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SUSTAINABLE CULTURE, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

The Cultural Framework and Toolkit for Thames Gateway North Kent Executive Summary Preface

Welcome to the Executive Summary of the Cultural Framework and Toolkit for Thames Gateway North Kent (TGNK). It provides an overview of this groundbreaking initiative and lists the key recommendations for strategic planners. The full Framework and Toolkit is available online at www. seco.org.uk, the South East Cultural Observatory.

The Framework and Toolkit is designed to help integrate culture into the regeneration and growth of TGNK. Culture touches and uplifts the lives of everyone in the UK. Developing access to a range of cultural activities and opportunities is an important part of the Government’s vision for sustainable communities in the Thames Gateway.

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We hope that you find the Framework and Toolkit useful and that it becomes an important element in the decision-making process for cultural development in TGNK. We look forward to continuing to work together to deliver sustainable communities in TGNK.

Yvette Cooper MP Minister for Housing and Planning

Richard Caborn MP Minister for Sport

July 2006

Cover (clockwise from top left): Girls netball (Sport England South East) / Medway library user (Photo: Medway Libraries) / Father and child at Gosport Library (Photo: Hampshire County Council) / Rochester Castle Curtain Wall (Photo: Medway Council) / Woman showjumper (Photo: Sport England South East) / Gravesend Big Day Out (Photo: North West Kent Racial Equality Council) / Rollerblade contest (Photo: Sport England South East) / Older man walking (Photo: Sport England South East) 2 The Framework

1. Introduction 2. The Value of Culture

The Framework provides a rationale for investing Culture resides within the very concept of a in culture within the regeneration and growth sustainable community as a place where people will programme; an assessment of the existing local want to live and work, that meets their diverse needs cultural sector; a vision and guiding principles which and offers a high quality of life and good services for were agreed by all stakeholders to guide future all. Good cultural provision will attract residents and cultural development; and a set of recommendations businesses which might not otherwise consider for strategic planning. These are primarily aimed at: moving to TGNK; bring together new and existing communities; and help deprived communities to • Government departments and other agencies raise their aspirations and reach their potential. overseeing the creation of sustainable Key recommendations for strategic planning include: communities in TGNK. • Regeneration, community, and cultural • Factor into planning from the start adequate funding bodies. access to cultural activities and opportunities, • Local Regeneration Partnerships and Local Authorities, both within individual new neighbourhoods particularly heads of culture, planning and policy. and across TGNK. This is critical to achieving sustainable communities. What is culture? • During the growth process, support the protection The Department for Culture, Media and Sport and enhancement of dedicated cultural facilities, defines culture as: and also the less formal cultural activities which take place in homes, pubs, public spaces, • The performing and visual arts, craft and fashion schools, places of worship, and so on. • Libraries, literature, writing and publishing • Strike a balance between supporting existing • Museums, artefacts, archives and design communities to realise their cultural aspirations, • Built heritage, architecture, landscape and anticipating some of the cultural needs of incoming archaeology communities, and leaving space for incoming • Sports events, facilities and development communities to express their own aspirations. • Media, film, television, video and language • Recognise the current public policy emphasis on • Parks, open spaces, wildlife habitats, water facilitating voluntary organisations to environment and countryside recreation professionalise and become more accountable • Children’s play, playgrounds and play activities to the community, and to provide local services • Tourism, festivals and attractions in collaboration with Local Authorities. • Informal leisure pursuits • Use culture during the growth process to help gain buy-in by existing communities, to identify The Framework covers all of these activities except the elements of local sense of place, and to ensure planning for parks and open spaces as this is distinctiveness and quality of new development. already underway via Greening the Gateway, Green • Monitor the resources which are currently under Grid and so on; and supporting private enterprises development to improve measurement of the operated on a fully commercial basis, for example instrumental benefits of culture. As these design practices, as these require a different resources become available, they can be used approach from public cultural activities. to demonstrate and strengthen the role of culture as a key component of sustainable communities.

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3. The Growth and • Ensure that the detailed investment programmes, and any future drafts of the regeneration frameworks, Regeneration Context for Kent Thameside, Medway and Swale continue to recognise the importance of culture to the TGNK is an essential part of the Thames Gateway regeneration and growth of TGNK. growth programme. It comprises the Local Authority • Align cultural projects to the broad ambitions areas of Dartford, Gravesham, Medway and Swale. for culture set out in the relevant regeneration By 2026, TGNK is expected to benefit from fast framework, the more detailed principles set out domestic and international rail services via the in this Cultural Framework and Toolkit, and

The Framework Channel Tunnel Rail Link, and up to 50,000 relevant local policies such as community plans. additional homes and 80,000 additional jobs. • Plan cultural projects not in terms of administrative boundaries, but always with There is a strong collective desire to protect and reference to the precise activities and facilities enhance TGNK’s cultural activities and opportunities in question and the distances people travel to during the growth programme, as demonstrated engage in them (which can range from a few by the local ambitions for culture set out within minutes’ walk to a local play area up to hundreds each of the LRPs’ regeneration frameworks. Key of miles to experience a major sporting event). recommendations for strategic planning include:

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• Focus at least as much on the cultural needs of • Recognise the trend for community facilities to existing communities as on the needs of new increasingly function as ‘multi-purpose communities (and doing so will help to integrate community hubs’. It will also be critical to provide the two). The exception to this is when planning guidance to existing community facility managers local facilities within areas of intense housing which would help them to optimise use of their growth and net in-migration; such areas are facilities for cultural activities. concentrated in Dartford in the period 2006 • Take note of the ‘London effect’ when planning to 2016. major cultural facilities which are typically visited • Link cultural planning closely to forecast demographic on special occasions – but do not allow this to

changes as these will influence the facilities and hinder the development of more local facilities The Framework activities needed and their access requirements. and activities, or those aimed at groups less able Proportional increases in older age groups and to access London. black and minority ethnic groups are anticipated. • Ensure that the developing regional and local approaches to the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games support the longer term project of creating sustainable communities in TGNK.

4. The Existing Local Cultural Sector

A distinctive cultural sector already exists in TGNK, comprising at least 2,000 facilities, clubs, societies and so on. There are indications that, apart from a few notable exceptions, the capacity of the sector is weak and its facilities suffer from a lack of recent investment. Key recommendations for strategic planning include:

• Use the regeneration and growth process as an opportunity to engage with the existing local cultural sector and improve its capacity, leadership and skill levels. In the short term there is a role for designated ‘lead’ organisations to mediate between cultural organisations and the planners and developers. • Consider improving the quality of existing facilities as well as developing new facilities. This includes the community facilities – community centres, places of worship, village halls, and so on – which underpin less formal cultural activities. IBAS beneficiary (David Fisher Photography) Fisher (David beneficiary IBAS C

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5. A Shared Vision for Culture 6. Delivering the Vision

The aspirations for culture shared by all stakeholders Delivering the vision for culture in TGNK requires can be summarised as: putting Culture at the heart a thorough, sustained effort involving many of Sustainability, putting Sustainability at the heart stakeholders and disciplines. Key recommendations of Culture. for strategic planning include:

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On the basis of all the foregoing analysis and 5 Maximise the potential of the London 2012 discussion, the following were identified as the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games to priorities for cultural development in TGNK from catalyse sporting and other infrastructure 2006 to 2016: projects, to bring together existing and incoming communities, to raise the profile 1 Build capacity within the existing cultural and activities of the local cultural sector, to sector in the areas of leadership, skills, increase participation and volunteering, and audience development, and income generation to increase tourism and inward investment. and funding. This will enable it to provide a The Framework firm foundation for cultural development. In order to ensure sustainability, all cultural Projects whose only purpose is to build capacity projects conceived to meet these priorities should be considered, as well as projects for must be considered in terms of their entire which this will be a secondary effect. life-cycle and life-cycle costs.

2 Improve, refurbish and expand existing cultural facilities and activities to meet the demands of a growing and diversifying population, contemporary quality standards, and contemporary models for service delivery.

3 Ensure full access to relevant facilities and activities at new street / new neighbourhood level. This is as much part of the infrastructure of sustainable communities as roads and schools. New facilities (libraries, multi-purpose community hubs etc.) will be needed and must be accessible to the entire community.

4 Ensure facilities and activities at local district/ borough / sub-regional level meet modern expectations for attractive and vibrant cities and towns. Medway’s central location within TGNK and its large local population make it an obvious candidate for sub-regional facilities, but equally important considerations include:

• Site availability and infrastructure capacity • Location of existing facilities and activities • Leadership, management and funding capacity of development partners • Patterns of demand within catchment areas • Accessibility of major facilities and activities

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7 Toolkit & Appendices

Toolkit

The Toolkit provides practical tools to help develop The Support Available section gives information on cultural projects, decide whether they deserve the South East cultural agencies and National Lottery support, and maximise their prospects of gaining distributing bodies, and the practical and financial funding. These are primarily aimed at: support that they offer to cultural projects.

• People whose responsibilities cover policy and The Planning Policy and Support Available sections planning for growth sites, including people in of the online version of the Toolkit will be updated regional and sub-regional agencies and – at regular intervals. especially – in Local Authorities and Local Regeneration Partnerships. Appendices • People in leadership or managerial roles in cultural organisations in TGNK. The Appendices provide a more detailed • People involved in planning, promoting or examination of the 2,000 facilities, clubs and delivering cultural projects – both those operating societies which were mapped during the within the ‘cultural sector’ and those operating development of the Framework and Toolkit. They: within sectors which culture can add value to such as education, health, etc. • Discuss the spatial distribution of facilities, clubs and societies and relate this to current and future The Life-Cycle of a Cultural Project section shows patterns of settlement. the stages through which a well-planned project • Provide a directory listing for each facility, club passes, cross-referenced to the requirements of the and society mapped. planning system and the Government’s Gateway • Provide an analysis of the lottery funding Review system. It can be used to identify the current attracted by these facilities, clubs and societies stage of a project, what should have been done by over a ten-year period. now and what needs to be done next.

The Checklist section provides a series of questions that embody the agreed priorities and guiding principles from the Framework. A project that has strong answers to the checklist’s questions will find it easier to gain stakeholder support.

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8 SUSTAINABLE CULTURE, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

The Cultural Framework and Toolkit for Thames Gateway North Kent

Contents 1. Preface iv 2. Acknowledgements v 3. Executive Summary vi 3.1 The Framework vi 3.2 The Toolkit x The Framework 1. Introduction 1 2. The Value of Culture 2 2.1 What is Culture? 2 2.2 Why is Culture Important? 3 2.3 What are the Government’s Priorities for Culture? 4 2.4 How does Culture Contribute to Sustainable Communities? 5 2.5 Recommendations for Strategic Planners 5 3. The Growth and Regeneration Context 6 Toolkit & Appendices 3.1 Overview of the Growth Context 6 3.2 Local Ambitions for Culture 7 1. Introduction 3.3 Effects of Demographic Change 9 3.4 The London 2012 Olympic Games 2. A Shared Vision and Shared Priorities and Paralympic Games 14 3.5 Recommendations for Strategic Planners 15 3. The Life-Cycle of a Cultural Project 4. The Existing Local Cultural Sector 16 4.1 The Cultural Assessment 16 4. The Checklist 4.2 Key Findings 17 4.3 Arts 18 5. The Planning Policy Context 4.4 Sport 20 4.5 Heritage 21 6. Support Available 4.6 Community and Other Cultural Facilities and Activities 23 7. Photography 4.7 Tourism 25 4.8 Recommendations for Strategic Planners 25 8. Appendices 5. A Shared Vision for Culture 26 5.1 Policy Context 26 5.2 The Vision for Culture in TGNK 27 5.3 Guiding Principles for Sustainable Cultural Development 28 5.4 Recommendations for Strategic Planners 29 6. Delivering the Vision for Culture 30 6.1 A Focus on Partnership 30 6.2 Location, Scale and Type of Cultural Facilities 31 6.3 Planning for Growth 32 6.4 Catchment Size and Frequency of Use 33 6.5 Culture and Mixed-Use Developments 34 6.6 Culture and Leadership 35 6.7 Culture and Tourism 36 6.8 Cultural Priorities for 2006-2016 37 6.9 Monitoring and Evaluation 38 6.10 Recommendations for Strategic Planners 40 References 41 iii 1. Preface

Welcome to the Cultural Framework and Toolkit for It consists of two complementary parts: Thames Gateway North Kent (TGNK). This is a groundbreaking initiative to help integrate culture The Framework is primarily aimed at the strategic into the regeneration and growth of TGNK. Culture planner. It provides a rationale for planning for touches and uplifts the lives of everyone in the UK. culture within regeneration and growth; an Developing access to a range of cultural activities assessment of the current cultural provision and and opportunities is an important part of the issues in TGNK; and a vision and guiding principles Government’s vision for sustainable communities in which were agreed by all stakeholders to guide the Thames Gateway. future cultural development across the area.

The Framework and Toolkit was created by a unique The Toolkit is primarily aimed at the project promoter collaboration between the South East Cultural or assessor. It provides guidance on delivering Agencies; the Department for Communities and successful cultural projects, and a directory of all the Local Government; the Department for Culture, information, advice, planning tools and funding Media and Sport; Local Authorities; Local which is available from the South East cultural Regeneration Partnerships; SEEDA; the Regional agencies and others. Assembly; GOSE; National Lottery distributing bodies; and others. We hope that you find the Framework and Toolkit useful and that it becomes an important element in the decision-making process for cultural development in TGNK. We look forward to continuing to work together to deliver sustainable communities in TGNK.

Yvette Cooper MP Minister for Housing and Planning

Richard Caborn MP Minister for Sport

July 2006

iv 2. Acknowledgements

The contributions of the following stakeholder organisations were vital to developing the Framework and Toolkit. It is commended to their use.

