Community Cultural Development (CCD) describes a process of working with communities to develop capacities through cultural and artistic engagement.

Across the globe communities and artists work together creatively using the practice of CCD to explore and express people's views on important issues - while helping them to pick up new skills along the way.

Unike community arts, CCD is more developmental in its aims, and focusses on empowering the community. On a CCD project the artist's role is to facilitate and empower the community, it's not to realise their own artistic vision.

CCD is a collaboration between artists and communities to creatively address issues affecting communities.

See our Background Papers section for further information.