Welcome to the home for Chelmsford’s creative community. A place to connect with fellow creative people, and collaborate with others that can enrich your work. A place to seek support and inspiration from one another. A place that can ignite a passion for Chelmsford’s creative identity and future.
Ignite Chelmsford has been connecting people from all backgrounds, sectors, and organisations since 2017. Our mission is to give our city a shared voice and a strong creative community. We have launched this website to bring together this collaborative work and to grow it.
Events
Our events are hosted in the city as well as online. Attend our monthly socials and regular creative events to enjoy a relaxed, place to meet and share ideas, helping ideas to grow and take hold. Our online, monthly Hub events are an ideal platform to promote what you are doing and call out for collaboration.
Every second Thursday of the month, we host a social meet-up with creative inspiration and an opportunity to connect and learn how we can support one another's work. With a […]
Ignite Social: Storytelling
Patch, 5-6 Grays Yard, Springfield Road, Chelmsford, CM2 6QR
Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom
Member Directory
Our growing Member Directory contains a wealth of amazing people connecting, creating, collaborating, seeking support and inspiration. All with the same goal of igniting a passion for Chelmsford’s creative ambitions.
If you work, aspire to work, volunteer, or study in the creative industries in Chelmsford, sign up now.
The Hub
The Hub is a collaborative, multi-sector group that focuses on delivering creative activities and events throughout Chelmsford. It’s where our creative community can touch base, compare notes, share skills and resources, and support each-other’s work.
The Hub meets online every third Thursday and is an open event to everyone.
Member Directory.
Our growing Member Directory contains a wealth of amazing people connecting, creating, collaborating, seeking support and inspiration. All with the same goal of igniting a passion for Chelmsford’s creative ambitions.
If you work, aspire to work, volunteer, or study in the creative industries in Chelmsford, sign up now.
The Hub.
The hub is a collaborative, multi-sector group that focuses on delivering creative activities and events throughout Chelmsford.
Blog
Stay updated on what’s new with Ignite and our members. From breaking news to case studies, sharing best practice to lessons learned. The Blog is open to submissions.
Blog.
Stay updated on what’s new with Ignite.
Member of the Month: Becky Wasteney
Each month, Nikki Wilson interviews an Ignite Member, asking five simple questions, to find out what creativity means to them, and how they see culture and creativity, and its potential, in Chelmsford. This month Nikki talks to Becky Wasteney. How would you describe...
Challenging Creativity in Chelmsford
Creativity deserves to be challenged. In a world where we often perceive everything in black and white terms, creativity offers an exciting opportunity to challenge its purpose. To most people, creativity means to create tangible outcomes, such as artwork, a book or...
Remembering Essex Witches
Witches are a common sight this time of year, casting spells with a cackle in spooky Halloween displays. But these seasonal cartoon hags are a far cry from the real ‘witches’ of Essex who form part of a much darker history in our county. During the 16th and 17th...