Arts Council England, South East Medway Renaissance Partnership Big Lottery Fund MLA South East Culture South East North Kent Community Forum Dartford Borough Council Screen South Department for Communities and Local South East England Development Agency Government South East England Regional Assembly Department for Culture, Media and Sport Sport England South East English Heritage Swale Borough Council Government Office for the South East Swale Forward Gravesham Borough Council Thames Gateway Kent Partnership Heritage Lottery Fund The Faith and inter-Faith groups of North Kent Kent County Council The Theatres Trust Kent Thameside Delivery Board Tourism South East Medway Council

An additional thank-you goes to Locum Consulting and the Cultural Coordinator for TGNK, who led the development of the Framework and Toolkit on behalf of stakeholder organisations. Limehouse designed and produced the final publications.

v 3. Executive Summary

3.1 The Framework 3.1.2 The Value of Culture Culture resides within the very concept of a 3.1.1 Introduction sustainable community as a place where people will The Framework provides a rationale for investing want to live and work, that meets their diverse needs in culture within the regeneration and growth and offers a high quality of life and good services for programme; an assessment of the existing local all. Good cultural provision will attract residents and cultural sector; a vision and guiding principles which businesses which might not otherwise consider were agreed by all stakeholders to guide future moving to TGNK; bring together new and existing cultural development; and a set of recommendations communities; and help deprived communities to for strategic planning. These are primarily aimed at: raise their aspirations and reach their potential. Key recommendations for strategic planning include: • Government departments and other agencies overseeing the creation of sustainable • Factor into planning from the start adequate communities in TGNK. access to cultural activities and opportunities, • Regeneration, community, and cultural funding both within individual new neighbourhoods bodies. and across TGNK. This is critical to achieving • Local Regeneration Partnerships and Local sustainable communities. Authorities, particularly heads of culture, planning • During the growth process, support the protection and policy. and enhancement of dedicated cultural facilities, and also the less formal cultural activities which The Framework will be hosted online at www.seco. take place in homes, pubs, public spaces, org.uk, the South East Cultural Observatory, and the schools, places of worship, and so on. information it provides will be updated at regular • Strike a balance between supporting existing intervals. communities to realise their cultural aspirations, anticipating some of the cultural needs of Defining Culture incoming communities, and leaving space The Department for Culture Media and Sport defines for incoming communities to express their culture as: own aspirations. - The performing and visual arts, craft and fashion • Recognise the current public policy emphasis - Libraries, literature, writing and publishing on facilitating voluntary organisations to - Museums, artifacts, archives and design professionalise and become more accountable - Built heritage, architecture, landscape and to the community, and to provide local services archaeology in collaboration with Local Authorities. - Sports events, facilities and development • Use culture during the growth process to - Media, film, television, video and language help gain buy-in by existing communities, to - Parks, open spaces, wildlife habitats, water identify the elements of local sense of place, environment and countryside recreation and to ensure distinctiveness and quality of - Children’s play, playgrounds and play activities new development. - Tourism, festivals and attractions • Monitor the resources which are currently - Informal leisure pursuits under development to improve measurement of the instrumental benefits of culture. As these resources become available, they can be used to demonstrate and strengthen the role of culture as a key component of sustainable communities. vi 3.1.3 The Growth and Regeneration Context • Focus at least as much on the cultural needs of TGNK is an essential part of the Thames Gateway existing communities as on the needs of new growth programme. It comprises the Local Authority communities (and doing so will help to integrate areas of Dartford, Gravesham, Medway and Swale. the two). The exception to this is when planning By 2026, TGNK is expected to benefit from fast local facilities within areas of intense housing domestic and international rail services via the growth and net in-migration; such areas are Channel Tunnel Rail Link, and up to 50,000 concentrated in Dartford in the period 2006 additional homes and 80,000 additional jobs. to 2016. • Link cultural planning closely to forecast There is a strong collective desire to protect and demographic changes as these will influence the enhance TGNK’s cultural activities and opportunities facilities and activities needed and their access during the growth programme, as demonstrated by requirements. Proportional increases in older the local ambitions for culture set out within each age groups and black and minority ethnic groups local regeneration partnership’s regeneration are anticipated. framework. Key recommendations for strategic • Ensure that the developing regional and local planning include: approaches to the London 2012 Games and Paralympic Games support the longer term project of creating sustainable communities in TGNK.

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3.1.4 The Existing Local Cultural Sector 3.1.5 A Shared Vision for Culture A distinctive cultural sector already exists in TGNK, The aspirations for culture shared by all stakeholders comprising at least 2,000 facilities, clubs, societies can be summarised as: and so on. There are indications that, apart from a few notable exceptions, the capacity of the sector is “putting Culture at the heart of Sustainability, weak and its facilities suffer from a lack of recent putting Sustainability at the heart of Culture.” investment. Key recommendations for strategic planning include: heart o the f at E • Use the regeneration and growth process as R U S an opportunity to engage with the existing T People U L

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viii 3.1.6 Delivering the Vision Delivering the vision for culture in TGNK requires a thorough, sustained effort involving many stakeholders and disciplines. Key recommendations for strategic planning include:

• Strive for effective partnerships between the cultural and other sectors; between Local Authority and voluntary sector service providers; and between designated ‘lead’ organisations, the cultural sector, and planners and developers. • Use the suggested pyramid of street/neighbourhood/ Case Study local district/borough/sub-regional levels as a ASPEX GALLERY guide for planning the cultural facilities that might be made available at each level. Location Portsmouth. • Plan all cultural facilities on the basis of robust Date opens late 2006. analysis of population within the catchment area, Cost £1.05m capital. level of demand, and frequency of use. Also, with Example of collaboration between an arts organisation, planning authority, developer and recognition of the DCMS-led drive to increase funders to integrate an arts facility within a major participation in culture across the UK. development. • Ensure that new streets and neighbourhoods are equipped with basic infrastructure such as Aspex Visual Arts Trust provides Portsmouth with libraries and multi-purpose community hubs. contemporary art exhibitions, education, and events. These are as important to creating sustainable After 25 years of successful operation it required communities as roads and schools. It is critical a new home. Portsmouth City Council’s planning department assisted it to secure a 190-year old that development planning processes and storehouse on Gunwharf Quays, for conversion into a developer contribution policies facilitate this. gallery. The building sat within a major development • Support Local Authorities to provide high quality by Berkeley Homes, who were required by the terms cultural services and local cultural leadership, of their planning permission to support a public use and to help the existing cultural sector to increase for the building. its capacity and skills. • Develop tourism as a potential growth sector of The Trust raised £1.05m capital funding from Arts TGNK’s economy, and a means of increasing Council England, South East; Portsmouth City Council; the local Area Investment Framework regeneration the financial viability of the local cultural sector. fund; and Berkeley Homes. Land Securities / Careful planning is needed in the areas of Gunwharf Quays Management Ltd agreed to provide marketing, accessibility, accommodation, revenue support via a discounted service charge. and standards. • Monitor the impact of cultural investment via The project will enable the Trust to provide a better performance on Local Authority Comprehensive visitor experience for more people and to enhance Performance Assessment, measurement of the support it offers to artists and makers. It will also cultural participation, and contribution to DCLG help to enliven a key regeneration site and will ensure public access to a historic building which would have Thames Gateway performance indicators. otherwise been broken up into residential apartments.

ix 3. Executive Summary

On the basis of all the foregoing analysis and 5 Maximise the potential of the London 2012 discussion, the following were identified as the Games to catalyse sporting and other priorities for cultural development in TGNK from infrastructure projects, to bring together existing 2006 to 2016: and incoming communities, to raise the profile and activities of the local cultural sector, to 1 Build capacity within the existing cultural sector increase participation and volunteering, and in the areas of leadership, skills, audience to increase tourism and inward investment. development, and income generation and funding. This will enable it to provide a firm In order to ensure sustainability, all cultural foundation for cultural development. Projects projects conceived to meet these priorities must whose only purpose is to build capacity should be considered in terms of their entire life-cycle, be considered, as well as projects for which this and life-cycle costs. will be a secondary effect. 2 Improve, refurbish and expand existing cultural facilities and activities to meet the demands 3.2 The Toolkit of a growing and diversifying population, contemporary quality standards, and The Toolkit provides practical tools to help develop contemporary models for service delivery. cultural projects, decide whether they deserve 3 Ensure full access to relevant facilities and support, and maximise their prospects of gaining activities at new street / new neighbourhood funding. These are primarily aimed at: level. This is as much part of the infrastructure of sustainable communities as roads and • People whose responsibilities cover policy and schools. New facilities (libraries, multi-purpose planning for growth sites, including people in community hubs etc.) will be needed and must regional and sub-regional agencies and – be accessible to the entire community. especially – in Local Authorities and Local 4 Ensure facilities and activities at local district / Regeneration Partnerships. borough / sub-regional level meet modern • People in leadership or managerial roles in expectations for attractive and vibrant cities and cultural organisations in TGNK. towns. Medway’s central location within TGNK • People involved in planning, promoting or and its large local population make it an obvious delivering cultural projects – both those operating candidate for sub-regional facilities, but equally within the ‘cultural sector’ and those operating important considerations include: within sectors which culture can add value to - Site availability and infrastructure capacity such as education, health, etc. - Location of existing facilities and activities - Leadership, management and funding The Life-Cycle of a Cultural Project section shows capacity of development partners the stages through which a well-planned project - Patterns of demand within catchment areas passes, cross-referenced to the requirements of the - Accessibility of major facilities and activities planning system and the Government’s Gateway in London and other parts of Kent. Review system. It can be used to identify the current stage of a project, what should have been done by now and what needs to be done next.

x The Checklist section provides a series of questions that embody the agreed priorities and guiding principles from the Framework. A project that has strong answers to the checklist’s questions will find it easier to gain stakeholder support.

The Planning Policy section summarises the key national, regional and local planning policy documents (PPSs, PPGs, etc.) which are relevant to cultural projects, and with which cultural projects aiming to gain a broad base of support will have to demonstrate alignment. Case Study CHATHAM HISTORIC DOCKYARD The Support Available section gives information on the South East cultural agencies and National Lottery Location Medway. distributing bodies, and the practical and financial Date ongoing from 1984. support that they offer to cultural projects. Cost £2.9m revenue turnover in 2005. Example of developing a vibrant campus incorporating a variety of complementary uses The Planning Policy and Support Available sections on a key heritage site. of the online version of the Toolkit will be updated at regular intervals. Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust was set up to manage the 80-acre historic heart of Chatham 3.3 Appendices Dockyard upon its closure in 1984. It has now restored and found new uses for virtually all of the 100 buildings on the site, 47 of which are scheduled The Appendices provide a more detailed ancient monuments. examination of the 2,000 facilities, clubs and societies which were mapped during The most visible new uses are the museums and the development of the Framework and supporting functions, which receive 110,000 visits per Toolkit. They: year and are supported by an annual grant from DCMS. However the site also contains 400 homes, 100 business premises, and a university. Tenants are • Discuss the spatial distribution of facilities, clubs selected on the basis of compatibility with the historic and societies and relate this to current and future buildings on offer and the existing mix of uses and for patterns of settlement. their ability to contribute towards the rental income • Provide a directory listing for each facility, club that constitutes 40% of the Trust’s turnover. and society mapped. • Provide an analysis of the lottery funding The Trust now looks forward to the development attracted by these facilities, clubs and societies of the interface lands between its site and the over a ten-year period. surrounding Chatham Maritime scheme; preparation for an application for World Heritage Site status; and creation of an on-site exhibitions and collections centre for three National Museums.

xi FRAMEWORK 1. Introduction

The Framework is part of the Cultural Framework and The term cultural project is used to denote any Toolkit, a groundbreaking initiative to help integrate initiative in the cultural field that the public sector culture into the regeneration and growth of Thames may be asked to create, to manage, to support, Gateway North Kent (TGNK). to endorse or to fund, from a small cultural event all the way to a large cultural facility. This can include The intention is not to prescribe a list of interventions cultural initiatives which are led by other sectors, for the area, but to offer guidance to those who are such as the education sector; those that are led responsible for its regeneration, community planning by private developers in order to facilitate planning and cultural development – guidance which will approval or as a condition of it; and those which assist them to support the right cultural projects, form one part of multi-part initiatives or mixed- in the right locations, at the right stages of TGNK’s use developments. regeneration and growth. FRAMEWORK The Framework will be hosted online at To achieve this, the Framework provides an www.seco.org.uk, the South East Cultural overview of how culture contributes to sustainable Observatory, and the information it provides communities; an assessment of the existing cultural will be updated at regular intervals. provision in TGNK; a vision and guiding principles that have been agreed by all stakeholders to guide future cultural development across the area; and a discussion of the issues that will influence success at the point of delivery.

The Framework should be read by:

• Government departments and other strategic bodies overseeing the development of sustainable communities in TGNK. • Organisations whose remit includes funding regeneration, community, and cultural projects. • Local Regeneration Partnership and Local Authority lead officers.

For convenience, these groups are collectively referred to as strategic planners.

1 2. The Value of Culture

2.1 What is Culture? • Supporting the private enterprises within the cultural sector which are operated on a fully Culture touches and uplifts the lives of everyone in commercial basis, including both the creative the UK. The Department for Culture, Media and industries (for example, a design practice) and Sport (DCMS) describes it in this way: relevant elements of the visitor economy (for example, a casino). These typically benefit from a Culture has a material dimension encompassing different approach from ‘public’ cultural activities. the following types of activities - an illustrative, rather than exhaustive, listing. It includes: The DCMS definition provides a reminder that culture is not confined to dedicated cultural facilities, such • The performing and visual arts, craft and fashion as theatres, and the people who use them. Just as • Libraries, literature, writing and publishing important are the less professionalised and less • Museums, artefacts, archives and design formal cultural activities in which everyone from • Built heritage, architecture, landscape and all communities takes part, in homes, pubs, public archaeology spaces, schools, places of worship, and so on. • Sports events, facilities and development • Media, film, television, video and language Likewise, culture is not always delivered by ‘the • Parks, open spaces, wildlife habitats, water cultural sector’. One of culture’s key strengths is environment and countryside recreation the way it can add value to initiatives within other • Children’s play, playgrounds and play activities sectors, such as: • Tourism, festivals and attractions • Informal leisure pursuits. • Physical development – cultural assets such as heritage sites and archive collections are the Culture also has a value dimension and is about: most tangible expressions of collective memory, and underpin sense of place. Artists and cultural • Relationships - between individuals and groups animateurs can add value to the design process • Shared memories, experience and identity by facilitating effective consultations with local • Diverse cultural, faith and historic backgrounds communities. Public art and high quality • Social standards, values and norms open spaces contribute to distinctive and • What we consider valuable to pass on to attractive places. future generations.1 • Economic development – a vibrant local culture attracts investors and a skilled workforce, This Framework covers all of the activities listed particularly within the knowledge-based above, with the exception of: economic sectors. It also helps to retain graduates. Tourism remains an important • Planning for parks, open spaces, wildlife habitats, part of the UK and South East economies, etc. as this is underway in TGNK via the Greening while the creative industries are one of their the Gateway strategy2 and initiatives such as fastest growing sectors. Green Grid. However, recommendations are • Community cohesion – cultural activities such as made on maximising the use of parks and open festivals and sports tournaments build local pride spaces for a wide variety of cultural activities. and often provide a focus for local volunteering. Cultural facilities often provide neutral meeting ground for groups experiencing conflict. For many minority ethnic and faith groups, culture, identity and faith are closely intertwined. 2 • Education – cultural activities help people to find ways into lifelong learning and to acquire transferable skills. For example, museum and library professionals provide some of the most inventive ways to engage excluded and at risk groups. • Health – cultural activities positively affect health outcomes. Participating in sport directly improves health and combats obesity, while participating in many cultural activities is linked to increased physical and mental wellbeing. Case Study NORTH WEST KENT MELA EVENTS Finally, culture is dynamic. Some current trends include people participating in a greater range of Location Dartford, Gravesham and Maidstone. cultural activities; increasingly diverse communities Date annual. demanding different types of cultural provision; and Cost Mela events not available; £65,000 revenue funding. ICT technologies offering new opportunities for the Example of using arts events to facilitate community creation, distribution and interpretation of culture. cohesion, to celebrate diversity, and to create an appreciation of sense of place. 2.2 Why is Culture Important? North West Kent Racial Equality Council and its partners organise the Gravesham Big Day Out, the Maidstone The benefits of culture are often characterised in Mela and Dartford Indoor Mela. These Mela events terms of: aim to celebrate the diversity of the area where they take place through the music and dance. In 2005 they • Intrinsic value – the intellectual, emotional were attended by approximately 14,000 people. and spiritual benefits that people gain from experiencing culture. This is the most important In 2006, North West Racial Equality Council will also personal motivation for people to engage in deliver an outreach programme in the build up to the events. The outreach programme is called Cultural culture: for example, people play the sports they Beats and is funded by Arts Council England and enjoy, not just those that would help them keep others. It will offer young people professional training fit; and they visit museums to appreciate the in the music and dance traditions of the communities artefacts, rather than to boost the visitor of North West Kent, such as Bhangra and African economy. dancing, as well as contemporary hip hop and • Institutional value – the civic benefits that are R ‘n’ B musical styles. The outputs will be a greater created by engaging people in such a way that appreciation of the diverse cultures in North West creates trust and mutual respect, celebrates Kent, and several new pieces of work which will be performed at the Mela events. shared values, and provides a context for sociability and the enjoyment of shared experiences. Institutional value can be created by small organisations as well as large ones: a branch library or community festival can play a central role in the life of a neighbourhood.

