General Public Agency is a creative consultancy providing services which include strategic brief-setting, public realm strategies, cultural policies and programmes, and design studies. General Public Agency’s approach is multidisciplinary, encompassing architecture, artistic practice, community planning, environmental and creative regeneration, design, and issues of active citizenship. General Public Agency curates its own programme of action research projects as well as responding to client briefs. (generalpublicagency.com)

Ditchling Museum is housed in the former village school and has been founded in 1984. The Museum shows a collection of arts and crafts work, including a significant Eric Gill collection, Shoji Hamada, and Hilary Pepler. It informs on former village life and has recently started to commission contemporary artists for site-specific projects in relation to the history and location to the village. (ditchling-museum.com)

Doris Koch has joined myvillages.org for the contextualisation and organisation of the Village Convention. She is a Berlin-based artist who has been working extensively in rural contexts. (doriskoch.de)