Policy Brief - Pathway to the Development of a Cultural Strategy for Leicestershire County Council (LCC)

Mutibwa, Daniel H.; Rogers, Cat; Wills, Franne; Hanton, Amanda; Frost, Sophie; Berry, Sam; Harris, Helen

Abstract

Amid persistent austerity and a challenging and uncertain political climate, Leicestershire County Council (LCC) and the University of Nottingham (UoN) have teamed up to coproduce a framework for an inclusive and shared vision of creative and cultural engagement with differently situated stakeholders across the county, the East Midlands and beyond. The partnership is developing the framework into a Cultural Strategy to strategically align cultural provision, heritage service delivery, and work in the creative industries. To inform development, consultation exercises with (1) strategic leaders and frontline officers at LCC, (2) volunteers and project participants who are facilitators and end users of LCC’s cultural and heritage services, (3) creative practitioners, and (4) selected national local authorities have taken place between March and September 2023. The set of stakeholders (1-3) stand to gain the most from a focused and inclusive Cultural Strategy. Further insight-gathering activities and events are being held during February and March 2024.

Citation

Mutibwa, D. H., Rogers, C., Wills, F., Hanton, A., Frost, S., Berry, S., & Harris, H. (2024). Policy Brief - Pathway to the Development of a Cultural Strategy for Leicestershire County Council (LCC). Research England

• Report Type: Policy Document
• Publication Date: Feb 12, 2024
• Deposit Date: Feb 15, 2025
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/45409388
• Publisher URL: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/clas/documents/visioning-and-creative-and-cultural-county/resources/policy-brief-lcc-cult-strategy-devt-pathway-spring-2024.pdf
• Additional Information: Policy Brief — A Visioning a Creative and Cultural County (VCCC) Project Output (Spring 2024)