Meeting documents
Cabinet
Wednesday, 6th November, 2002
BATH & NORTH EAST SOMERSET
ADDITIONS TO DRAFT LOCAL CULTURAL STRATEGY
This document brings together the key suggestions made during the consultation phase for the local cultural strategy. Most responses were positive. There were many suggestions made. The most significant of these - where they relate to suggested additions to the context of the document and where there is support from more than one respondent - have been included below with suggested action.
It should be noted that not all the suggestions made have been included: only those where there seemed to be shared support among respondents have been listed. This is not to say that other suggestions made were not valid or should not be considered. The council holds a full list of comments made and other points put forward could be addressed by members of the internal culture working group or the new cultural partnership (if formed) in the development of the strategy.
Andrew Kelly
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RECOMMENDATIONS/ CHANGES |
SUGGESTED ACTION |
General |
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Make more use of World Heritage Site |
World Heritage Site Management team to be part of cultural partnership |
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Provide summary in final document |
In preparation |
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Add work of other organisations - such as Arts & Business, South West Arts, regional tourism and sports bodies, and other areas of the district to strategy |
Agreed - to be added |
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Extend coverage on children's play |
Include statement drafted by Michael Follett |
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Ensure that children's culture not just seen as sport |
Make the involvement of children and young people a key theme of strategy |
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Ensure environment is included throughout document |
Already in, but make stronger |
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Extend licensing hours |
Council to debate |
Stress importance of local food |
Add to strategy |
Prioritise capital developments |
Council, cultural partnership and partners (SWRDA and others) to prepare report for debate |
Pursue more work on sponsorship and fundraising |
Cultural partnership to develop strategy |
Pursue more research on cultural activities, trends, and impact |
Cultural partnership to prepare and implement research strategy |
Build better partnerships between education and culture |
Internal cultural group to identify opportunities; cultural partnership to develop strategy |
Introduction to text |
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Provide more information on Georgian history |
Extend introduction |
Green Issues |
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Develop sensory and interactive garden |
Internal cultural planning team to discuss |
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Develop pocket parks |
Internal cultural planning team to discuss |
Arts |
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Provide greater support to arts organisations |
To be discussed in Council and in cultural partnership |
Extend cinema provision with open air cinema and better facilities in the Little Theatre |
Await discussions with City Screen |
Extend vision and work of festivals especially with closer working with Bristol |
Cultural partnership to debate with Bristol Cultural Development Partnership |
Disability Issues |
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Ensure full accessibility for all those that wish to participate and visit |
Make access work in Roman Baths model for other venues, buildings and events |
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Work with Corporate Disability Officer and partners to make the strategy fully accessible over time |
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Marketing |
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Strengthen Bath as city of festivals concept |
Agreed, but need to ensure that rest of district benefits, especially festival activity outside of the centre |
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Launch initiative on marketing the arts to young people |
Strategy already has as a priority - no further action |
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Launch youth arts magazine |
Difficult to achieve without large subsidy. Open discussions with Decode and Venue |