3 2. The Value of Culture

• Instrumental value – the broad economic and • Increasing the number who participate in arts social benefits that culture can yield, such as activity at least twice a year by 2% and increasing local spending, job creation, decreased crime, the number who attend arts events at least twice increased skills, and increased health. a year by 3%. Measurement against such benefits often • Increasing the number accessing museums and underpins public funding for culture. DCMS is galleries collections by 2%. leading the development of resources designed • Increasing the number visiting designated to further refine the measurement process. Historic Environment sites by 3%.

All three values concern the interaction between These targets are the underlying driver for cultural people, place and culture. This highlights the activity across the UK. They are interpreted for the important point that the most effective cultural South East regional context through the objectives projects are closely based on local aspirations and of the South East cultural agencies, and locally needs, or arise from within communities themselves. through relevant Local Authority cultural policies.

The cultural sector is one of many sectors responding 2.3 What are the Government’s to the current public policy emphasis on facilitating Priorities for Culture? voluntary organisations to professionalise; to become more accountable to the community; to The Government’s priorities for culture are embodied deliver services in partnership with Local Authorities; in the Public Service Agreement targets agreed and to substantiate this partnership within local area between the DCMS and HM Treasury. These are, agreements and similar.4 essentially, concerned with uplifting access to and take-up of cultural activities and opportunities.3 For example:

PSA 3: “To increase the take-up of cultural and sporting opportunities by 16 and above from priority groups by 2008.”

Here ‘priority groups’ means people with disabilities; people from black or minority ethnic groups; people in socio-economic groups C2, D and E; and – in the case of sport – women. The relevant performance indicators are:

• Increasing the number who participate in active sports at least twelve times a year by 3%, and increasing the number who engage in at least 30 minutes of moderate intensity level sports, at least three times a week, by 3%.

4 2.4 How does Culture Contribute Furthermore, the scale and speed of the regeneration and growth process in TGNK poses to Sustainable Communities? significant challenges which culture can help to overcome: buy-in by existing communities, The Department for Communities and Local identification of sense of place, and distinctiveness Government (DCLG) defines sustainable and quality of new development. communities as:

“places where people want to live and work, now 2.5 Recommendations for and in the future. They meet the diverse needs of Strategic Planners existing and future residents, are sensitive to their environment, and contribute to a high quality of • Factor into planning from the start adequate life. They are safe and inclusive, well planned, access to cultural activities and opportunities, built and run, and offer equality of opportunity both within individual new neighbourhoods 5 and good services for all.“ and across TGNK. This is critical to achieving sustainable communities. This definition makes it clear that culture resides • During the growth process, support the protection within the very concept of a sustainable community and enhancement of dedicated cultural facilities, as a place where people will want to live and work, and also the less formal cultural activities which that meets their diverse needs and offers a high take place in homes, pubs, public spaces, quality of life and good services for all – a place, schools, places of worship, and so on. in fact, where: • Strike a balance between supporting existing communities to realise their cultural aspirations, • All parts of the community have access to a wide anticipating some of the cultural needs of variety of cultural activities and opportunities, incoming communities, and leaving space which are enjoyed for their intrinsic value. for incoming communities to express their • Organisations in all sectors work in a way that own aspirations. creates institutional value. • Recognise the current public policy emphasis • Measurable social, economic and environmental on facilitating voluntary organisations to benefits demonstrate instrumental value. professionalise and become more accountable to the community, and to provide local services This means that to create sustainable communities in in collaboration with Local Authorities. TGNK, access to cultural activities and opportunities • Use culture during the growth process to must be made available or created in parallel with help gain buy-in by existing communities, to housing development. Good cultural provision, identify the elements of local sense of place, tailored to the local context, will: and to ensure distinctiveness and quality of new development. • Attract residents and businesses which might • Monitor the resources which are currently under not otherwise consider moving to TGNK. development to improve measurement of the • Bring together new and existing communities. instrumental benefits of culture. As these • Help deprived communities to raise their resources become available, they can be used aspirations and reach their potential. to demonstrate and strengthen the role of culture as a key component of sustainable communities.

5 3. The Growth and Regeneration Context

3.1 Overview There is a strong collective desire to protect and enhance TGNK’s cultural activities and opportunities TGNK is an essential part of the Thames Gateway during the growth programme. This is demonstrated growth programme. It comprises the Local Authority by the local ambitions for culture set out within each areas of Dartford, Gravesham, Medway and Swale. LRP’s regeneration framework, ambitions which this By 2026, TGNK is expected to benefit from fast Framework and Toolkit is designed to domestic and international rail services via the help refine and realise. Channel Tunnel Rail Link, and up to 50,000 additional homes and 80,000 additional jobs. It is also visible in the formation and successful operation across TGNK of the Culture TGNK The three local regeneration partnerships (LRPs) of partnership between the South East cultural agencies. Kent Thameside (covering Dartford and Gravesham), This is a critical role as cultural participation patterns Medway Renaissance and Swale Forward work are seldom defined by political or administrative closely with the relevant Local Authorities to deliver boundaries - the areas within TGNK are in effect growth in each of their areas. culturally interdependent with each other and with the rest of Kent and London.

Exhibit 1: Thames Gateway North Kent

6 3.2 Local Ambitions for Culture

This section focuses on the LRPs’ regeneration frameworks, which are the key policies guiding the growth of each local area. However, the regeneration frameworks themselves fit within the suite of key local policies which underpin ongoing service provision and service development for each area. It will be important for cultural projects to demonstrate fit with these key local policies; also, for those leading cultural development to ensure Case Study that these key local policies make adequate JOHN POUNDS HEALTHY LIVING CENTRE representation of culture.6 Location Portsmouth. Date opened 2005. Of greatest prominence are community plans and Cost £7m capital. local area agreements. These are, respectively, Example of a new model for local health care with the expressions of joint intent by all local service medical and community facilities working together to providers from Local Authorities to emergency ensure healthier and happier lives for local residents. services to voluntary sector organisations, and the The John Pounds site in central Portsmouth was put joint funding agreements between all local service forward for comprehensive regeneration in the late providers and Government. Local Authorities or Local 1990s. In community planning sessions, its residents Strategic Partnerships may also develop cultural prioritised a healthy living complex as a major strategies or similar focusing on culture. element of the scheme. Local development frameworks, as the key local Portsmouth City Council consequently developed a spatial planning documents, are also important. Medical Centre, which opened in 2003, followed by Many aspects of the planning system are currently the John Pounds Healthy Living Centre. The Healthy Living Centre complements the Medical Centre with under review, although the national planning a suite of community and cultural facilities aiming to guidance which continues to underpin the system – ensure healthier and happier lives for local residents. such as PPG15, PPG16, PPG17, PPG21, PPS1 and PPS6 These include sport and ﬁtness facilities, a healthy – provides a strong rationale for incorporating culture eating café, a youth centre, a library, specialist IT within this.7 Local Authorities may also develop and arts/crafts facilities, and space for police and supplementary planning documents or similar housing services. which are specific to culture. For example Kent County Council’s Structure Plan Policy S9 requires The £7m costs were met by Portsmouth City Council, Single Regeneration Budget Round 5, Sport England developments of 300+ dwellings to provide land and Arts Council England. The local community or premises to support the Council’s statutory continued to be involved via the development of public library services.8 artworks for the Healthy Living Centre, and is now responsible for managing the Healthy Living Centre through a Community Trust.

7 3. The Growth and Regeneration Context

3.2.1 Kent Thameside Regeneration Framework 3.2.2 Medway Draft Regeneration Framework The Kent Thameside Regeneration Framework sets The draft Medway Regeneration Framework out the aim of creating a 2006-2016 sets out the LRP’s vision for Medway to become a “... distinctive and vibrant destination of choice through the development of successful “City of Learning, Culture, Tourism and communities that capitalise on the rich heritage Enterprise ... [and] a premier European of Dartford, Gravesham and the River Thames.” city of World Heritage status.”

The importance of heritage is therefore recognised This is to be achieved through six Priority in the vision itself, and indeed within a dedicated Interventions, one of which is to develop a cultural companion document to the regeneration offer appropriate to a city of a population of 300,000. framework.9 Culture in the broader sense also A significant driver for this cultural investment is features strongly within the regeneration framework. establishing the identity of Medway as a city, and to In particular: endow it with ‘a positive noteworthy image’ as the cultural capital of the Thames Gateway. An important • Under the discussion of ‘Kent Thameside today’, part of this will be applying for World Heritage Site it is acknowledged that there are ‘some good status for Chatham Historic Dockyard and associated leisure, cultural and sport opportunities ... [but] fortifications: this is currently scheduled for 2009. some key deficits in the range of provision available locally’, and that there is a need for A number of new cultural facilities are proposed and additional facilities. reference is made to a programme of development, • Under the Strategic Objectives, a ‘range of support and community endeavours to help widen cultural and leisure facilities’ is cited as central access to cultural activities. The links between culture to integrating new and existing communities and education, learning and skills are made as is the and improving quality of life. importance of culture to support the development of • Under the Priority Programme Themes, it is a vibrant evening economy. proposed to improve ‘the retail, leisure and cultural offers’ of Dartford and Gravesham A further Priority Intervention is to build on Medway’s town centres, and, ‘throughout the design, track record in hosting major cultural and sporting development and implementation process [to events by capitalising on the 2012 Games. use] culture, heritage, leisure tourism and sport’ to assist in building a sustainable environment 3.2.3 Swale Interim Regeneration Framework and community. The aim of Swale Forward, as set out in its Interim Regeneration Framework is: The regeneration framework thus clearly signals the significance of culture during and after the “To achieve a transformation in Swale’s economic, development of the area. social and environmental profile, so that it is one of the best places in Britain in which to live, work, learn and invest.“

8 Central to this aim is the development of a strong and unique sense of place. The Framework identifies culture as an important factor in achieving it and states that it is imperative that ‘regeneration achieves excellence in cultural resources’. Cultural issues are predominantly dealt with under the strategic themes of ‘Economic Development’ and ‘Urban Regeneration’. The former includes ‘Leisure, culture and tourism development’ as one of three Project Fields. A particular emphasis is placed on developing ecotourism on the Isle of Sheppey; also mentioned are aspiration for heritage, Case Study arts and cultural led regeneration projects, and ROPETACKLE development of new sporting facilities linked to the 2012 Games. Location Shoreham, West Sussex.. Date ongoing. Cost not available. The ‘Urban Regeneration’ theme includes the Arts Example of increasing the prominence and appeal & Regeneration Action Plan for Sittingbourne, and of a predominantly residential development through public realm improvements incorporating public art a programme of art interventions. for Sheerness and Faversham town centres. Adur District Council required through a Section 106 the developer of this site to provide on-site a community 3.3 Effects of Demographic Change facility and a programme of art interventions.

3.3.1 Population Growth 2006 to 2016 This resulted in the appointment of a lead artist, It is important to note that population projections Steve Gelliot, as a member of the design team for TGNK are at a relatively early stage and will be working with the architects and the developer Berkley refined later in 2006, and regularly as the Thames Homes. Together with strong leadership from the Gateway programme is delivered over the next Council and guidance from Arts Council England this resulted in the commissioning of a programme of art 20 years. interventions which add interest and appeal to the public areas in the development. Exhibit 2 shows the most recent available population projections, prepared by Kent County Council (KCC) The relationship with the design team was felt to in April 2006. These take into account the effect of be particularly successful thanks to work by the accelerated home-building, for which completion Local Authority lead ofﬁcer to secure support from rates are summarised in Exhibit 3. However, it stakeholders, and to the skill of the lead artist. appears that growth in Medway is expected to be Following completion of the programme of art faster than these projections, while that in Dartford interventions, the community facility is being may possibly be slower. transformed into a unique arts education and performance space which will provide cutting edge learning opportunities targeted particularly at disabled artists.

9 3. The Growth and Regeneration Context

Exhibit 2: KCC population projections another. We estimate11 that between 12,000 and (all persons by area) 20,000 people move into and out of the TGNK area Growth each year – i.e. current gross migration each way is 2006 2011 2016 2006-2016 of the order of ten times greater than the expected Dartford 91,300 100,200 108,700 19.1% net immigration. Gravesham 96,600 98,200 99,900 3.4% Medway 250,500 250,900 252,100 0.6% In Dartford, which is projected to grow fastest, net Swale 127,100 131,500 135,700 6.8% migration of 11,700 over ten years implies an average TGNK 567,506 582,811 598,416 5.4% of c. 1,170 per year. The ONS estimates that about 3,900 people moved into Dartford in 2002-03 Source: KCC Analysis and Information team, April 2006 (Based on actual and another 3,900 moved out: i.e. current gross housing completions 2001/06 and housing provision as outlined in Kent and Medway Structure Plan revised Policy HP1 (Sept 05) including upward migration is about three times greater than revision for Swale). 10 expected net immigration.

