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They include artists and creative practitioners, administrators and local authority representatives. They use their perspective, expertise and unique voices to help shape our work.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="layout__region col-md-6 layout__region--second"><div class="u-o-3"><div id="cl-9613" data-content-listing="" class="content-listing"><div class="erd-list--image-and-heading content-listing-wrapper--large row"><div class="u-mb-4 col-12 col-md-6 col-xl-4"><a href="/our-organisation/area-councils/london-area-council" class="image-and-heading u-flex u-flex-col-reverse u-text-current-color"><h3 class="u-text-larger u-leading-tight u-font-sans md:u-font-noelight u-font-normal"> London Area Council</h3><div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 u-bg-grey-25 u-mb-3 "> <picture loading="lazy" class="image" >  <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/media_component_16_9_xxl/public/spotlight-image/QueensTheatre_RollOverBeethoven_MarkSepple.jpg.webp?h=f4761ccc&itok=fAAHklJF 1x, 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One of them is dressed like a dusty ghost of Beethoven."/></picture><div class="image-credit u-flex u-items-center u-absolute u-pin-r u-pin-b"><div class="image-credit__text u-visually-hidden">Photo by Roll Over Beethoven at Queen鈥檚 Theatre, Hornchurch. Photo 漏 Mark Sepple / Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch.</div><div class="image-credit__icon-text u-bg-grey-350 u-p-1 u-text-white" x-data="{ creditsAreOpen: false }" @alpine-toggle-credits.window="creditsAreOpen = !creditsAreOpen" x-show.transition.opacity="creditsAreOpen" x-cloak> <svg class="icon image-credit__icon u-text-medium" focusable="false" role="presentation"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/rutherford/dist/img/sprite/sprite.svg?v=ss6pop#feather--camera"></use></svg> <span class="image-credit__number">1</span></div></div></div> </a></div><div class="u-mb-4 col-12 col-md-6 col-xl-4"><a href="/our-organisation/area-councils/midlands-area-council" class="image-and-heading u-flex u-flex-col-reverse u-text-current-color"><h3 class="u-text-larger u-leading-tight u-font-sans md:u-font-noelight u-font-normal"> Midlands Area Council</h3><div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 u-bg-grey-25 u-mb-3 "> <picture loading="lazy" class="image" >  <source 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src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="A museum worker in period costume serves a family in a vintage sweet shop."/></picture><div class="image-credit u-flex u-items-center u-absolute u-pin-r u-pin-b"><div class="image-credit__text u-visually-hidden">Photo by The Jubilee Sweetshop at Beamish. Photo 漏 Beamish Museum.</div><div class="image-credit__icon-text u-bg-grey-350 u-p-1 u-text-white" x-data="{ creditsAreOpen: false }" @alpine-toggle-credits.window="creditsAreOpen = !creditsAreOpen" x-show.transition.opacity="creditsAreOpen" x-cloak> <svg class="icon image-credit__icon u-text-medium" focusable="false" role="presentation"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/rutherford/dist/img/sprite/sprite.svg?v=ss6pop#feather--camera"></use></svg> <span class="image-credit__number">3</span></div></div></div> </a></div><div class="u-mb-4 col-12 col-md-6 col-xl-4"><a href="/our-organisation/area-councils/south-east-area-council" class="image-and-heading u-flex u-flex-col-reverse u-text-current-color"><h3 class="u-text-larger u-leading-tight u-font-sans md:u-font-noelight u-font-normal"> South East Area Council</h3><div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 u-bg-grey-25 u-mb-3 "> <picture loading="lazy" class="image" >  <source 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<source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/media_component_16_9_sm/public/spotlight-image/NewWolsey_FeedBeast_PatrickBaldwin.jpg?h=93497768&itok=367LCcK5 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/media_component_16_9_sm_2x/public/spotlight-image/NewWolsey_FeedBeast_PatrickBaldwin.jpg?h=93497768&itok=efPptZ_v 2x" media="all and (min-width:576px)" type="image/jpeg" width="510" height="287"/> <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/media_component_16_9_sm/public/spotlight-image/NewWolsey_FeedBeast_PatrickBaldwin.jpg?h=93497768&itok=367LCcK5 1x, /sites/default/files/styles/media_component_16_9_sm_2x/public/spotlight-image/NewWolsey_FeedBeast_PatrickBaldwin.jpg?h=93497768&itok=efPptZ_v 2x" type="image/jpeg" width="510" height="287"/>  <img class="img u-w-full lazyload" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/media_component_16_9_sm/public/spotlight-image/NewWolsey_FeedBeast_PatrickBaldwin.jpg?h=93497768&itok=367LCcK5" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Actors stand and sit around a large wooden table on a stage set."/></picture><div class="image-credit u-flex u-items-center u-absolute u-pin-r u-pin-b"><div class="image-credit__text u-visually-hidden">Photo by New Wolsey Theatre's Feed the Beast by Steve Thompson. Photo 漏 Patrick Baldwin / New Wolsey Theatre.</div><div class="image-credit__icon-text u-bg-grey-350 u-p-1 u-text-white" x-data="{ creditsAreOpen: false }" @alpine-toggle-credits.window="creditsAreOpen = !creditsAreOpen" x-show.transition.opacity="creditsAreOpen" x-cloak> <svg class="icon image-credit__icon u-text-medium" focusable="false" role="presentation"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/rutherford/dist/img/sprite/sprite.svg?v=ss6pop#feather--camera"></use></svg> <span class="image-credit__number">4</span></div></div></div> </a></div><div class="u-mb-4 col-12 col-md-6 col-xl-4"><a href="/our-organisation/area-councils/south-west-area-council" class="image-and-heading u-flex u-flex-col-reverse u-text-current-color"><h3 class="u-text-larger u-leading-tight u-font-sans md:u-font-noelight u-font-normal"> South West Area Council</h3><div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 u-bg-grey-25 u-mb-3 "> <picture loading="lazy" class="image" >  <source 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src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" alt="Performers dance on a stage set filled with books."/></picture><div class="image-credit u-flex u-items-center u-absolute u-pin-r u-pin-b"><div class="image-credit__text u-visually-hidden">Photo by Nuffield Theatre's Merlin. Photograph 漏 Luke MacGregor.</div><div class="image-credit__icon-text u-bg-grey-350 u-p-1 u-text-white" x-data="{ creditsAreOpen: false }" @alpine-toggle-credits.window="creditsAreOpen = !creditsAreOpen" x-show.transition.opacity="creditsAreOpen" x-cloak> <svg class="icon image-credit__icon u-text-medium" focusable="false" role="presentation"> <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/rutherford/dist/img/sprite/sprite.svg?v=ss6pop#feather--camera"></use></svg> <span class="image-credit__number">5</span></div></div></div> </a></div><div class="u-mb-4 col-12 col-md-6 col-xl-4"><a href="/our-organisation/area-councils/area-council-vacancies" class="image-and-heading u-flex u-flex-col-reverse u-text-current-color"><h3 class="u-text-larger u-leading-tight u-font-sans md:u-font-noelight u-font-normal"> Join Our Area Council</h3><div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9 u-bg-grey-25 u-mb-3 "> <picture loading="lazy" class="image" >  <source 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