Birmingham Cultural Strategy 2016 -19

Overview

The Cultural Strategy vision statement:

Birmingham is a non-stop city of culture with local roots and international reach - a capital of imagination, creativity and enterprise.

 

Please see attached 'Revised Cultural Strategy 2016 -2019'  document in 'Related Documents' to cross reference for this consultation.

Strategy Themes

The strategy has five themes through which the vision will be delivered:

1.       Culture on Our Doorstep
Becoming a leader in cultural democracy where people come together to co-create, commission, lead and participate in a wide range of locally relevant, pluralistic and community driven cultural ventures.  
 

2.       Next Generation
Ensuring that all children and young people have opportunities to engage with a diverse range of high quality arts and cultural experiences at every stage of their development and which they value as worth it.

3.       A Creative City
Supporting and enabling the growth of creative and cultural SMEs and micro-businesses and individuals through business support, skills and talent development and access to finance.
 

4.       Our Cultural Capital
Cementing Birmingham’s role and reputation as a centre of imagination, innovation and enterprise, with local roots and international reach.
 

5.       Our Cultural Future
Adapting our business models to ensure they are capable of sustaining and growing the sector into the future through collaboration, diversification, rebalancing and devolution.

Each chapter sets out what we want to achieve in terms of our intended outcomes (sustainable positive changes) for the themes, and the actions that we plan to take collectively across the city to make these changes a reality.

Why your views matter

Strategy Development – Background

Birmingham City Council (BCC) has been working with partners to replace Birmingham’s Cultural Strategy 2010-15 (Big City Culture) with a new vision reflecting the current economic, social and political context. This new strategy will incorporate the revised Creative Future Strategy for Children, Young People and Culture, the Birmingham Heritage Strategy, Birmingham’s Festivals Strategy and Birmingham’s Public Art Strategy.

Who are we consulting with?

Birmingham’s vibrant arts and cultural sector is a success thanks to a wide range of organisations , partner agencies and individuals, therefore this consultation is for anyone interested or involved in arts and culture. This could include: developers; Business Improvement Districts and local centres; businesses; schools; the higher and further education sector; the health sector; community and resident groups; the housing sector; the environmental sector; the heritage and cultural sectors; planners; artists; architects; engineers; urban and landscape designers and the transport and infrastructure sector are welcomed. All contributions will be valued.

Why we are consulting and what are we consulting on?

We are consulting to seek views from those who have an interest in culture and the arts in Birmingham. Comments received through this process will inform the strategy content.

What happens next

Following working group activity, consultation workshops and online consultation, this is the final element of consultation on the revised version of the document.  

The online consultation will close 15 January 2015 to enable us to make final changes before the strategy is sent for formal approval by Cabinet and adoption by Full Council.