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Well-Founded

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In Scotland's creative scene, there's a crucial gap: spaces owned by and designed for Black and Global Majority creatives.


Join host Ica Headlam as he explores inspiring Black and Global Majority-led venues and cultural centres from the UK to international destinations. Each episode uncovers the stories behind these spaces—the vision, the struggle, and the profound impact on wellbeing and artistic expression.


We'll meet fearless founders breaking barriers, discover innovative funding models, and explore how creative spaces become lifelines for community and mental health. AND, what it could look like for Scotland.


Because creative spaces aren't just about art—they're about belonging, wellbeing, and creating foundations where communities can truly thrive.


New episodes weekly. A We Are Here Scotland production.


Credits

Producer & Technical Producer: Halina Rifai

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Episodios
  • Pass the Mic

    Pass the Mic
    Jul 31 2025

    Host Ica Headlam speaks with Talat Yaqoob, founder of Pass the Mic, about the gap between Scotland's progressive rhetoric and actual investment in change for communities of colour. They discuss creating your own spaces versus engaging with existing systems, the extractive nature of unpaid labour in media and activism, and how austerity has decimated the community centres and youth clubs that once anchored Black and Brown communities. Talat shares how Pass the Mic has grown from a desktop spreadsheet to a database of over 300 women of colour experts, and why sustained prioritisation matters more than reactive responses to trending moments.

    Visit Pass the Mic - https://passthemicscotland.org

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    37 m
  • Creative Balance

    Creative Balance
    Jun 18 2025

    In this episode, host Ica speaks with Matthew Hickman (musician/artist-activist) and Loa Pour Mirza (therapist/facilitator) about the Creative Balance project, which researches wellbeing among Black and racialised creatives and cultural professionals in Scotland. They discuss how five years after 2020's promises of change, many artists still face systemic barriers, lack of representation in leadership, and the exhausting burden of being the only BPOC person in white creative spaces.


    The conversation explores why community-led research matters, the project's choice of language like "wellbeing" over "mental health," and how Scotland's creative sector compares to other places.


    Find out more about Creative Balance at www.creativebalance.scot


    Credits: Producer and Technical Producer - Halina Rifai

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    41 m
  • Foundations

    Foundations
    Jun 10 2025

    In our first episode, we lay the foundations by exploring the reality of being BPOC creatives in Scotland's creative spaces and what people want.


    Recorded live at We Are Here Scotland's Creator Showcase at Edinburgh's Assembly Roxy, host Ica Headlam speaks with employment lawyer and radio presenter Rupa Mooker about navigating predominantly white creative spaces, the exhaustion of being "the only one," and the power of community-led spaces.


    We also hear from showcase attendees about their experiences of exclusion, belonging, and creating their own opportunities in Scotland's creative sector.


    From microaggressions to safe spaces, from allies to disruptors - this episode sets the foundation for understanding why Black and Global Majority-led spaces in the creative industries matter.


    Main Guest: Rupa Mooker - Employment lawyer, radio presenter on Awaz FM

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    22 m
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