Delivery of new homes depends on delivery of infrastructure and services, and also on economic growth creating the jobs that the people who buy or rent the homes will need.

Delay in providing infrastructure, services and employment may reduce the number of dwellings that can be delivered – and this risk seems most serious in Dartford.

Exhibit 3: TGNK Housing Targets

2006-2016 2016-2026 2006-2026 Dartford 8,300 7,200 15,000 Gravesham 2,900 6,300 9,200 Medway 7,500 8,200 15,700 Swale 5,400 2,200 7,600 TGNK 24,100 23,900 48,000

Source: Draft South East Plan, Part2, Section E4, Policy KTG1 (file dated 21/02/2006). NB: these numbers refer to new dwellings in the Kent Thames Gateway growth area, which includes almost but not quite all the populated areas of the four Local Authorities.

The housing plans also underlie KCC’s forecast of net migration into the TGNK area, shown in Exhibit 4. Note that net migration in the period 2006 to 2016 is forecast as 12,500 persons, i.e. an average of c. 1,250 per year across TGNK. This is dwarfed by the current rates of (gross) in- and out-migration as people move home from one Local Authority area to

10 Exhibit 4: Net migration into TGNK Households Persons 2006-11 2011-16 2006-16 2006-11 20011-16 2006-16 Source: KCC Analysis and Information team, April 2006. Note: Figures for Medway are implausibly low. See note to Exhibit 2. Dartford 2,300 2,400 4,700 6,100 6,200 12,300 Gravesham 200 300 500 700 900 1,600 Medway -1,100 -900 -2,000 -4,000 -3,200 -7,200 Swale 1,700 1,800 3,500 3,200 3,400 6,600 TGNK 2,900 3,500 6,400 5,400 7,100 12,500

Source: KCC Analysis & Information Team, April 2006

Net migration (Exhibit 4) is one component of after 2016 compared with 2,900 in the ten population growth (Exhibit 2); the other is natural years before. increase. Comparing the two tables shows that about 60% of population growth across TGNK is 3.3.3 Age, Social and Ethnic Mix projected to result from natural increase and 40% It is important to note that demographic projections from migration. For Dartford, the figures are about for TGNK are at a relatively early stage and will 33% natural increase and 67% migration. be refined as the Thames Gateway programme is delivered. 3.3.2 Population Growth 2016 to 2026 The KCC population projections only cover the period According to current data, the average age of the to 2016. Longer term projections are prepared by the TGNK population is projected to increase (as in Office of National Statistics, but these are based on the UK as a whole). It is likely that incomers will on extrapolating recent trends and unlike KCC’s do not average be younger than existing residents, but the take the planned housing growth and other local comparatively small proportion of incomers means knowledge into account. that this does little to offset the general ageing. Exhibit 5 shows (reading each group of bars from top On this basis, ONS expects the TGNK population to bottom) that age groups up to 25-44 will decline to increase to 604,000 in 2016 (not significantly as a proportion of the population, while older groups different from KCC’s 600,300) and to 639,000 in – especially those 65 and over – will increase. 2026. The latter represents a 12% increase over 20 years, and is broadly consistent with the overall growth area housing targets (Exhibit 3) and implies rates of growth and migration similar to those for 2006 to 2016.

At Local Authority level, however, ONS’s projections for 2006 to 2016 are not compatible with KCC’s better-informed ones and cannot be used to ‘extend’ the latter towards 2026. Examination of the housing targets, however, shows that growth in Dartford is expected to be somewhat slower after 2016 than before, while the tempo in Gravesend will increase, with 6,300 new dwellings planned in the ten years

11 3. The Growth and Regeneration Context

Exhibit 5: Percentage of population by age group, TGNK 2006, 2016, 2026

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

0-15*

16-24*

25-44

45-64 2006 2016 65-84 2026 (ONS) 85+

* Age groups for 2026 are 0-14 and 15-24. Source for 2006 and 2016: KCC as above. Source for 2026: ONS 2003-based sub-regional projections.

In fact the projections suggest that the actual people aged 65 and over in TGNK by 2016 – with numbers of children 0-15 will decline between now strong implications for cultural activities and facilities and 2016, and that the number of people aged 16-44 (as well, of course as for many other areas including will not change significantly. The entire projected health and social services). increase in population to 2016 is among people aged 45 and over, with the largest percentage increases Exhibit 7 shows that the ageing trend can be among people aged 65 and over, as Exhibit 6 shows. expected to continue after 2016, with the population On these projections, there will be another 21,000 aged 65 and over increasing by a further 21,000.

Exhibit 6: Percentage and absolute change in population by age group, TGNK 2006-16 (KCC projections)

-5% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

0-15 -3,500 +900 25-44 -2,400 +14,300 65-84 +19,300 +2,100

Source: as for Exhibit 5.

12 Exhibit 7: Percentage and absolute change in population by age group, TGNK 2016-26 (ONS projections)

-5% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%

0-14 +3,800 15-24 -2,800

25-44 +7,900

45-64 +4,500

65-84 +16,500 +4,200 85+

Source: ONS 2003-based sub-national projections. NB: these figures are not directly comparable with those in Exhibit 6.

Little useful information is available on how the In addition, with the right combination of affordable socioeconomic and ethnic mix of the population housing, jobs and quality of life, evidence from Milton will change over time. Keynes suggests that a growth area can be very attractive to families with young children. The way in which TGNK develops – housing, services, infrastructure, and all the things that go to make up It seems likely that the proportion of black and quality of life and quality of place – will certainly minority ethnic groups among TGNK’s population influence the kinds of people who choose to move will increase. Natural increase in some of these there. And the public’s perception of TGNK will be communities tends to be higher than for the a major factor in determining who even considers population at large. Evidence from the Milton Keynes TGNK as a place to live. The IPPR report Gateway growth area suggests that the proportion of these People identified four key groups for growth areas: groups among incomers can be higher than in the existing population. As already noted, however, • Young affluent families (housing and incomers will only constitute a small part of the neighbourhood quality a key factor) total TGNK population. • Young single people (employment a key factor) • Households on moderate incomes (housing affordability a key factor) • Low income households (social housing mobility policies a key factor).12

13 3. The Growth and Regeneration Context

3.4 The London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

London 2012 has the potential to influence cultural development in TGNK in various ways, the majority of which are positive. For example:

• In the run-up to 2012, to catalyse sports facility and visitor accommodation projects which are based on ongoing demand but might be enhanced by association with London 2012. Case Study There is some potential to host athlete training GREAT SOUTH RUN and acclimatisation camps and for participating athletes to engage with and inspire the local Location Portsmouth. community. However the massive London 2012 Date every year since 1991. construction programme may reduce the Cost not available. availability of Government and National Lottery Example of a major sport event boosting a city’s proﬁle, economy, civic pride, health and wellbeing, funds, and skilled labour, to deliver TGNK projects. for relatively little public sector investment. • During 2012, to accommodate visitors to the London Games and to showcase to them the The Great South Run is one of the three ‘Great Runs’ regenerated TGNK and its enhanced tourism and held annually in the UK. It is owned and managed by lifestyle offer. Also, to deliver a major programme a private company, liaising with local host Portsmouth of celebratory events which help to bring together City Council. Since 1991 the number of runners has existing and incoming communities in shared risen from 3,000 to 16,500 in 2005, making it the South celebration, and to provide a focus for uplifting East’s largest annual mass participation sports event. the profile and activities of the local cultural sector. The 2005 event was oversubscribed by several thousand and reached its capacity four months • After 2012, to maintain any uplift in sport and before the publicised closing date. other cultural activities and participation, and volunteering. Also to capture the value of TGNK’s As well as the increased health and wellbeing increased exposure in 2012 via increased tourism experienced by the record number of participants, and inward investment. Finally, TGNK residents the 2005 event brought £1m income to the local will be within reach of the high quality sports economy. This was mainly through the overnight facilities remaining in the Olympic Park at stays and other spending of those visiting the city for Stratford, which provides opportunities to develop the event. Many hotels ran at 100% capacity during the weekend, although it is traditionally a quiet time TGNK’s sports sector and for TGNK to become of year. Portsmouth’s proﬁle was also boosted through home to elite athletes using the Stratford facilities. the media coverage of the event. Finally, an estimated 35,000 spectators turned out to support the It will be important to relate the developing regional participants and enjoy a day out. and local approaches to London 2012 to the longer term project of creating sustainable communities in TGNK. The work of the South East Regional Olympic Co-ordinating Group, the Kent Olympic and Paralympic Coordinating Group, and Medway Council / the Medway Culture Partnership will be key.

14 3.5 Recommendations for Strategic Planners

• Ensure that the detailed investment programmes, and any future drafts of the regeneration frameworks, for Kent Thameside, Medway and Swale continue to recognise the importance of culture to the regeneration and growth of TGNK. • Align cultural projects to the broad ambitions for culture set out in the relevant regeneration framework, the more detailed principles set out in this Cultural Framework and Toolkit, and relevant local policies such as community plans. • Plan cultural projects not in terms of Case Study administrative boundaries, but always with DIVING INTO TIME reference to the precise activities and facilities in question and the distances people travel to Location Thurrock. engage in them (which can range from a few Date 2005. minutes’ walk to a local play area up to hundreds Cost not available. of miles to experience a major sporting event). Example of using a heritage asset as the inspiration for an exploration of community, place and history. • Focus at least as much on the cultural needs of existing communities as on the needs of new The Stuart-era Tilbury Fort was the venue in August communities (and doing so will help to integrate 2005 for a community play celebrating Thurrock’s the two). The exception to this is when planning links with other cultures and countries. More than 200 local facilities within areas of intense housing young people created and performed the play over growth and net in-migration; such areas are ﬁve nights, developing new skills and conﬁdence as concentrated in Dartford in the period 2006 well as encouraging a greater sense of ownership by to 2016. local people of their historic heritage. • Link cultural planning closely to forecast The production was one element of the Thurrock Art: demographic changes as these will influence Generate programme of culture-led regeneration, the facilities and activities needed and their which aimed to bring together community and access requirements. Proportional increases in professional resources. One sign of the way in which older age groups and black and minority ethnic it has helped build a stronger and more coherent groups are anticipated. community is the way in which vandalism at the • Ensure that the developing regional and local Fort has fallen as a result of changing perceptions of the place. approaches to the London 2012 Games support the longer term project of creating sustainable This is just one example of the power of historic places communities in TGNK. to act as focal points for social regeneration: their stories can be retold endlessly in ways that excite different audiences and foster stronger communities.

15 4. The Existing Local Cultural Sector

4.1 The Cultural Assessment

The majority of growth in TGNK will take place in close proximity to existing settlements; and the most successful cultural projects often originate within local communities. Taken together these principles highlight the importance of understanding, and working with, TGNK’s existing cultural sector when planning for future growth. To facilitate this, a headline assessment of the existing sector was carried out. It comprised a mapping exercise, a Case Study review of national lottery funding awarded, and CREATIVE INDUSTRIES BUSINESS stakeholder consultation. ADVISORY SERVICE (CIBAS)

The mapping exercise was purely quantitative. Location Thanet, Ashford, Maidstone, Surrey, Milton It drew on a variety of commercial and Local Keynes (as the stART project), Portsmouth & SE Authority data sources to provide an indicative but Hampshire and Hastings & Bexhill. not comprehensive count of facilities (i.e. the places Date 2003–2006 Cost on average, £70,000 revenue funding per where people go to experience or practice culture) location per year. and activity indicators (i.e. the clubs, societies, Example of a model for realising the contribution that teachers, coaches and so on which underpin the creative industries can make to local regeneration participation in culture13) within each LRP area.14 and growth. Information was also obtained from a commercial marketing database service on residents’ propensity CIBAS is an Arts Council England-led initiative to support to participate in various cultural and leisure activities, individuals and businesses working in the arts, design, publishing etc. It provides one-to-one bespoke business across TGNK. Whilst also not comprehensive this was advice and guidance, and local networking events broadly consistent with the findings of the rest of the and seminars. It operates in growth and regeneration cultural assessment. locations to help catalyse the potential of the creative sector to assist development of local identity, attraction Arts, Sport and Heritage lottery funding awarded to of inward investment, development of evening socialinclusionandcommunityparticipation. conomies, TGNK over 1994 to 2004 was used as an indication e of the existing sector’s capacity to initiate projects and attract investment. Each location develops its own balance of activities in response to the nature and needs of the local creative industries sector. Through the programme of support, Consultations with the South East cultural agencies, CIBAS is able to make a signiﬁcant impact on the key Local Authorities and LRPs were used to add ‘movers and shakes’ in each area and use these qualitative opinions and judgements about the businesses as role models to raise the aspirations quality and capacity of the existing sector. and quality of other developing businesses.

Funding comes from a variety of different sources including Arts Council England, South East, DTI, Area Investments Framework, Esmee Fairbairn, Local Authorities, universities, arts organisations and SBS through Business Link.

16 4.2 Key Findings

The mapping exercise revealed that a distinctive cultural footprint already exists in TGNK, comprising at least 2,000 facilities and activity indicators (Exhibit 8). This suggests that, although culture is not often prominent in TGNK or thought of as one of TGNK’s strengths, the level of cultural aspiration and interest among its residents is likely to match that of people elsewhere in the UK. In turn this suggests that the range and quality of cultural facilities and activities available in TGNK will need to match or exceed those on offer in other parts of the UK if the Sustainable Communities agenda is to be delivered. In fact, given the relatively poor perception of TGNK as an attractive place to live and work, the creation of a good cultural offer is even more fundamental to long term success.

Exhibit 8: Mapping exercise summary table Kent Medway Swale Thameside Renaissance Forward TGNK Arts facilities 35 42 18 95 Sports facilities 72 69 44 185 Heritage facilities 31 31 31 93 Community and other cultural facilities 164 255 81 500 Facilities Total 302 397 174 873 Arts activity indicators 77 77 137 291 Sports activity indicators 76 70 90 236 Heritage activity indicators15 18 18 11 47 Community and other cultural activity indicators 171 140 156 467 Activity Indicators Total 342 305 394 1041

The mapping exercise also revealed variations in of sports facilities; and there is a paucity of visual the distribution of facilities and activity indicators arts facilities. between LRP areas. For example, although equipped with far fewer facilities than Kent Thameside or The review of Arts, Heritage and Sports lottery Medway, Swale is the strongest LRP area for clubs funding found that TGNK has attracted far fewer and societies. There is undoubtedly also variation awards and far less investment per head of within each LRP area. In addition thematic variation population that the averages for the South East and is evident. For example, natural and built heritage is UK. This suggests that first, the capacity of TGNK’s prominent throughout; there is a reasonable spread existing cultural sector is weak, and second, its

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facilities may be suffering from a lack of recent investment. Both facts were strongly confirmed by the stakeholder consultation. Particular emphasis was given to the relatively weak leadership that the Local Authorities were felt to have provided to date, and the consequent under-development of the sector.

