Sarah Williams is an author, a tutor, an artist, a writing coach, and as of 2025 is the managing director of York Creatives CIC, a community that looks after York’s artists and those working in the creative industries.

In this episode we talk about the social value organisations like York creatives provide to their local areas. We explore some of the challenges faced by social enterprises and non profits in trying to deliver work that isn’t profit motivated.

We talk about the state of western civilisation in 2026 and how our hunger for growth has put us back into a state of feudalism - an uncomfortable realisation after all of modernity’s promises of technology democratising access to each new thing we’re sold a monthly subscription to.

But after all that we return this central idea of community wealth building and the positive impact it can have on our local area, if we choose to prioritise community wealth over individual wealth.

Find out more about York Creatives at https://instagram.com/yorkcreatives

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