Congratulations @culturecommons.bsky.social @trevormacf.bsky.social for years of advocacy with Westminster, Mayors, peers and civil society. The achievement shifting this Bill signals recognition that culture is a cornerstone of local governance, strengthens communities and delivers public value.
🧭 The English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill will shape local powers for a generation
BUT #culture #creativity & #heritage are barely mentioned!
We’ve submitted evidence + amendments to MHCLG to change that
Read more 👉 www.culturecommons.uk/news/strengt...
We’ll keep working w/ #teachers #artists #policymakers & our partners to make sure they are able to turn the vision into a reality
Because creativity isn’t a luxury - it’s a public good and the birthright of every child!
Read our take on the reforms 👇
www.culturecommons.uk/news/the-art...
“These reforms have been a long time coming…We’re now going to see imagination and expression back where they belong: at the centre of every classroom and every child’s future - no matter their background or postcode.”
@trevormacf.bsky.social - Director & CEO
www.culturecommons.uk/news/the-art...
Major news in education!
#Arts #culture & #creativity will go back into the heart of the national curriculum in England 🙌
The UK Gov’s @departmentforedu.bsky.social has confirmed it will take forward major reforms proposed by Professor Becky Francis review
www.culturecommons.uk/news/the-art...
🧭 The English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill will shape local powers for a generation
BUT #culture #creativity & #heritage are barely mentioned!
We’ve submitted evidence + amendments to MHCLG to change that
Read more 👉 www.culturecommons.uk/news/strengt...
Important publication! Wonderful to see culture creative & heritage infrastructures embedded in here in-line with @culturecommons.bsky.social recommendations! Thanks to Diane and the whole Taskforce for the detailed work on this
The UK Gov’s new ‘Pride in Place’ strategy is now a flagship policy
£billions for neighbourhood renewal
powers for communities
#culture + #heritage in scope
But will Neighbourhood Boards see our sectors as key enablers or add ons?
We dig into the details 👉 www.culturecommons.uk/news/pride-i...
Creative health programmes are helping to improve the UK's health & wellbeing, providing new work opportunities for creatives & saving the NHS money.
Read our new report, from the CIC & @artscouncilengland.bsky.social.
www.thecreativeindustries.co.uk/download-hub/health-wellbeing-forum-report
Last week, Director @trevormacf.bsky.social was hosted in #Riga by Latvia’s Minister for Culture, Agnese Lāce
The discussion explored cultural #data, #devolution, inter-cultural #dialogue, and the future of #culturalrelations between the #UK and #Baltic states at a time of global uncertainty
We’re been working with the UK Government on the emergent Local Government Outcomes Framework
@trevormacf.bsky.social has been advocating for the #creative #cultural & #heritage sectors to be well positioned in the key indicators
More here👇
www.culturecommons.uk/news/local-g...
Thank you to First Minister of
🏴 @johnswinney.bsky.social for the invitation to #Edinburgh today for his statement on #culture & the #creative industries
Proud @culturecommons.bsky.social helped the National Performing Companies of Scotland secure a significant uplift in a recent gov budget
Minister @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social endorses our recommendation to embed ‘cultural infrastructure’ into New Towns masterplanning
www.culturecommons.uk/news/minster...
The UK Government has tabled a new Bill on English #devolution in @ukparliament.parliament.uk
We’ve been monitoring devo closely since we launched a four nations open #policy development programme w/ 30 partners
Initial headlines w/ analysis to follow👇
www.culturecommons.uk/news/new-dra...
Working with The Audience Agency and supported by Research England, we have been leading a project to develop a Cultural Indicator Suite, a new framework that helps to communicate the holistic everyday cultural vitality of the places we live.
Read more 👇
www.culturalvalue.org.uk/understandin...
Looking good! Can testify wholeheartedly how brilliant Culture Commons are as policy partners
We’re still an independent and not for profit think & do tank dedicated to the UK’s #creative #cultural and #heritage ecosystem…
…we’ve just had a little refresh!
We’ve brightened things up and made our projects, publications and services more accessible.
www.culturecommons.uk
The UK Government have published the Sector Plan today. It sets out actions until 2035 and will play an important role in guiding policy for the coming years.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/68586c...
Game-changing investment in social housing
Angela Rayner + Chancellor will have worked v hard to secure this
Cultural infrastructure can now empower communities to turn these new houses into homes
👀ing to DCMS & MHCLG to build joint investment progs to make it so!
@culturecommons.bsky.social
A nice policy briefing here from @natcen.bsky.social team on attitudes to #devolution in Sussex
Some of the sentiments chime with findings we made @culturecommons.bsky.social as part of a major 4 nations open policy development programme examining ‘cultural devolution’
devolution.culturecommons.uk
Authors -
Dr @caracourage.bsky.social
Dr @lucreziagigante.bsky.social
Prof Catherine Richardson
Series Editor -
@trevormacf.bsky.social
Co-commissioned w/ University of Kent as part of ’The Future of Cultural Devolution in the UK' programme:
💻 https://devolution.culturecommons.uk
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We've published a new Discussion Paper.
📘 ’Culture-led capital projects: catalysing local decision making in place'
It explores how #re-developing #heritage buildings can boost culture-led #regeneration and bring the public into decision making processes
www.culturecommons.uk/publications...
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A significant day for #Devolution
Greater Manchester & the West Midlands now have decision making powers over circa £1bn per year
@culturecommons.bsky.social
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The #devolution revolution is ramping up!
If you're thinking about how it might impact on the #creative #cultural and #heritage sectors, this digital #policy portal is for you.
We've spent a year researching & developing policy to help make the most of it:
💻 devolution.culturecommons.uk 👈
We're calling on #UK #Government to include #cultural #infrastructure in masterplans for New Towns!
The Ministry of #Housing, #Communities & #LocalGovernment will be building 1.5m new homes
We want people moving in to have the assets they need to live their best lives
devolution.culturecommons.uk