TGNK’s regeneration and growth programme is an opportunity to engage with local cultural organisations and improve their capacity, leadership and skill levels. Public policy places an increasing Case Study emphasis on facilitating voluntary service providers ART AT THE CENTRE (SWALE) to professionalise and progress, for example from voluntary association to social enterprise to Location Swale Date 2005 to 2008 contracted service delivery partner. Several related Cost £135,000 revenue funding awarded. 16,17 initiatives are operating in the South East. Example of: artists working alongside master planners and developers to ensure a creative In the short term however the limited capacity and and locally relevant approach to regeneration. skills of many local cultural organisations mean that, if they are to have a direct role in the development of The historic port of Queenborough and the adjacent or service provision to growth sites, they will benefit twentieth century settlement of Rushenden were in economic decline for much of the post-war period. from designated ‘lead’ organisations responsible for However they are now beneﬁting from major public mediating with the site planners and developers. investment and physical development. These lead organisations might be the more prominent cultural organisations, or indeed Swale Borough Council accessed £135,000 from Arts organisations working in the community and Council England, South East to help fund an ‘ideas which do not have a specific cultural remit. team’ of artists. This team works closely with Swale Borough Council, Queenborough Town Council, SEEDA and their advisors and contractors to help ensure 4.3 Arts excellence within the development process. The initial focus is on the master plan for the area, after which There is a reasonable portfolio of arts facilities an art proposal will be developed for integration across TGNK, although Swale is under-resourced in within the new housing and infrastructure planned. this respect. There is a strong tradition of music and dance across TGNK, and these are generally well- This work provides an additional opportunity to input the ideas and views of the community to the supported in terms of opportunities to participate development process. Dialogue with the community in related activities; TGNK does, however, lack was initiated by an exhibition of artworks responding adequate facilities for larger-scale musical to the BBC’s Time Team excavation of Queenborough performances. Visual arts also tend to be less Castle, and local reactions to it. The exhibition and well provided for. There is an impressive level other events were scheduled to coincide with the of community-level arts activity across the study screening of the ﬁnal Time Team programme. area, particularly in Swale.

18 The quality of existing facilities across TGNK is, in There has been comparatively little lottery funding general, rather poor (though there are exceptions in TGNK, with arts receiving less total investment to this, such as the Orchard Theatre or the Brook (at £3.1m) than either sports or heritage. However the Theatre) and there are no large-scale event venues arts are the only theme under which Kent Thameside in the TGNK area (although the proximity of London received the highest level of funding, due to a large mitigates this to some extent). This is a reflection of capital award to the Mick Jagger Centre in Dartford. the fact that TGNK has suffered, and continues to suffer, from limited resources and general under- More positive is the wide recognition of the role that investment in the arts. arts can play in the growth process: for example see the Art at the Centre (Swale) case study. There is also a proposal to embed high quality artistic and creative The London effect experiences into school programmes in TGNK, in a Proximity to London and its mass of high development of the Creative Partnerships initiative profile facilities is often cited as a reason for the currently running in East Kent schools. comparative under-development of arts facilities and activities in TGNK (also, less frequently, other Exhibit 9: Distribution of Arts Facilities (below) and cultural facilities and activities in TGNK). Arts Activity Indicators in TGNK (bottom of page)

However research for Kent County Council and Medway Council shows that, in practice, the 19% majority of local residents see London as a place Kent Thameside for a special occasion or specific high profile 37% event – rather than part of the everyday range Medway of opportunities available to them.18 Swale

It is also clear that, once accessibility is taken seriously, London facilities are not necessarily within easy reach. For those in lower income 44% bands and/or with mobility problems,19% reaching London is neither affordable nor easy. Moreover late-night tube and train travel can be off-putting, Kent Thameside 37% and bus services for the last stage of the journey Medway home are often non-existent. Swale

TGNK has also proved poor at initiating projects. This is compounded by a lack of arts resources 26% within Local Authorities, with the result that networks 44% of professional artistic activity have not developed Kent Thameside Medway as fully as they might otherwise have done. 48% This requires resolution if the future supply of arts Swale provision is to match the future increased demand.

26%

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4.4 Sport

In general terms, there are more sports facilities than arts facilities in TGNK. However, there is a similar level of community and amateur activity across the two categories, and both sports facilities and sports activity indicators are spread roughly evenly across TGNK.

The quality of existing facilities is variable. In common with the rest of England, many sports facilities are in need of refurbishment. On the other hand, the new Case Study Dartford Centre for Judo is the best and newest WOODLANDS SCHOOL facility of its type in England. Location Medway. Date opened 2004. TGNK received relatively low amounts of Sport lottery Cost £700,000 capital. funding over 1994-2004. Just over half of this was Example of a Head Teacher and funding bodies awarded in Medway, with Kent Thameside receiving going the extra mile to ensure a local school becomes the lowest amount overall. Sport England is currently a genuine centre for community cultural life. prioritising multi-sport facilities for funding: there is Woodlands School in Gillingham attracted £700,000 particular interest in how these might function as from the Space for Sport and Arts programme to pay multi-purpose cultural hubs more generally. for new music rehearsal rooms, a new recording suite, a new space for dance and drama, and the TGNK is well placed to enhance its sports facilities refurbishment of an existing four-court sports hall. during the regeneration and growth process. Some of the Local Authorities, in conjunction with Sport Efforts to promote community use have been England South East, are preparing a range of particularly successful. The activities now available supplementary planning documents and similar to include yoga, dance, fitness, football and music lessons; community events; conferences; and hosting ensure that sport facilities are provided within new the local church on Sundays. In the first year of developments. The scale of TGNK’s growth may lead operation there were more than 1,000 community to opportunities for major sports projects. It will be users every week, and some 15% of the local important to carefully appraise these in order to population used the site. The facilities are often fully ensure that they are economically and operationally booked from 9am to 10pm throughout the year. sustainable in the long term. This success has been achieved through an The London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic enthusiastic Head Teacher, and by accompanying the capital investment with ‘revenue’ investment over Games offer particular opportunities for sport in a three-year period to kick-start community use of TGNK. However any facilities and initiatives provided the facilities. The sports hall now generates sufficient in connection with London 2012 will need to be revenue to pay for a facility manager, who works to strategically relevant outside the Olympic context, further raise the quality of the experience for all users. economically sustainable and focused on the participation legacy of the opportunity.

20 The Thames and Medway rivers also represent a 4.5 Heritage major (and currently under-utilised) asset in terms of their use for water sports activities. The facilities mapped included prominent and publicly accessible natural and built heritage sites, Exhibit 10: Distribution of Sports Facilities (below museums, and archives. Clubs and societies with a and Sports Activity Indicators (bottom) in TGNK heritage remit were mapped as activity indicators.

TGNK is a landscape of many layers - a mix of dense urban ribbon development interspersed with historic 24% towns, churches, farms and hamlets and still more ancient countryside with its origins in prehistory. Its 39% coastlineKent Thameside tells of continuing tussle with the estuary, withMedway submerged ancient settlements and forests cheek-by-jowlSwale with reclaimed land and artificial harbours. Its tranquil parklands contrast with the perpetual motion of its transport arteries. Above all, it is a landscape of character and of characters, factual 37% and fictional, that inspire curiosity and reflection. 19% Among the most significant heritage sites are Kent Thameside Rochester Cathedral, Rochester Castle, Chatham 37% Medway Historic Dockyard, Cobham Park and Elmley Swale Marshes. The distribution of heritage facilities identified in the mapping is remarkably evenly spread across the LRP areas, though more prominent variations occur when taking into account 32% the numbers of scheduled monuments, listed 44% 3 buildings, buildings at risk, and so forth. Similarly, 8% Kent Thameside there are variations in the quality of interpretation andMedway appreciation of heritage sites. Swale The most distinctive of TGNK’s natural environments are undoubtedly the chain of estuarine habitats along the Thames, Medway and Swale rivers, the 30% majority of which enjoy protected status. Together they are host to around 200,000 waterfowl each winter, as well as important populations of breeding birds. In addition much of TGNK is bordered to the More detailed information on sports facilities is south by the North Downs Area of Outstanding available to strategic planners from Sport England’s Natural Beauty. online database Active Places Power.19 This free resource can assess supply and demand for a range of sports, to electoral ward level.

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TGNK contains 12 museums, which are managed by Exhibit 11: Distribution of Heritage facilities (below) Local Authorities, other public sector bodies (e.g. the and Heritage activity indicators (bottom) in TGNK armed forces), and by the voluntary sector. The most visited of these are Chatham Historic Dockyard and Rochester Guildhall Museum, both of which are focal Kent Thameside points for tourism in Medway. The Royal Engineers 33% 34% Medway Museum at Gillingham houses a collection of Swale designated national importance.

The archive collections of Kent Archive Service and Medway Council reflect the unique position of TGNK as a major gateway to London and England since the time when English culture, language, law and 33% government emerged there in the19% seventh century. This rich archival history plays an essential part of Kent Thameside people’s understanding of the natural and physical 37% Medway landscape that surrounds them. Strong and active local and family history societies in the area help Swale residents, both new and old, to find out more about their personal identity and the communities in which 23% they live. They also support genealogy-based tourism, drawing in new investment.44% 39% Kent Thameside Medway Despite the richness of TGNK’s heritage and its Swale importance to maintaining sense of place and identity in a time of change, the sector faces some issues. Capital and revenue investment has been relatively low in recent years. The great majority of 38% Heritage lottery funding in TGNK has gone into Chatham Historic Dockyard, with very few awardees overall and particularly in Kent Thameside and Swale. Stakeholders identified a need for Local Authorities to provide great leadership, funding Although the number of organisations with a strictly and development resources to the sector. ‘heritage’ remit is small compared with those in the other cultural sectors, many organisations in other Recent progress includes the designation of categories – particularly in the ‘community’ sector – Dartford and Swale as Priority Areas for the Heritage have a strong heritage element. For example, model Lottery Fund, ongoing investment in a Museum engineers protect an engineering heritage of tools Development Officer for Kent and Medway via the and processes that are obsolete in industry, and Renaissance in the Regions initiative, and funding many of their projects are heritage-based. by DCLG of several natural heritage sites.

22 4.6 Community and Other Cultural Facilities and Activities

The mapping exercise covered a wide variety of facilities including but not limited to libraries, places of worship, community centres, village halls, playgrounds, and public parks. This was intended to indicate the amount of supporting infrastructure available for community and other cultural activities which for the most part do not take place Case Study in dedicated cultural facilities. Likewise the activity LIVING ARCHIVE indicators mapped, which ranged from faith-based organisations to local branches of national charities Location Milton Keynes. to dog-grooming clubs, were intended to indicate Date ongoing. the current vitality of community life. Neither facility Cost not available. nor activity indicator counts can hope to be Example of working with local residents to develop a sense of place and history in an area of rapid growth. comprehensive.

Living Archive is a voluntary organisation which has Medway Council manages 14 libraries in Medway, worked in Milton Keynes for over 30 years. Its method and Kent County Council manages 24 libraries is to uncover the local ‘seeds’ of shared memory and across Kent Thameside and Swale. Both are in to work with local people to germinate them into the process of developing the range and quality creative ‘fruits’. of services which they offer within libraries and in other community venues. Several new libraries To date, these creative endeavours have included 11 plays, 20 books, exhibitions and other community are currently proposed for key growth sites. TGNK events, documentaries and CD-ROMs. The Living also has several semi-public or private libraries, Archive has also drawn on its experience in using principally connected to higher or further local history to develop NVQ courses and a training education institutions. scheme which was run with the Open University. This used local history to engage 300 parents to learn The mapping and stakeholder consultations about IT and better support their children’s learning. suggested that there are opportunities for community Local people of all ages and backgrounds have been facility development in TGNK, particularly in areas of actively involved at all stages. This has helped people population growth and demographic change. It is to make new friends and gain new self esteem, and important that this takes account of the trend for has built bridges between old and new residents, community facilities to function as ‘multi-purpose between generations and between different social community hubs’, as demonstrated by the: and ethnic groups. Living Archive projects typically culminate in an event which provides a focus for • Adaptation of existing facilities such as historic communal celebration. churches to support a greater number of activities and to meet modern standards (for example, see The Ark Community Hall and Woodlands School case studies).

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• Co-location of public services at neighbourhood level, which is typically driven by financial and logistical experience, user accessibility, or both (for example, see the Castle Green and John Pounds Healthy Living Centre case studies).

It will also be critical to provide guidance to existing community facility managers which would help them to optimise use of their facilities for cultural activities.

It was not possible to gauge a measure of investment in community and other cultural provision using Case Study indicators of lottery funding. However, with the THE ARK COMMUNITY HALL advent of the Big Lottery Fund, and the Heritage Lottery Fund’s ongoing encouragement of applications Location London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Date opened 2004. from community groups and organisations, it may be Cost £3m capital. possible to track this in the future. Example of a creative adaptation of a historic church to provide modern multi-purpose community spaces. Exhibit 12: Distribution of Community and Other Cultural Facilities (left) and Community and Other The handsome but dilapidated church of St Paul Cultural Activity Indicators (right) in TGNK with St Mark, too large for the worship needs of its contemporary congregation, was restored and 16% converted for multiple uses including continuing worship. The radical architectural approach chosen 33% saw a free-standing new ‘Ark’ structure built within Kent Thameside the Medwaynave of the church. This houses meeting and counsellingSwale rooms, a café and a gym.

