Food, Drink and Tourism Industry Forum
Friday, 15 March: 09.3 – 12.00

STEP, Stirling Enterprise Park, FK7 7RP
09:30 - 10:00 Arrival, Registration, and Networking
10:00 - 10:15: Welcome by STEP
10:15 - 10:30: An Introduction to the Forth Valley Food and Drink Network, Stacey Spence, Coordinator, Forth Valley Food and Drink
Stacey Spence, Coordinator at Forth Valley Food and Drink Network, will lead us through the network's initiatives, offering valuable insights into upcoming events and projects.
10:30 - 10:45: Scotland Food & Drink Overview, Fiona Richmond, Head of Regional Food, Scotland Food & Drink
Explore the support provided by Scotland Food and Drink as Fiona Richmond, Head of Regional Food, delves into the latest industry insights.
 
10:45 - 11:00: Talking Tourism: An update from VisitScotland,Claire Gaspar, Industry Relationship Manager, VisitScotland
Claire Gaspar, Industry Relationship Manager at VisitScotland, will discuss the business support offered by VisitScotland. Gain insights into the trends and highlights from the 2023 Summer season, and discover how to prepare for the upcoming 2024 Season.

11:00 - 11:15: Culture Strategy for Stirling and Tourism and Events Action Plan, Jillian Schofield, Service Manager - Culture, Events and
Jillian Schofield, Service Manager for Culture, Events, and Tourism at Stirling Council, will provide an overview of Stirling Council’s Culture and Tourism plans, offering opportunities for businesses to get involved.

11:15 - 11:45 Interactive Q&A Session
11:45: Thank You by STEP

For more information contact:
Jenn McArthur
Marketing and Business Development Director
01786 468 351 | jmcarthur@stepscotland.co.uk

Date: Tuesday, 20th June 2023

Time: 10am to 2pm

Venue: Tolbooth, Jail Wynd, Stirling, FK8 1DE

The Scene Stirling Symposium will be an opportunity to come together to share, celebrate and connect about creativity and culture in Stirling. We will discuss resilience and artists support, connections between rural and urban opportunities and wider collaborations, and capacity building for the local scene, as well as equity and access for the wider sector. Joining us on the day as speakers, coming together collectively for the first time since the beginning of the programme, will be artists and creatives who have been funded by Scene Stirling over the past years to develop and deliver a variety of projects, from Micro to Unlearning Grants, to community networks and climate change commissions.

The programme will include artist talks, roundtable discussions, a pop-up exhibition, networking opportunities, and much more. Details of the full programme will be announced on the Scene Stirling Social Media channels w/c 5th June. 

Please note that the Symposium is a free event, however, due to catering, your ticket needs to be booked by 12pm on 15th June, via Eventbrite here.

Calling creatives, and other local representatives and individuals from across our communities to join us for a conversation about the place of creativity and culture in Stirling's future. And explore the new opportunities of Bannockburn's maker space. A chance to be a part of the conversation and meet others, whilst supporting the aspirations of a shared creative plan for Stirling

Stirling’s City of Culture bid reminded many people of the extraordinary diversity of creative activity that takes place across the area, and underlined how important it is as part of the community’s identity.

It also posed some challenging questions - whose culture are we talking about? Where are the opportunities to get involved? How can communities be empowered to make decisions on cultural activity? Why would creative professionals choose to live and work here?

More importantly, what are we actually going to do about it? Scene Stirling, working with Stirling Council, have been trying to answer these and other questions and are keen to have more voices join the conversation. We have some ideas we’d like to share and develop through discussion with anyone that has an interest in making communities and individuals more engaged in their creative and cultural life.

Bryan Beattie, Creative Services Scotland

Supported by Scene Stirling and Stirling Council

Calling creatives, and other local representatives and individuals from across our communities to join us for a conversation about the place of creativity and culture in Stirling's future. And explore the new opportunities of Bannockburn's maker space. A chance to be a part of the conversation and meet others, whilst supporting the aspirations of a shared creative plan for Stirling

Stirling’s City of Culture bid reminded many people of the extraordinary diversity of creative activity that takes place across the area, and underlined how important it is as part of the community’s identity.

It also posed some challenging questions - whose culture are we talking about? Where are the opportunities to get involved? How can communities be empowered to make decisions on cultural activity? Why would creative professionals choose to live and work here?

More importantly, what are we actually going to do about it? Scene Stirling, working with Stirling Council, have been trying to answer these and other questions and are keen to have more voices join the conversation. We have some ideas we’d like to share and develop through discussion with anyone that has an interest in making communities and individuals more engaged in their creative and cultural life.

Bryan Beattie, Creative Services Scotland

Supported by Scene Stirling and Stirling Council

Calling creatives, and other local representatives and individuals from across our communities to join us for a conversation about the place of creativity and culture in Stirling's future. . A chance to be a part of the conversation and meet others, whilst supporting the aspirations of a shared creative plan for Stirling

Stirling’s City of Culture bid reminded many people of the extraordinary diversity of creative activity that takes place across the area and underlined how important it is as part of the community’s identity.

It also posed some challenging questions - whose culture are we talking about? Where are the opportunities to get involved? How can communities be empowered to make decisions on cultural activity? Why would creative professionals choose to live and work here?

More importantly, what are we actually going to do about it? Scene Stirling, working with Stirling Council, have been trying to answer these and other questions and are keen to have more voices join the conversation. We have some ideas we’d like to share and develop through discussion with anyone that has an interest in making communities and individuals more engaged in their creative and cultural life.

Bryan Beattie, Creative Services Scotland

Supported by Scene Stirling and Stirling Council