People taking part in or contributing to the project, going beyond being audience members. This might include taking part in a workshop, performing in a community show, joining a class or taking part in a digital activity.
Participants can be broken down into the following sub-categories:
- Community participants
- Cultural learning participants (via schools and other educational settings)
- Participants in training or CPD activities (e.g. educational, professional or talent development sessions)
- Participants in other ‘sector facing activity’
- Volunteers
You cannot be counted as a participant and an audience member in the same event.
See also Instances of Participation.
This includes:
- Non-professionals performing in show
- Students in a school workshop
- Knitting workshop members
- Artists attending a professional development training session who are not paid for their time
- Volunteers (will also be counted separately)
This does not include:
- Paid professionals
- Audience (who have booked to attend). For example if you walked a route on ‘BD on Foot’ you would be an audience member