Clore Fellowship Programme 2026-2027 (Funded) – YOA

Deadline: February 5, 2026

Applications are open for the Clore Fellowship Programme 2026. The Clore Fellowship is a programme of tailor-made management growth for a cohort of outstanding leaders within the cultural sector. They award round 24 Fellowships every year to leaders in areas such because the visible and performing arts, museums, libraries, archives and heritage, movie and digital media, and cultural coverage and apply.

The Fellowship Programme is for leaders with ambition and imaginative and prescient who can present how they could take their management to the following degree. The programme is discovered by way of expertise, not taught, and is grounded in up to date management theories and approaches.

Benefits

The Clore Fellowship takes place between September 2026 and May 2027 and consists of:

• Two 5 – 10 day residential programs and three days of workshops, together with journey, lodging, meals, and refreshments. You’ll study your self, your management, and discover the talents and methods of management. You’ll work with facilitators, Clore Leadership workers, associates, and audio system. You’ll hear from a spread of visitor leaders about their management journeys.
• Fellows’ Assembly – connecting with leaders within the UK and internationally round world management points.
• A 360° management profile – to discover what meaning for you and your management.
• A secondment – normally 6 to eight weeks in a UK-primarily based cultural organisation, in a subject totally different from your personal, to stretch your management studying.
• Up to £4,000 growth finances – to spend in your studying and related prices (e.g. conferences, programs, study visits or books).
• £14,000 bursary – monetary assist for time away from work throughout the Fellowship, paid to you or your employer (as applicable). For UK Fellows solely.
• Mentor or coach assist – a package deal of particular person assist as you journey by way of your studying
• A provocation piece – you’ll produce a chunk of analysis on a management subject of your selection
• A collaborative enquiry undertaking – alongside members of your cohort you’ll discover up to date management studying questions, and current your findings on the second residential.
• Access finances provision for D/deaf or disabled and neurodivergent Fellows, or for these with caring tasks.

Eligibility

Applicants to the Fellowship want to have the ability to show the next:

• Have been working in a management or change making function in arts and tradition for at least 7 years. The solely exception to that is the Excellerate Fellowships for early profession leaders for which 5 years’ expertise is required. You shall be requested within the application to offer a CV outlining that you just meet the extent of expertise required.
• Demonstrate that you’re / have an ambition to guide and are making a big influence by way of your work/ apply.
• Demonstrate a deep dedication, ardour, and understanding of the cultural sector and its broader context
• Demonstrate an understanding of your management potential.
• Demonstrate curiosity, self-reflection and self-consciousness and openness to studying about your self and others.
• Be able to affect apply and/or coverage and impact change in your organisation, sector and past, as an artist or cultural skilled.
• Specialist Fellowships could have further eligibility standards. You shall be requested the way you meet these standards inside the application.
• Be open to sharing your studying with others.

Application

The 2026 Fellowship runs September 2026 – May 2027. You ought to count on to decide to taking between 6 – 9 months to finish the Fellowship. Each Fellowship content material, form, and timeline is exclusive to the person Fellow however you may be anticipated to attend the next obligatory complete cohort actions:

• Residential 1: Ashorne Hill, nr Leamington Spa, 14 – 23 September 2026 (incl weekend)
• Skills Workshops: Venue (tbc), 18 – 20 January 2027
• Fellows Assembly: Online, 25 March 2027
• Residential 2: Ashorne Hill, nr Leamington Spa, 17 – 21 May 2027

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For extra data, go to Clore Fellowship.