Arts for Everyone - Presentation
Minutes:
Following an introduction by the Portfolio Holder for Partnerships, Health & Wellbeing, the Community Arts Development Officer presented the following information to members:
The draft Bolsover District Community Arts Strategy 2026-20230 comprised the following five themes:
· The Arts for Everyone Strategy – this outlined the projects and activities supported by Bolsover District Council with different community groups and Parish Councils etc.
· The Partnerships – including internal Council departments and a wide range of networks across the District including Culture in Place and Arts Derbyshire (nationally recognised charity).
· To be inclusive – responding with agility and be open to change and be flexible. Worked on over 100 projects whilst working at Bolsover.
· Policy and Strategy work – recognising the value and advocating the relevance of art both regionally and nationally. Including membership and partnership working with a variety of organisations.
· Arts Resources – increasing the support in and out of the arts across the board including supporting local festivals, summer festivals and community film working etc.
The Strategy had been shared with partners, officers and peer group to review and gather case studies including Junction Arts, Platform 31 and the Doe Lea Centre. Public consultation It was anticipated that public consultation on the Strategy would commence in November.
Bolsover District Cultural Corridor
The Bolsover District Cultural Corridor ran from Sept 2023 to April 2025 and was designed and primarily delivered to promote community cohesion and benefit addressing community need to share and align arts work.
The results were:
· Number of events/participatory programmes – 14 from 12 (117% of target).
· Number of volunteering opportunities – 85 from 24 (354% of target).
· Number of people reached – 2563 from 300 (854% of target).
· Increased footfall – 92% from 60% (153% of target).
· Increased visitor numbers – 307 from 100 (307% of target).
· Number of community led projects/programmes 10 from 6 (167% of target).
The next steps were:
· Funding application to the Arts Council in early 2026.
· Grass roots and locally led work.
· 334 volunteer hours recorded – work was ongoing to keep people involved.
· It was possible that there could be other locations across the district and longer-term work was being reviewed to build the initiators in communities to assure success across the district.
Be Creative Youth Arts and Technology Programme
· The Be Creative Youth Arts and Technology Programme aimed to complement and widen the existing arts provision for young people (targeted at the 11-19 age group) in the district to deliver an agile, non-location based mobile resource that was targeted into areas of need in the district to provide specific, co-designed youth arts programmes initiated from a menu of activities.
· This included graphic and print design, textiles, music production, projection technology and film and media.
· To ensure the longevity/legacy of creative work and engagement through digital means this project was delivered and supported the piloting, prototyping and market-testing of digital creative ideas for and with young people.
The outputs and outcomes of this project included:
· Number of organisations receiving non-financial support 9 from ... view the full minutes text for item 41