Festival safety campaign – For All Who Love Foundation, BLOQ and City Collective Amsterdam
To help make your festival experience even better, For All Who Love Foundation, BLOQ and City Collective Amsterdam has created a short awareness animation with a few simple checks you can do before, during and after a festival.
Small actions can make a big difference, for yourself and the people around you. Whether you’re attending with friends or going solo, let’s look out for one another and help create spaces where everyone feels welcome, respected and free to be themselves. Safety is experienced differently by different people and communities. Taking care of each other means being aware of our blind spots, listening to experiences different from our own and helping create an environment where everyone feels supported.
Shift the Culture Through Culture (Year Programme) | 2025 – 2026
A year-long program focused on safety and culture across the creative and cultural sectors. The program is driven by an “Intersectional by design” principle and aims to translate policy into practical measures, with a goal of supporting communities in achieving zero tolerance for unsafe behaviour.
Marking the official launch of the year-long programme, an invite-only roundtable session held at Felix Meritis during the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) 2025 to spark a strategic, cross-sectoral conversation on safety at night, particularly for women and vulnerable groups,
Meeting with Mayor Femke Halsema | 2025
An annual roundtable discussion held at the Mayor’s Residence, bringing together the Mayor and over 30 CCA members. The core themes discussed included: the importance of safety and security (especially sexual violence and power structures), space and places (third spaces), and strengthening the position of creative entrepreneurs in relation to city policy.
CCA Connect: Creative Freedom in the Digital Era | 2025
A public event held at Door Open Space with a focus on digital autonomy, ownership, and expression in the creative sector. The program included a “Bring Your Own Bites” BBQ, talks by speakers like Julia Janssen and Thieu Custers, and a moderated discussion by Dymphie Braun on how digital tools are reshaping creative freedom.
City Collective Crossover: Rotterdam | 2025
An exchange program involving approximately 20 CCA members. The event was intended to foster urban connection, cultural exchange, and dialogue, with members visiting locations like Brutus and Keilewerf.
NYC Trip (International Exchange) | 2019
An early initiative involving a trip to New York City with Mayor Halsema to create networking opportunities and pathways for Amsterdam’s young creatives.