CRESC Senior Research Fellow Andrew Miles and Theme 5 Affiliate Member Abigail Gilmore from Manchester’s Institute for Cultural Practices attended a three-day AHRC Research Development Workshop in Birmingham from 6-8 December on the Role of the Creative Economy in Developing and Sustaining Vibrant and Prosperous Communities in the UK. They are now working with a group of workshop participants from other institutions and agencies in developing a bid for funds to develop a project on ‘Understanding Everyday Participation – Articulating Cultural Values’.