Go Green with the Donut Toolkit!
The Purpose of the Donut Advisory Toolkit is to consider the wide range of possible impacts that a proposed event could have on environmental and social impact.
The Donut Advisory Toolkit was created by Andrew Lansley using Doughnut Economics and OAUK has commissioned Andrew to tailor the toolkit specifically for the outdoor arts sector.
Who can use the Donut Toolkit?
The Donut Toolkit provides businesses and organisations with a quick and effective way to profile their accessibility and sustainability practices against nationally recognised standards frameworks. The Donut Toolkit provides businesses and organisations with a quick and effective way to profile accessibility and sustainability practices against nationally recognised standards frameworks. The toolkit has been designed so that anyone can use it: whether you are running Glastonbury or a small one-day event, you’re a big festival team or one person, you’ve already got accessibility and sustainability practices or you’re just starting to think about it now.
Image Credit: Not Time to Waste by H&T Creative captured by Elly Welford
How does the Donut Toolkit work?
The toolkit uses the green events code of practice and the Attitude Is Everything charter to create a question set which integrates data analysis and social value model outputs, automatically creating advisories and support signposting for users. It acts as a refiner – so it top lines everything for you and takes the guesswork out of which recommendation or standards of practice you should follow.
It’s not just about signposting you to somewhere and going, this is where the help is. It’s about connecting you to ways that you can actively and deliberately improve the practice across the way that your events work.
– Andrew Lansley in the OAUK Winter Webinar ‘An Introduction to the Donut Toolkit’
Developed in partnership with Vision: 2025, Attitude Is Everything, Cheltenham Festivals and Cheltenham Borough Council, it is currently in use as a core component of an ACE funded national pilot. This program is testing improved accessibility and sustainability standards across ten local authorities throughout 2024. The aim is to see if progressive, community led events standards can be consistently applied on a national level.
How to use the Donut Toolkit
The Donut Toolkit takes the form of a three-page survey that produces everything needed to assess an events profile against the Green Events Code, as well as providing additional accessibility and social value outputs for local authorities. The toolkit can be integrated at any point in the event planning process.
- Download the Donut Toolkit
- Complete the Donut Toolkit survey.
- Use the Donut Toolkit advisory report to help improve the sustainability and accessibility of your event; signposting to information and community support
- Report on your event incorporating the GECOP & AIE frameworks, tailored to each event and authority.
- Take action.
About Andrew Lansley
Andrew is Senior Academic at the University of Gloucestershire, Innovation Manager for Cheltenham Festivals, and coordinator for the Cheltenham Culture Board. He has worked for almost 30 years in cross sector roles including: events; academia; politics; broadcast and innovation. Leading on research and project delivery within creative ecosystems, event sustainability, artist accessibility, mental health, and the future of cultural placemaking, he now runs a neurodivergent consultancy that specialises in intersectional, regenerative projects around the UK and beyond. He is also a trustee for Youth Music and Global Local and in his spare time performs as double bassist with Thrill Collins.
Exclusive Members Resource: Donut Toolkit Video
OAUK Members have exclusive access to a recording of Andrew Lansley introducing and providing an overview of how the Donut Advisory Toolkit works. He walks OAUK board member Sarah Bird through using the toolkit and explains just how easy it is for anyone to use. The video is available in Members Only resources – join OAUK now if you would like to watch the video!
