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Let’s Talk About It!
Our Story
Themes are explored through many art forms – dance, theatre, film, spoken word – and through discussion and debate. SICK! Festival presents and commissions powerful, innovative and engaging work by artists from across Manchester, the UK and the world. We take the conversation into the heart of the communities where the subjects matter most as well as major cultural venues.
SICK! Festival has grown and evolved since 2013, emerging from reflections on our own lives and the lives of people around us to embrace issues of wider significance for communities and deep importance for individuals.
We are constantly guided by those communities and individuals, who ground our work in real-life experience, huge knowledge and immense understanding of the sensitivities of emotive issues. All too often these subjects are kept away from public view and debate. We exist to change that.
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Our Team
OUR TRUSTEES
Paul Ferry
Executive Chairman of gbpartnerships Interim Board Chair
Duncan Craig
Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Survivors Manchester
Prof. Sandeep Ranote
Executive Medical Director, Mental Health & Integrated Care – WWL NHS FT
Executive Medical Lead Mental Health – Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership
Visiting Professor in Mental Health – University of Salford & University of Chester
Alka Ruia
Ruia Group
Joe Strickland
Artistic Director at Chronic Insanity, Executive Director at Strickland Productions, Digital Producer at DaDaFest
John McLuckie
Director of Finance, Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust
OUR OPPORTUNITIES
MOSTON, HARPURHEY & CHARLESTOWN AMBASSADORS (PAID)
Do you care about Moston, Harpurhey or Charlestown? We are looking for 8-10 community ambassadors to help us connect with the neighbourhood
Term: One year fixed term. Monthly group meetings for 12 months
We will offer a £75 contribution for your time each month
You will attend monthly meetings to discuss issues that are important in the area, help us come up with new ideas and look at how we communicate with the wider community.
Find out more about the process and how to apply: GET YOUR VOICE HEARD! BECOME AN AMBASSADOR
CREATIVE PRODUCER (COMMISSIONING)
We’re looking for a dynamic and inspirational individual to join us, to work closely with me and our fantastic team to help us achieve our potential and grow our impact and reach.
Someone who brings experience of socially-engaged practice, managing budgets, and seeing commissions through for inception to evaluation, who is also passionate about, and interested in, the areas in which SICK! operates – arts, health, diversity, community development and international work.
Find out more about the role and how to apply here: Creative Producer Commissioning or download our Application Pack here: Application Pack: Creative Producer (commissioning)