Bringing together innovative design and conservation retained the church as a local landmark while meeting current community needs and creating an exciting, ﬂexible new multi-purpose space for future needs. The 51% 19% juxtaposition of old and new caused a certain amount of controversy, but it assures the future of the historic Kent Thameside 37% building and sustains the sense of place that would Medway have been lost through a wholesale redevelopment. Swale The new facilities allow the community to pursue some new activities in their local neighbourhood, and indeed since the restoration and conversion the decline of the original congregation has been 35% 36% reversed. The scheme won the RICS Community 44% BeneﬁtKent Thameside Award 2005 for London. Medway Swale

29% 24 4.7 Tourism In tandem, new destinations are emerging in locations such as Ebbsfleet and Bluewater which Tourism is an integral part of TGNK’s economy and have the potential to develop as a major new will be an important component of the area’s future domestic and international business and leisure success and prosperity. As shown in Exhibits 14 and focus, and Swale as a quality green tourism product. 15, tourism is a major economic force which currently generates total visitor spending of £426 million and 4.8 Recommendations supports over 12,000 jobs. for Strategic Planners

Exhibit 13: TGNK tourist visits, 2003 • Use the regeneration and growth process as Trips Nights Spending an opportunity to engage with the existing Domestic staying visits 1.3m 3.8m £141m local cultural sector and improve its capacity, Overseas staying visits 0.2m 1.1m £46m leadership and skill levels. In the short term there Day visits 8.9m n/a £239m is a role for designated ‘lead’ organisations to Totals 10.4m 4.9m £426m mediate between cultural organisations and the planners and developers. Source: TSE Economic Impact of Tourism in Kent 2003 – Cambridge Economic • Consider improving the quality of existing facilities Impact Model. NB: Day visits figures include some visits between TGNK Local as well as developing new facilities. This includes Authorities. the community facilities – community centres, places of worship, village halls, and so on – Exhibit 14: Tourism spending and which underpin less formal cultural activities. employment, 2003 • Recognise the trend for community facilities to increasingly function as ‘multi-purpose District Spending Employment FTE community hubs’. It will also be critical to provide Dartford £44m 1,319 guidance to existing community facility managers Gravesham £64m 1,813 which would help them to optimise use of their Medway £180m 5,175 facilities for cultural activities. Swale £138m 3,760 • Take note of the ‘London effect’ when planning Totals £426m 12,067 major cultural facilities which are typically visited Source: TSE Economic Impact of Tourism in Kent 2003 – Cambridge Economic on special occasions, but do not allow this to Impact Model. hinder development of more local facilities and activities, or those aimed at groups less able to Tourism is also a force for regeneration, helps to access London. support community and cultural facilities, and projects a positive image for TGNK. Tourism will continue to grow and the TGNK is well placed to benefit from this. In particular there will be an increasing demand for good quality visitor accommodation including business class conference, budget and boutique hotels. Destinations such as Rochester and Chatham Historic Dockyard are successful, well established and continue to improve their tourism offer.

25 5. A Shared Vision for Culture

5.1 Policy Context

The value of culture and its role in the development of sustainable communities are recognised in numerous policies at national, regional and local level. To determine the specific implications of these to TGNK, an analysis was undertaken of approximately 100 policy documents. This analysis identified a set of common principles relating to culture which all the relevant national, regional and sub-regional agencies explicitly or implicitly support. Exhibit 15 shows a sample of the documents involved.

The common principles were used to derive a vision for culture in TGNK and 24 guiding principles for sustainable cultural development.

Exhibit 15: Core Documents

Agency Document Title

Arts Council England Regional Strategy (Strategy for Regularly Funded Organisations) Regional Investment Plan (Arts Council England, South East Ambitions into Action

Culture South East The Cultural Cornerstone Making Life Better

DCLG Creating Sustainable Communities: Delivering the Thames Gateway Sustainable Communities: People, Places, Prosperity Creating Sustainable Communities: Greening the Gateway

DCMS Government and the Value of Culture Culture at the Heart of Regeneration

English Heritage People and Places (A response to Government and the Value of Culture) Making the Past Part of our Future 2005-2010 A Welcome Home: A Sense of Place for Thames Gateway Growing Places: heritage and a sustainable future for the Thames Gateway

Kent County Council Towards 2010 The Vision for Kent 26 Kent Thameside Kent Thameside Regeneration Framework Kent Thameside Heritage Strategy Kent Thameside Cultural Strategy

Medway Renaissance Medway Waterfront Renaissance Framework Creating a City of Culture - Medway Cultural Statement 2004-2008

MLA South East Museum Development Strategy Archives Development Strategy Library Development Strategy Museum library & archive provision and new development in the South East

SEEDA Draft Regional Economic Strategy

SE England Regional Assembly South East Plan

Sport England Mission Possible: The South East Plan for Sport

Swale Forward Swale Interim Regeneration Framework A Cultural Strategy for Swale 2002-2007 Medway Renaissance Needs Analysis for New Cultural Facilities

Tourism South East A Partnership Framework for Tourism in Kent and Medway 2005-2015 Tourism ExcSEllence: The Strategy for Tourism in the South East

5.2 The Vision for Culture in TGNK The vision champions the fundamental importance of culture to developing sustainable communities The aspirations for culture shared by all stakeholders in TGNK. It places people and communities at its can be summarised as: centre, in the recognition that culture helps to develop successful communities where bonds “putting Culture at the heart of Sustainability, between individuals are forged and strengthened. putting Sustainability at the heart of Culture.” Finally, it demonstrates the importance of the Sustainable Communities agenda to developing TGNK’s cultural sector in a way that is sustainable heart o the f at in terms of finance and participation. E R

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5.3 Guiding Principles for Sustainable Cultural Development

The 24 guiding principles supporting this shared vision for culture are rooted in, and recognise the importance of, the key concept of sustainability. They are drawn from a review of the policy documents and extensive consultation with key stakeholder organisations. That is, they are already embedded to Case Study a greater or lesser extent in the guiding frameworks STOKE NEWINGTON WEST RESERVOIR CENTRE of all the relevant national and regional bodies, and have been endorsed by stakeholder organisations. Location London Borough of Hackney. Date opened 2001. These guiding principles for Sustainable Cultural Cost £3.5m capital. Development in TGNK provide a framework in which Example of adapting a much-loved but redundant industrial building for sports and education use, cultural projects can be understood and assessed including original features and new artworks. with a view to maximising cultural value generally, and creating the greatest benefits from public Since the West Reservoir was made redundant the investment in particular. The term ‘cultural project’ London Borough of Hackney has used it to provide is used to denote any initiative in the cultural field sports and education activities, principally for local that the public sector may be asked to create, schoolchildren. A second-stage development was manage, support, endorse or fund, from a small planned, to convert the prominent water ﬁltration one-off cultural event all the way to the planning building into a water sports and environmental centre. and construction of a large cultural facility. This The design brief was written with the involvement of can include cultural initiatives that are led by other the staff running the activities, and local community sectors, such as the education sector; those that groups. Their shared aim was a simple design that are led by private developers in order to facilitate celebrated the building’s original purpose while planning approval or as a condition of it; and those adding contemporary facilities for its new functions. which form one part of multi-part initiatives or The appointed architects subsequently also worked mixed-use developments. with Hackney Arts to select an artist to contribute a public art element. For ease of reference, the principles are numbered The building’s four-storey central tower was opened and grouped under five headings: Viability, Inclusion, up internally, to reveal its steel frame. Some of the Leadership, Quality and Balance. The principles are also original ﬁltration equipment was retained and made presented in checklist format in the Cultural Toolkit, visible at different levels on the interior. The building including an expanded section on assessing need. was commended by CABE as a successful example of integrating new elements with old, without pastiche. 5.3.1 Viability A cultural project should:

1 be viable and sustainable, in both cultural and economic terms

28 2 offer economic benefits in proportion to 5.3.4 Quality their scale, location and cost to the public A cultural project should: 3 identify measurable outcomes that can be monitored and evaluated to encourage improvement. 18 meet or exceed a minimum quality standard 19 encourage innovation whilst acknowledging 5.3.2 Inclusion and strengthening tradition and heritage A cultural project should: 20 preserve, protect and enhance the built and natural environment 4 foster social inclusion and cohesion (help bring 21 build on best practice elsewhere. a community together) 5 be as accessible as possible to all members of 5.3.5 Balance all communities A cultural project should: 6 focus appropriately on learning and take advantage of opportunities to support education 22 achieve a balance between creating cultural and skills development facilities and supporting cultural activity. 7 benefit health and well-being in the community 23 when designing cultural facilities, aim as far as 8 foster a ‘sense of place’, community identity practical for flexibility to support multiple uses. and belonging 24 support existing cultural assets before embarking 9 take advantage of opportunities to reduce crime on new developments (but not so as to exclude and anti-social behaviour new facilities required in new neighbourhoods). 10 be conceived to meet the needs of TGNK residents in the first instance, and As well as shaping the rest of this Framework, these tourists second guiding principles appear in the Toolkit in the form 11 support both ‘bottom-up’ and ‘top-down’ of a checklist for use by planners, project champions development of cultural activity. and anyone else who needs to promote or assess a cultural project in TGNK. 5.3.3 Leadership A cultural project should: 5.4 Recommendations 12 have strong and appropriate ‘champions’ for Strategic Planners in the community, in local government and in the relevant cultural agencies • During the regeneration and growth process, 13 use the necessary planning and recognise that all stakeholders share aspirations management expertise for culture, which are summarised as “putting 14 enrich the cultural resource and capacity Culture at the heart of Sustainability, putting available to the community in proportion to Sustainability at the heart of Culture”. their scale and location • Use the guiding principles for sustainable 15 demonstrate effective partnership across cultural development in TGNK as a framework cultural, sectoral and institutional boundaries to understand and assess cultural projects 16 encourage involvement and participation by with a view to maximising cultural value, and all stakeholders and community members maximising the benefits of public investment. 17 raise awareness, encourage participation and communicate the value of culture in inspirational and pragmatic terms.

29 6. Delivering the Vision for Culture

6.1 A Focus on Partnership

Effective partnership working, both at a strategic and a detailed level, will be critical to delivering cultural projects in TGNK. Three aspects in particular merit highlighting:

• As awareness of the instrumental value of culture increases, ‘cultural’ projects may be delivered in partnership with, or entirely by, sectors such as Case Study CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP, KENT education, health, or regeneration. This requires an ability to articulate how a cultural project Location Kent. delivers against the relevant sectoral outcomes, Date ongoing from 2006. as well as in terms of cultural value. Cost not available. • The increasing emphasis on collaboration Example of introducing creative practitioners and between all key providers of local services, teachers to creative learning techniques which will enshrined in local area agreements, creates a contribute to student attainment. clear rationale for engagement between local There is increasing evidence that creative learning cultural organisations, Local Authorities and LRPs - the incorporation of creative activities within when undertaking strategic planning for growth. mainstream education - assists student attainment, In the first instance, Local Strategic Partnerships personal development, and preparedness for work will be key. in the knowledge economy. • Local cultural organisations with limited capacity and skills can find it difficult to operate in the Creative Partnership, Kent is one of 36 areas across increasingly complex environment of England providing children and young people with the opportunity to develop creativity in learning and take partnerships, frameworks and agreements. part in cultural and creative activities of the highest If they are to make their voices effectively heard quality. Supported by DCMS and the Department or to have a direct role in developing, or providing for Education and Skills (DfES) and delivered by Arts services to, growth sites, they will benefit from Council England, the Creative Partnership Programme designated ‘lead’ organisations to mediate with aims to establish genuine collaborative partnerships the site planners and developers. These lead to enable the development of creative learning organisations might be the more prominent projects that reﬂect the interest, specialisms and cultural organisations, or organisations working shared vision of those involved. in the community which do not have a specific Creative Partnership, Kent is currently expanding cultural remit. its remit to begin to work in Medway and, with additional funding, has developed a Continuous Professional Development initiative. This will introduce 80 creative practitioners and approximately 450 teachers in Kent and Medway to creative learning techniques. It provides an opportunity to test the potential to develop a wider creative learning programme across Kent and Medway with some focus on the Thames Gateway and areas of cultural, social and economic deprivation.

30 6.2 Location, Scale and Type • Economic – large, capital-intensive facilities require large catchment areas and must be of Cultural Facilities conceived at the level of towns, cities and larger. • Accessibility – all facilities should be as Different cultural activities require different facilities accessible as possible to everyone, but it is not and locations. At one end of the spectrum, much possible to have the full range of cultural facilities cultural activity is small-scale and informal, taking on everyone’s doorstep. Therefore, larger and place in homes, pubs, parks, and so on. At the other more expensive facilities should be located in end, activities such as competitive swimming or places that are accessible by all modes of grand opera demand expensive fixed facilities transport - typically town and city centres that cannot reasonably be provided at local level. (or other places with good transport links).

The pyramid in Exhibit 16 suggests a relationship Although the labels on the pyramid – ‘street’, between locations and gives examples of the cultural ‘neighbourhood’ etc. – imply an urban setting facilities that might be made available at each level the principles apply equally in rural areas. in a sustainable community. The pyramid can be seen in at least two ways:

Exhibit 16: Location, scale, and cultural facilities

Examples of cultural facilities

Private homes Street Active Workspaces

Parks/public squares, NEAPs Pubs, cafés, etc. Community halls Places of worship Allotments Library access points Neighbourhood Community archives

Local libraries Parks/LEAPS Sports halls Community centres Playing ﬁelds Local District Small visitor attractions

Town libraries, museums, galleries, record ofﬁces Performing arts venues Multiplex cinemas Swimming pools/leisure centres Town/Borough Visitor attractions

Stadiums/arenas Major event venues Major museums and galleries Regional archives Major performing arts venues City/Region Major visitor attractions

Adapted from Sport England, Active Design, p23. NEAP/LEAP: Neighbourhood/Local Equipped Area for Play. ‘Gallery’: used to denote contemporary visual arts/crafts galleries.

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The pyramid is intended as a guide, not a blueprint, for cultural provision. Note that:

• Certain cultural facilities, for example libraries, already benefit from relatively sophisticated spatial planning policies which will take precedence. • The education and health sectors have developed their own spatial planning policies, which can be engaged with to increase the availability of cultural activities – for example through provision Case Study of schools with facilities available for community CASTLE GREEN use, healthy living centres, specialist HE/FE facilities, and so on. Location London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. • Many facilities at neighbourhood and local Date opened 2005. district levels will be combined into multi-purpose Cost not available Example of an effective and strongly customer-led community hubs. As a general rule, the larger project to co-locate various cultural and the settlement the greater the opportunity for educational services. specialist facilities. • The cultural sector is inherently dynamic. The Castle Green is a multi-purpose facility developed by ‘next big idea’ should not be discounted for non- the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham as compliance with contemporary planning policies. a centre for the whole community – no matter what age or interests. It provides a library and adult college offering a variety of vocational and academic courses, Finally, aspects of culture such as the quality of as well as theatre, entertainment, conferencing, sports design and the public realm apply at all scales and in and catering facilities. It is also the new location for the all locations and are therefore not shown separately. Jo Richardson Community School, which is well known and respected locally. 6.3 Planning for Growth Castle Green was created partially in response to criticisms of existing facilities. Consequently, close The existing distribution of cultural facilities in TGNK attention was paid to customer needs while planning has developed (to a significant though uncertain and implementing the development. Interventions extent) in response to demand and opportunity. included a survey of usage patterns for each service The total population growth in TGNK in the next 10 that was proposed to move, a free shuttle bus from the or 20 years will be significant but is not large in old library site to the new, and a follow-up customer proportion to the existing population. Nevertheless, satisfaction survey. This showed that the new site was the new housing developments being planned to seen as more accessible and easier to use. accommodate (and attract) the increased population The Audit Commission commended the quality will create many new streets and some new and design of facilities and the Council’s approach neighbourhoods. to procurement which emphasized quality over cost reduction. Exhibit 17 shows how the pyramid of locations relates to population growth. At the level of a city or region – or in this case TGNK – the increase is proportionally small and diffuse. Some of the increased demand 32 for cultural activities and services that stems from At smaller scales the effect is starker. The growth the increased population can be accommodated of TGNK will create entirely new streets and by the existing facilities – many of which will benefit neighbourhoods, each of which must have its from the increased usage and increased income. cultural facilities created from scratch, or provision However investment is likely to be needed to made for them to develop organically. Homes and increase the capacity and/or quality of the to a lesser extent gardens can be taken as read, but existing facilities. private-sector facilities such as local pubs and cafés must be provided for and encouraged, and public Exhibit 17: Population growth and cultural facilities ones such as parks, play areas, libraries, and public art must be provided and paid for.

