culture and the National Portfolio Organisations across the city. We will be facilitating a series of Conversations with a Purpose underpinned by an Action Learning approach to actioning change to move forward with their anti-racist action plan.
Lead Consultant: Natasha Player
De La Warr Pavilion
Advise DLWP on their Equality, Diversity & Inclusion strategy and action plan ambitions by working with the staff team, senior management and the board to increase confidence, understanding, and commitment to E, D & I across the organisation.
Facilitate a series of Connecting Better - Conversations With A Purpose - themed/structured conversations exploring active listening, enquiry & learning to take action for inclusive practices, designing a framework to feel heard, resolve challenges and accountability. A co-ownership process.
Associate: Ebi Sosseh
Lead Consultant: Natasha Player
BCP
Cultural Compact
Your Shout Diversity Consultancy Report
Consultation with ethnically diverse residents, cultural organisers and other stakeholders regarding awareness, opinions and interests in arts and culture delivered across city-wide Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole.
Findings informed Compacts Business Plan and Cultural Strategy.
NP & Co. offered mentoring, funding guidance to diverse-led festivals, organisers and independent producers.
Initiating diverse-led networks for a more equitable & inclusive approach to stakeholder engagement and increasing inclusive representation in the arts and cultural sector.
Associate: Dr. Nigel Williams
Community Culture Connectors
Lighthouse
An Independent Review with Lighthouse to review the organisation’s current inclusion and engagement with ethnically diverse audiences and stakeholders. To support Lighthouse in developing their diversity strategy.
Associate: Jane Showell
Without Walls
An Independent Review of Without Walls' work in engaging with Black, Asian and ethnically diverse artists, managers and outdoor arts practitioners’
Associate: Jeanefer Jean-Charles
PDSW
A critical friend, challenging the organisation to become more inclusive; working with communities and artists to co-create relevant quality creative programs for Black, Asian and ethnically diverse communities to engage with.
Arts University Bournemouth
Design and deliver our signature diversity and inclusion programme in Higher Education & Further Education setting. ‘Diversifying the Narrative’ addresses inequalities and under-representation in the cultural sector.
Associate: Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster
