Creative Horizons CIC is committed to creating safe, inclusive and welcoming spaces where people can connect, express themselves, build confidence and take part in meaningful creative experiences.
As a Community Interest Company, our work is driven by a clear social purpose. We use creativity, arts, music, culture and community activity to support wellbeing, connection, participation and positive change.
Good governance is an important part of how we work. Our policies and procedures help us maintain high standards of safeguarding, equality, inclusion, accountability and responsible practice across our projects and activities.
The safety and wellbeing of the people we work with is at the heart of Creative Horizons.
We are committed to providing safe and supportive environments for children, young people and adults. Our safeguarding arrangements help us prevent harm, respond appropriately to concerns and ensure that everyone involved in our work understands their responsibilities.
We believe creativity and community participation should be accessible to everyone.
We welcome people from different backgrounds, cultures, ages, identities, circumstances and life experiences. We aim to reduce barriers to participation and create spaces where people feel respected, valued, heard and able to contribute.
We take the safety and wellbeing of participants, staff, volunteers and partners seriously.
We consider the needs of the people we work with and the risks associated with our activities when planning and delivering our projects, helping us create environments that are safe, supportive and welcoming.
We respect people’s privacy and handle personal information responsibly and securely.
We follow applicable UK data protection requirements and aim to be transparent about how personal information is collected, used and stored.
We believe everyone has the right to be treated with kindness, dignity and respect.
Bullying, harassment, discrimination or behaviour that makes another person feel unsafe, intimidated or excluded is not acceptable within Creative Horizons.
We aim to promote positive relationships, empathy, confidence and a strong sense of belonging through our work.
Creative Horizons CIC is governed by its directors, who are responsible for the organisation’s strategic direction, governance, financial oversight and legal responsibilities.
We aim to make decisions openly, fairly and responsibly, acting in the best interests of the organisation and the communities we serve.
We manage our resources carefully and use funding, income and other resources to support our community purpose and deliver meaningful social impact.
As a Community Interest Company, our assets are protected for community benefit through the CIC asset lock.
We value the views and experiences of the people we work with.
We welcome feedback from participants, families, partners, volunteers and community members. Feedback helps us learn, improve our projects and remain accountable to the communities we serve.
We provide appropriate ways for concerns or complaints to be raised and aim to respond fairly, respectfully and constructively.
Our work is supported by formal policies and procedures covering areas including:
Safeguarding
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Health & Safety
Data Protection & Privacy
Anti-Bullying
Complaints & Feedback
Code of Conduct
Conflict of Interest
Financial Procedures & Controls
Risk Management
Photography, Media & Consent
Our policies are reviewed regularly and updated as our organisation, projects and responsibilities develop.
Our policies are available on request.
If you would like to view a specific policy or require further information about our governance, safeguarding arrangements or working practices, please contact Creative Horizons CIC.
We believe good governance is about more than having policies in place. It is about how we work, how we treat people and how responsibly we deliver our projects.
We are committed to creating spaces where people feel:
As Creative Horizons grows, we will continue to listen, learn and strengthen our governance and working practices so that our organisation develops responsibly alongside the communities we serve.
20+ Years of experience
42 Events delivered
2,000+ People engaged
30 Projects delivered
Creative Horizons CIC builds on 20 years of experience in developing and delivering community, creative, cultural and wellbeing projects and events. Our experience spans projects that bring people together, respond to community needs, support wellbeing and learning, and create opportunities for participation, connection and personal development.
We also have extensive experience delivering creative and cultural projects, including music, arts and cultural events. Creativity is both a way of engaging communities and, where appropriate, the focus of the project itself.
This combination of community understanding and creative experience enables us to design projects that are both meaningful to the people they serve and professionally delivered.
These figures reflect the wider experience of our founder and creative team, including work delivered through previous initiatives and projects alongside Creative Horizons CIC.