POPUL 6.4 Catchment Size and Street New streets Frequency of Use

Neighbourhood AT New neighbourhoods ION GROWTH Another factor that must be taken into account in

Local District Changing districts cultural planning is the way in which people tend to use various facilities at very different frequencies. At one end, a parent with small children may visit a Town/Borough Growing towns local play area almost every fine day. Many people

City/Region who participate in active sport do so more than once a week. At the other end, a visit to the Tower of London or the Eden Project might be a ‘once-in-a- The DCMS-led drive to increase participation in lifetime’ experience. Exhibit 18 illustrates this in the culture is important. If it succeeds, demand for context of locational scale and catchment size. cultural facilities will increase even if the population does not. Over the years to 2026 we can expect large increases in the size of the over-65 population, an increased proportion of active people among the over-65s, and increased participation rates all round. This combination is likely to result in strong increases in demand on some facilities.

But the increase in population is not forecast to be evenly spread across TGNK. At the level of a town or borough it can become significant. Building the planned 15,500 new dwellings in Dartford by 2026 requires challenging development of the local physical infrastructure and services. The cultural needs and demands of the new residents will likewise challenge parts of the local cultural infrastructure.

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Exhibit 18: Examples of cultural facilities by catchment size and frequency of use

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6.5 Culture and Mixed-Use Every development that creates new streets or neighbourhoods in TGNK must provide Developments appropriate cultural infrastructure (see examples in exhibit 16) and therefore becomes a mixed-use In recent years, increasing attention has been development with a cultural element. paid to integrating a cultural element into mixed- use developments: partly for economies of scale, To achieve this requires effective systems for: partly due to opportunities to extract developer contributions to fund this, and – lately – as a way • Identifying the ‘right’ cultural element for each site. of adding value for the developer by making the • Securing associated developer contributions. development more attractive to potential residential • Combining developer contributions with other and business occupiers. (For examples, see the funding sources where necessary. Brindleyplace and Ropetackle case studies.) • Partnering public and voluntary sector cultural service partners with developers. The centrality of cultural facilities and activities to • Guaranteeing the revenue subsidy typically creating sustainable communities adds a new required by cultural infrastructure. dimension to this. • Promoting voluntary sector and community ownership of cultural infrastructure, and its effective and entrepreneurial management. 34 Particularly important is a development process that allows all partners sufficient time to identify, plan, assemble funding for, and deliver the right cultural element. The current national review of the developer contributions system20 should be monitored closely for its ability to facilitate delivery of sustainable communities in TGNK, as should local innovations such as the Milton Keynes Development Tariff (the ‘roof-tax’).

Case Study 6.6 Culture and Leadership BRINDLEYPLACE Leadership, advocacy and championship in the Location Birmingham. cultural sector at all levels have become increasingly Date completed 2003 important in recent years. This is due partly to Cost not available increasing competitiveness in the different domains Example of a successful mixed-use development that go to make up the sector, partly to the need to incorporating a number of cultural facilities alongside make an evidence-based case for financial support, employment, residential and retail space. and partly to the recognition that if increasing cultural Brindleyplace is a 17-acre mixed-use complex participation is to be anything other than an aspiration, next to the International Convention Centre and the individual champion has a vital role to play. the National indoor Arena. Public funding acted as the catalyst for development, after which the main Across TGNK, consultation consistently identified private leaseholder was required under a Section 106 the need for leadership in the cultural sector. Local planning obligation to build the first 5,600 sq ft of new Authorities have a crucially important role to play restaurants, refurbish a derelict Grade II listed school in providing high quality cultural services, and in which became the new home for the Ikon Gallery, and lay out the main square. championing the value and benefit of cultural engagement for sustainable communities. The completed complex is set around two new public squares and is comprised of offices, flats and town Portfolio holders with responsibility for culture houses; 65,000 sq ft of shops, restaurants and bars; need to ensure that policy decisions about cultural a hotel; the Ikon Gallery, the Crescent Theatre, a studio development of all kinds are based on high quality theatre, a workshop and ancillary facilities; a health research in order to achieve an appropriate and and leisure club; and the National Sea Life Centre. 21 The complex generates over £4.7m each year in rates sustainable product / market fit. for Birmingham City Council. It is estimated to have generated over 3,300 direct and indirect jobs, and At the same time, those responsible for managing has won numerous design plaudits. cultural facilities and activities require professional training and development to enable them to promote their work more widely and to build and sustain usage by all communities.

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6.7 Culture and Tourism

One of the guiding principles for cultural development in TGNK is that cultural projects should be conceived to meet the needs of TGNK residents in the first instance, and tourists second. However, this does not ignore the significant value that tourism will continue to bring, or the very real opportunity to develop new visitor destinations in TGNK.

With the further development of both existing and new cultural projects in TGNK, and supporting Case Study investment in transport, accommodation and visitor THOMAS HEATHERWICK IN MILTON KEYNES services, tourism will be very important in helping to Location Milton Keynes. deliver the economic benefits expected of cultural Date ongoing from 2001. projects and of the regeneration of TGNK more Cost not available. widely. In order to achieve this, strategic planning Example of a creative professional working closely needs to take into account the need for suitable with a Local Authority to maximise design quality sites for tourism and visitor service developments. during the growth of an area. Improving the capacity and quality of visitor The artist/designer Thomas Heatherwick has worked accommodation is a priority. closely with Milton Keynes Council on urban design issues since 2001. His ﬁrst commission was to work on the city centre Development Framework, within which he proposed landmark car parks, a micro-museum integrated into public space, and artistic collaboration in the design of transport systems.

In 2002, Thomas was subsequently appointed Lead Artist for Central Milton Keynes. This work led to collaboration with the public art agency Artpoint on a Public Art Plan for Central Milton Keynes 2004 to 2014. The £3.2m Public Art Plan is expected to be mainly funded through developer contributions.

Thomas’s work continues to have an impact on the delivery of the Central Milton Keynes Framework. The Council is also inviting the involvement of Heatherwick Studio in various infrastructure development projects, such as the cross regional East/West Railway link. It is anticipated that this will involve the studio’s creative approaches to master planning alongside practical design solutions.

36 6.8 Cultural Priorities for 2006–2016

On the basis of all the foregoing analysis and discussion, the following have been identified as the priorities for cultural development in TGNK from 2006 to 2016:

1 Build capacity within the existing cultural sector in the areas of leadership, skills, audience development, and income generation and funding. This will enable it to provide a firm foundation for cultural development. Projects whose only purpose is to build capacity should Case Study be considered, as well as projects for which this JUBILEE LIBRARY will be a secondary effect. Location Brighton. 2 Improve, refurbish and expand existing cultural Date opened 2005. facilities and activities to meet the demands of Cost £14.5m capital. a growing and diversifying population, Example of an iconic new central library which boosts contemporary quality standards, and town centre regeneration; also, of ensuring design contemporary models for service delivery. excellence within the PFI process. 3 Ensure full access to relevant facilities and activities at new street / new neighbourhood The striking new library is the centrepiece of a £50m redevelopment of a run- down area of Brighton, led level. This is as much part of the infrastructure of by the City Council. The other elements comprise sustainable communities as roads and schools. housing, ofﬁces, shops and restaurants, a hotel New facilities (libraries, multi-purpose community and a new public square. hubs etc.) will be needed and must be accessible to the entire community. The library building was designed as a showcase for 4 Ensure facilities and activities at local district / environmental best practice and emits 50% less carbon borough / sub-regional level meet modern than a conventional building. The Council also invested £150,000 in monitoring the PFI-led construction to expectations for attractive and vibrant cities and ensure that quality was not compromised by towns. Medway’s central location within TGNK commercial and construction pressures. and its large local population make it an obvious candidate for sub-regional facilities, but equally Membership has soared since the 5,000 sq m library important considerations include: opened, with 3,000 new people signed up in the ﬁrst two weeks alone. The building has won many • Site availability and infrastructure capacity design awards including the Prime Minister’s Better • Location of existing facilities and activities Public Building Award 2005 and BURA’s Regeneration Partnership of the Year. • Leadership, management and funding capacity of development partners An economic analysis suggested that the • Patterns of demand within catchment areas redevelopment scheme once complete will • Accessibility of major facilities and activities generate £4.4m visitor expenditure per year for in London and other parts of Kent. Brighton. The arts and cultural exhibitions that the library hosts are considered an important part of this.

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5 Maximise the potential of the London 2012 Games to catalyse sporting and other infrastructure projects, to bring together existing and incoming communities, to raise the profile and activities of the local cultural sector, to increase participation and volunteering, and to increase tourism and inward investment.

In order to ensure sustainability, all cultural projects conceived to meet these priorities must be considered in terms of their entire life-cycle, and life-cycle costs. Case Study WYCOMBE LEISURE LIMITED

6.9 Monitoring and Evaluation Location High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Date 1997 on. It is critical that the South East cultural agencies and Cost £11.2m turnover in 2005. all other relevant strategic agencies monitor the rate Example of outsourcing Local Authority leisure and balance of cultural development across TGNK. services to an independent social enterprise, to the beneﬁt of all parties and customers.

Wycombe Leisure Limited (WLL) was established as an Industrial and Provident Society in 1997 and initially contracted to manage three leisure centres for Wycombe District Council. It now manages 18 sites for three Local Authorities. These offer the full range of activities and events typically supported by Local Authority leisure centres and have a combined annual turnover of £11.2m.

Charitable status gives WLL beneﬁts such as non- payment of corporation tax, meaning that all surpluses can be ploughed back into improving the quality of service. WLL’s charitable ethos also allows it to encourage the community-led projects that its commercially-run equivalents would avoid. For example WLL recently provided professional support for a small local sports association to apply for Sport England funding for a community leisure facility. WLL now runs this facility at break-even without the need for any public subsidy.

WLL places a particular value on communication with client Local Authorities, sports clubs, customer panels, individual customers, and front line staff. Each leisure centre now conducts 50 customer satisfaction interviews per month.

38 Tracking investment in culture is one obvious intervention. However, arguably more important, is monitoring the impact of any investment. This might be measured via:

• Local Authority cultural performance, which will be assisted by the current review of how cultural services are assessed within Local Authority Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA), and the development of further performance indicators and assessment tools by DCMS and Case Study the cultural agencies. RUSHENDEN HERITAGE TRAIL • Community cultural participation, which will be assisted by the introduction of regular national Location Swale. surveys such as the DCMS’s Taking Part and Date completed 2004. Sport England’s Active People. Cost £20,000 revenue. Example of a small project that creates a lasting • Contribution that cultural projects make to heritage asset while strengthening skills and delivery of DCLG’s Thames Gateway performance community ties. indicators, once these are finalised.

The project was developed by the charity Groundwork The degree to which culture becomes and remains and Rushenden Young People Action Group, and embedded within core local policies, such as made possible by a £15,000 grant from the Heritage local development frameworks and local area Lottery Fund. It focused on the natural and built heritage of the Isle of Sheppey. Over 60 young agreements, will also provide an indication of people worked with various heritage organisations how seriously culture is taken within TGNK. to research the history and nature of the area. The material they gathered was used to create a heritage At the same time, those delivering and sponsoring and nature trail along the margins of the Swale individual cultural projects need to monitor and estuary, and an accompanying leaﬂet. evaluate local impact using the most robust techniques available. Work is in progress in the UK As well as leaving the legacy of the heritage trail itself, and internationally to refine measures of the intrinsic the project enabled the young people to develop skills and knowledge through workshops on ecology and and instrumental value created by cultural projects. heritage management. It introduced them to ﬁlming As the results of this become available, they should and editing techniques and encouraged use of local where possible be incorporated into the monitoring heritage organisations’ resources. It also improved and evaluation of cultural projects. social cohesion by creating greater contact between younger and older residents. It is also important that cultural projects pursue national standards and accreditation schemes where available to ensure that quality exceeds the requirements of the day.

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6.10 Recommendations for Strategic Planners

• Strive for effective partnerships between the cultural and other sectors; between Local Authority and voluntary sector service providers; and between designated lead organisations, the cultural sector, and planners and developers. • Use the suggested pyramid of street/neighbourhood/ local district/borough/sub-regional levels as a guide for planning the cultural facilities that might be made available at each level. • Plan all cultural facilities on the basis of robust analysis of population within the catchment area, level of demand, and frequency of use. Also, with recognition of the DCMS-led drive to increase participation in culture across the UK. • Ensure that new streets and neighbourhoods are equipped with basic infrastructure such as libraries and multi-purpose community hubs. These are as important to creating sustainable communities as roads and schools. It is critical that development planning processes and developer contribution policies facilitate this. • Support Local Authorities to provide high quality cultural services and local cultural leadership, and to help the existing cultural sector to increase its capacity and skills. • Develop tourism as a potential growth sector of TGNK’s economy, and a way of increasing the financial viability of the local cultural sector. Careful planning is needed in the areas of marketing, accessibility, accommodation, and standards. • Monitor the impact of cultural investment via performance on Local Authority Comprehensive Performance Assessment, measurement of cultural participation, and contribution to DCLG Thames Gateway performance indicators.

40 References

End Notes 11 On the basis of ONS D8489, ‘Internal migration within the United Kingdom: Local Authorities in South East government office region, mid-2002 1 www.culture.gov.uk/about_dcms/QuickLinks/f_a_ to mid-2003’. q/faq_definition_of_culture.htm 12 Gateway People: The aspirations and attitudes 2 Creating Sustainable Communities: Greening the of prospective and existing residents of the Thames Gateway (DCLG, 2004). Gateway, IPPR, January 2006.

