Our Approach

Cultural Associates Oxford was founded on a deep intellectual understanding and passion for entrepreneurial business thinking within the cultural sector. We believe that museums, heritage, the arts, and creative industries play a vital role in society. Our commitment is to support a thriving cultural sector through our professional practice, experience, and research.

In these challenging and complex times, we see opportunities for growth and innovation. We are dedicated to helping cultural and creative organisations embrace change, introducing new ways of working and thinking to adapt to the evolving landscape.

Our Associates

Our associates comprise of cultural professionals, artists, academics, researchers, and business consultants who collaborated to deliver impactful, transformational programmes.

Our Core Principles

  • We put people and communities at the heart of everything we do. We listen to our clients and their stakeholders, monitor changing needs and requirements responding quickly, positively and effectively to build trust and understanding for all parties.

  • We work collaboratively and inclusively as a team and with our clients and partners, testing new ideas and exchanging information as much as we can to ensure that we continue to support delivery of priorities, whilst building on and developing new and ambitious partnerships.

  • It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world.

  • We consider the wellbeing of our team and move at a pace that is comfortable while ambitious, and give consideration to the needs of our clients, their stakeholders and their communities.

  • We are proactive in finding sustainable environmental solutions to the company’s operational needs, and to our team’s personal needs. We work with our clients, their staff, stakeholders and audiences to enable an understanding of what can be achieved and in recognition of the climate emergency.

Our Services

We begin by carefully listening to your ideas and concerns, discussing the brief in detail, and, where appropriate, questioning or reframing it to ensure a clear and mutual understanding of your expectations and desired outcomes. Based on this analysis, we assemble a bespoke team of experts from our diverse pool of Associates.

Together, we design tailored work packages that meet your organisation's specific needs.