Case Studies

Welcome to the first case study in our Digital Journeys series, where we delve into the success stories of creative and cultural organisations and individuals who have received long-term support from the Digital Culture Network.

This is the third case study in our Digital Journeys series, where we delve into the success stories of creative and cultural organisations and individuals who have received long-term support from the Digital Culture Network.

This is the fourth case study in our Digital Journeys series, where we delve into the success stories of creative and cultural organisations and individuals who have received long-term support from the Digital Culture Network.

We The Curious produced a sustainable and successful online revenue stream with their charitable aims at the centre of their decision-making. Find out more about their 'Income Generation' category winning online shop.

Meet 'Digital Inclusion' category Winners Sense and learn about their inclusive dance film 'Moving Portraits', made in collaboration with dancers who are deafblind and/or are living with complex disabilities.

Learn how the first 'Tech Champion’s Choice' Winners - LeftCoast - are embedding digital technology & skills development into the heart of their operations to build robust a foundation for a sustainable future.

Learn about Julie Nicholson and her work at Digital Voice to amplify the voices of marginalised people and groups. Julie was named the 'Digital Ambassador' category Winner for the DigitalMe project.

Learn how 'Being Social' category Winners Crab Museum developed a truly unique social presence that has seen them grow their loyal online & physical audience.

Learn about Sonzai, Roland Lane’s 'Content Creator' winning Mixed Reality installation experience that uses cutting-edge immersive technology to blur the lines between physical & virtual worlds.

Dante or Die’s interactive short Odds On fuses narrative, gameplay, and animation to explore the impact of gambling harm. Find out why it was the 'Digital Content' winner in the 2023 Digital Culture Awards.

Learn how 'Using Data' category Winners Watershed developed new data-informed inclusion strategies by embracing a new framework for data collection & analysis.

Learn more about DaDa’s 'Digital Transformation' winning research & development project, which explored the use of augmented reality holograms to provide BSL interpretation for non-traditional theatre.

Raising2Children is an online resource for parents, children, young people, and colleagues that supports families. Raising2Children create resources that bring together evidence-based research on child development and therapeutic tools using the arts. Click here to find out how Cultural Digital Network helped rework their website.

DanceEast is a dance organisation based in Ipswich, working locally, regionally and nationally. Lucy Bayliss, their Head of Creative Programmes, tells us how they employed digital technology to get their dance programmes into classrooms.

Winners of the Content Creation & Distribution category at the 2022 Digital Culture Awards, the Old Vic, tell the story of their ‘OLD VIC: IN CAMERA’ project.

Winners of a Special Commendation for the impact of their digital content distribution strategy at the 2022 Digital Culture Awards, Open Clasp Theatre Company tell the story of their ‘Changing the World One Play at a Time’ project.

Michael Hardy, winner of the 2022 Digital Culture Awards category for Emerging Digital Leader, tells us all about what made him a winner.

Open Sky, winners of the 2022 Digital Culture Award Digital Inclusion category for their ‘Micro Plays’ project, tell us their winning story.

National Student Drama Festival, winners of the 2022 Digital Culture Awards Digital Trailblazer category, tell us their winning story of expanding their reach with digital transformation.

Join Sound and Music, winners of the 2022 Digital Culture Award Data Driven category, as they tell their winning story about using data to understand engagement barriers and create new music.

Opera North, winners of the 2022 Digital Culture Awards Income Generation category for their 'Couch to Chorus' project, take us on their award-winning journey.

The Foundling Museum believes in creative action transforming lives, to stimulate imaginations and enrich young lives. Museum Director Caro Howell explains how the museum navigated a hybrid digital/analogue approach in order to support and inspire its network of volunteers and young care-leavers after the advent of Covid-19.

The Museum of London is in a central London location and tells the story of Londoners from prehistoric times to the present day. The Museum of London Docklands gives the history of the London docks. Join Buying and Merchandising Manager Rita Rooney as she explains how the museum redeveloped their eCommerce strategy with the support of the Digital Culture Network. Case study from February 2021.

Higher Rhythm Ltd is a not-for-profit organisation based in Yorkshire, providing music and media industry services and opportunities across the Yorkshire region. Click here to find out how the Digital Culture Network's Roberta Beattie supported their CEO, Steven Mundin, in redefining the organisation's vision for its new website.

Brighton Fringe is England's largest arts festival. The festival normally runs an annual open access, large-scale event hosted across the city of Brighton & Hove in a variety of venues. Digital Marketing Coordinator, Jamie Haas, talks us through how our Tech Champions helped the festival get in touch with their audiences online through email marketing and social media.

Mythstories is a museum based in Shrewsbury that holds a collection of storytelling artefacts and a library of folktales. For over 20 years the museum has organised funded projects with storytelling at their heart. Much of their work is out of doors, much is with young people – encouraging them to explore the oral heritage and become young storytellers. Read on to find out how the Digital Culture Network helped rework their website.

Little Angel Theatre is a children's theatre dedicated to fuelling the imagination through the art of puppetry. Marketing and Communications Manager, Sophie Waddy, explains how the Digital Culture Network helped them to rethink their digital strategy.

Hospital Rooms was one of the most impressive digital stories the Digital Culture Network heard in 2020: a six-week digital fundraising campaign which raised £30,000 in print sales, and resulted in a 300% increase in memberships and 3,387% increase in website traffic. Project Curator Natalie Tilbury takes us through this case study from July 2020.

Open Sky Theatre is a small theatre company with big ideas based in rural Herefordshire, combining new writing with physical and digital theatre to tell powerful, moving stories based on real world events. Read on to find out how the Digital Culture Network supported Open Sky's Digital Director, Lisle Turner, in reimagining the organisation's digital strategy. Case study from December 2020.

Impact Dance's main focus is to empower young people of diverse backgrounds through hip-hop dance training, mentoring, and national and international performances. Marketing and Communications Officer Clara Cowen talks us through how the London theatre company was supported by the Digital Culture Network to develop its website.

Launched in 2006, China Plate are an independent theatre studio that work with artists, venues and festivals to develop, make and present engaging, entertaining and accessible new work. Read on to find out how the Digital Culture Network supported China Plate with the redevelopment of their website.

Join us for an interview with Camilla Stewart, Head of Commercial Programmes and Collection Partnerships at Art UK, as she explains how the organisation has grown its online shop and dealt with lockdown. The interview took place in July 2020.

Hear from York Museums Trust as they reflect on their lockdown social media project #CuratorBattle. Case study from October 2020.