3 DCMS also works to five Strategic Objectives. 13 It is not possible at present to accurately measure In addition to increasing access and up-take, people’s participation in culture. However the Taking these commit DCMS to maximising culture’s Part and Active People surveys currently being contribution to the economy; increasing the undertaken (by DCMS and Sport England efficiency of the Department and its agencies; respectively) will begin to do so, and to provide and delivering the London 2012 Games national participation benchmarks for the future. and Paralympic Games. 14 See the Appendices for the full mapping data. 4 For example, see the DCMS Voluntary and Community Sector Strategy Engaging with the 15 In addition to the comparatively small numbers Voluntary and Community Sector (DCMS, 2006). shown here as ‘Heritage’, many activity indicators in the other sectors have a significant heritage element. 5 From ‘What is a Sustainable Community?’, www.DCLG.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1139866. 16 ChangeUp aims to improve the infrastructure support services, such as training, funding advice 6 For an introduction to local cultural policy and IT support, to voluntary and community development, see Working Together: Local organisations (www.gose.gov.uk). Authorities and DCMS (DCMS, 2006). 17 Cultural Shift South East is a resource development 7 See the Toolkit for a summary of relevant national programme for the social economy in the South East planning guidance. (www.seeda.co.uk/social inclusion).

8 Kent Structure Plan Third Review Policy S9 (Kent 18 Medway Renaissance Part One: Needs Analysis County Council, 1996). for New Cultural Facilities, (ACT Consultant Services, draft July 2005); Cultural Vitality in Kent (ABL Cultural 9 Conserving and Enhancing our Heritage and Consulting, December 2005). Creating New Futures: The Importance of Heritage for Kent Thameside, Kent Thameside Delivery 19 www.activeplacespower.com. Local Authorities Board, 2005. should contact Sport England South East to obtain a password. 10 The figures for Medway are considered to be implausibly low (especially when compared with 20 Planning-gain Supplement: a consultation (HM the housing targets in Exhibit 3 and Medway’s own Treasury and DCLG, 2005). expectations). This is probably an artefact of the population model used. Revised projections based 21 For example, see Working Together: Local on an updated model and using newer underlying Authorities and DCMS – a Guide for Councillors data are expected later in 2006. (DCMS, 2005). . 41 References

Case Studies

Page Case study ix Aspex Gallery xi Chatham Historic Dockyard 3 North West Kent Mela Events 7 John Pounds Healthy Living Centre 9 Ropetackle 14 Great South Run 15 Diving Into Time 16 Creative Industies Business Advisory Services (CIBAS) 18 Art at the Centre (Swale) 20 Woodlands School 23 Living Archive 24 The Ark Community Hall 28 Stoke Newington West Reservoir Centre 30 Creative Partnership, Kent 32 Castle Green 35 Brindleyplace 36 Thomas Heatherwick in Milton Keynes 37 Jubilee Library 38 Wycombe Leisure Limited 39 Rushenden Heritage Trail

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Page Image Photographer Front cover Girls netball Sport England South East Medway library user Medway Libraries Father and child at Gosport Library Hampshire County Council Rochester Castle Curtain Wall Medway Council Woman showjumper Sport England South East Gravesend Big Day Out North West Kent Racial Equality Council

Rollerblade contest Sport England South East Older man walking Sport England South East

Inside front Sevenoaks activity Sevenoaks Kaleidoscope, cover copyright Kent County Council

Endeavour at Upnor Medway Council Cultural diversity festival MLA South East Girl swimmer Sport England South East Performance of Dramatic Experience at Hartsdown Creative Partnerships Kent Technology College

Mens cycle race Sport England South East ix Artist impression of the new Aspex Gallery Glenn Howells Architects xi The Ropery, Chatham Historic Dockyard Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust 1 Rochester Dickensian Christmas Festival Medway Council 3 Gravesend Big Day Out North West Kent Racial Equality Council

4 Skateboarder Sport England South East 7 John Pounds Healthy Living Centre Photo: Joe Low Copyright: Portsmouth City

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9 Ropetackle Steve Geliot 10 Chatham Maritime SEEDA 11 Girls football Sport England South East

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Page Image Photographer 14 Great South Run Sport England South East 15 Diving Into Time English Heritage 16 CIBAS beneﬁciary David Fisher Photography 17 Rochester Sweeps Festival Medway Council 18 Art at the Centre (Swale) Nicole Mollett 20 Youth dance Sport England South East 23 Living Archive Living Archive 24 The Ark Community Hall Helene Binet 26 Ingress Park folly Andrew Brown 28 Stoke Newington West Reservoir Centre Joe D. Miles 30 Creative Partnerships project at Holy Trinity and Creative Partnerships Kent St John’s Primary School

32 Castle Green Nick Mirchandani, architecture plb

33 Chatham Marina SEEDA 35 Brindleyplace Birmingham Picture Library 36 Sandwich Festival Jam Ltd. 36 Info Box proposal for Central Milton Keynes by Arts Council England, South East Thomas Heatherwick

37 Jubilee Library Brighton and Hove City Council 38 Sheerness Clock Tower Andrew Brown 38 Boys ﬂoodlit football Sport England South East 39 Rushenden Heritage Trail Andrew Brown 40 Girl athlete Sport England South East SUSTAINABLE CULTURE, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

The Cultural Framework and Toolkit for Thames Gateway North Kent Toolkit 1. Introduction 2. A Shared Vision 3. The Life-Cycle 4. The Checklist 5. The Planning 6. Support and Shared of a Cultural Policy Context Available Priorities Project

Contents

1. Introduction 3 1.1 What is the Toolkit? 3 1.2 How to use the Toolkit 4

2. A Shared Vision and Shared Priorities 5 2.1 The Strategic Context for Culture in TGNK 5 2.2 The Shared Vision 6 2.3 The Shared Priorities for 2006–2016 6

3. The Life-cycle of a Cultural Project 8 3.1 Terminology used 8 3.2 The Life-Cycle Diagram 8

4. The Checklist 12 4.1 About the Checklist 12 4.2 Need 12 4.3 Viability 15 4.4 Inclusion 16 4.5 Leadership 17 4.6 Quality 18 4.7 Balance 19

5. The Planning Policy Context 20 5.1 About this Section 20 5.2 National Planning Policy 20 5.3 The South East Plan (Regional Spatial Strategy) 21 5.4 Local Planning Policies 22 5.5 Other Documents, Tools and Programmes 22

6. Support Available 23 6.1 Arts Council England, South East 23 6.2 Big Lottery Fund 27 6.3 Culture South East 30 6.4 English Heritage, South East Region 31 6.5 Heritage Lottery Fund, South East England 32 6.6 MLA South East 33 6.7 Sport England, South East 37 6.8 The Theatres Trust 39 6.9 Tourism South East 40

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1.1 What is the Toolkit? The Toolkit was prepared in conjunction with the Cultural Framework for TGNK. The Framework provides This Toolkit has been created to help deliver cultural an overview of how culture contributes to sustainable projects in Thames Gateway North Kent (TGNK). It is communities; an assessment of the current cultural intended for use by: provision in TGNK; the vision and guiding principles used in the Toolkit; and a discussion of the issues that • People whose responsibilities cover policy and will influence success at point of delivery. The Toolkit, planning for growth sites, including people by contrast, provides practical tools to help plan and in regional and sub-regional agencies and deliver relevant and successful cultural projects. – especially – in Local Authorities and Local Regeneration Partnerships. The term cultural project is used to denote any initiative • People in leadership or managerial roles in cultural in the cultural field that the public sector may be asked organisations in TGNK. to create, to manage, to support, to endorse or to fund, • People involved in planning, promoting or delivering from a small cultural event all the way to a large cultural cultural projects – both those operating within the facility. This can include cultural initiatives which are led ‘cultural sector’ and those operating within sectors by other sectors, such as the education sector; those which culture can add value to such as education, that are led by private developers in order to facilitate health, etc. planning approval or as a condition of it; and those which form one part of multi-part initiatives or mixed- use developments.

The Toolkit will be hosted online at www.seco.org.uk, the South East Cultural Observatory, and the information it provides will be updated at regular intervals. Return to Contents

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1.2 How to use the Toolkit • Finally, the Support Available section provides an overview of the support that each of the South East The Toolkit is relevant to every stage of development cultural agencies can offer to cultural projects. of a cultural project, from generation of the initial idea Each agency listing includes: through to delivery and evaluation. – Advice offered (whether from agency staff or • The Vision and Priorities for 2006 to 2016 agreed in the form of guidelines, toolkits and the like). by all stakeholders – together with the more detailed For example, Heritage Lottery Fund officers will discussion and background information in the advise on projects before a grant application is Framework – can help decide whether a proposed lodged; Sport England has a suite of documents project helps meet the cultural needs of TGNK. and tools to help plan sports provision. Combined with local knowledge they can also – Investment policy, funding programmes and help generate ideas for projects. opportunities. These can help form an initial • The Planning Policy section summarises the view of whether the agency might be interested key national, regional and local planning policy in funding a particular project. documents (PPSs, PPGs, etc.) which are relevant – PSA targets or equivalent, to relate the project to cultural projects, and which cultural projects to the agency’s targets. aiming to gain a broad base of support will have – CPA targets and tracking/evaluation to demonstrate alignment with. mechanisms. Monitoring and evaluation are • The Life-Cycle section outlines the progress of a becoming ever more important as agencies try cultural project from concept onwards, including to understand the impact of their work and get feasibility studies, funding, design and construction. better value from their grants – and cultural This has two main functions. First, it can be used to projects can use the same or similar tools for ask whereabouts in its life-cycle a project is, and ‘self-improvement’. For example, the MLA is thus to identify what should already have been done developing performance indicators for museums, and what needs to be done next. Second, it can be libraries and archives that will demonstrate their used to check whether the promoters of a project contribution to the quality of life and could be have a realistic understanding of how to progress included in local area agreements. Sport it. In addition, it provides a useful cross-reference England’s TAES (Towards an Excellent Service) between the stages of a project and of the provides a self-assessment framework for planning system and the Government’s sport and recreation services aiming for Gateway Review processes. continuous improvement. • The Checklist embodies the priorities and guiding – Key policy documents. principles for culture in TGNK. It can be applied to a – Contact information. project at any stage from concept onwards – at, of course, an appropriate level of detail for the stage it has reached. Project champions and promoters can use them – along with the rest of the Framework and Toolkit – to improve their projects and increase their chances of gaining support. Return to Contents

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2.1 The Strategic Context for Culture The Cultural Framework provides a full exploration of the strategic context for planning and delivering cultural in TGNK projects in TGNK. Selected key points include:

Culture resides within the very concept of sustainable • Adequate access to cultural activities and community1 as a place where people will want to live, opportunities, both within individual new that meets their diverse needs and offers a high quality neighbourhoods and across TGNK, is critical to of life and good services for all – a place, in fact, where: achieving sustainable communities and must be factored into planning from the start. • All parts of the community have access to a wide • The growth of TGNK should support the protection variety of cultural activities and opportunities, and enhancement of dedicated cultural facilities, which are enjoyed for their intrinsic value. and also the less formal cultural activities which • Organisations in all sectors work in a way that take place in homes, pubs, public spaces, schools, creates institutional value. places of worship, and so on. • Measurable social, economic and environmental • A balance has to be struck between supporting benefits demonstrate instrumental value. existing communities to realise their cultural aspirations, anticipating some of the cultural This means that to create sustainable communities in needs of incoming communities, and leaving TGNK, access to cultural activities and opportunities space for incoming communities to express their must be made available or created in parallel with own aspirations. housing development. Good cultural provision, • Cultural planning must recognise the current tailored to the local context, will: public policy emphasis on facilitating voluntary organisations to professionalise and become more • Attract people who might not otherwise consider accountable to the community, and to provide local moving to TGNK. services in collaboration with Local Authorities. • Bring together new and existing communities. • Culture will add value during the growth process, • Help deprived communities to raise their aspirations by helping to gain buy-in by existing communities, and reach their potential. to identify the components of the local sense of place, and to ensure distinctiveness and quality of new development. • It will be important to monitor the resources which are under development to measure the instrumental and other benefits of culture. As they become available, they can be used to demonstrate and strengthen the role of culture as a key component of sustainable communities. Return to Contents

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2.2 The Shared Vision 2.3 The Shared Priorities for 2006–2016

The aspirations for culture shared by all stakeholders The following have been identified, and agreed among can be summarised as: stakeholders, as the priorities for cultural development in TGNK from 2006 to 2016: “Putting Culture at the heart of Sustainability, putting Sustainability at the heart of Culture.” 1 Build capacity within the existing cultural sector in the areas of leadership, skills, audience development, and income generation and funding. heart o the f at This will enable it to provide a firm foundation for E R cultural development. Projects whose only purpose U S T People U L

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h growing and diversifying population, contemporary quality standards, and contemporary models for service delivery. 3 Ensure full access to relevant facilities and activities The vision champions the fundamental importance of at new street / new neighbourhood level. This is culture to developing sustainable communities in TGNK. as much part of the infrastructure of sustainable It places people and communities at its centre, in the communities as roads and schools. New facilities recognition that culture helps to develop successful (libraries, multi-purpose community hubs etc.) communities where bonds between individuals are will be needed and must be accessible to the forged and strengthened. Finally, it demonstrates the entire community. importance of the Sustainable Communities agenda 4 Ensure facilities and activities at local district / to developing TGNK’s cultural sector in a way that is borough / sub-regional level meet modern sustainable in terms of finance and participation. expectations for attractive and vibrant cities and towns. Medway’s central location within TGNK and its large local population make it an obvious candidate for sub-regional facilities, but equally important considerations include: • Site availability and infrastructure capacity • Location of existing facilities and activities • Leadership, management and funding capacity of development partners • Patterns of demand within catchment areas • Accessibility of major facilities and activities in • London and other parts of Kent. Return to Contents

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5 Maximise the potential of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to catalyse sporting and other infrastructure projects, to bring together existing and incoming communities, to raise the profile and activities of the local cultural sector, to increase participation and volunteering, and to uplift tourism and inwards investment.

In order to ensure sustainability, all cultural projects conceived to meet these priorities must be considered in terms of their entire life-cycle, and life-cycle costs. Return to Contents

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3.1 Terminology used 3.2 The Life-Cycle Diagram

The term cultural project is used to denote any initiative Every cultural project, large or small, short or long-term, in the cultural field that the public sector may be asked public or private sector, can be usefully viewed and to create, to manage, to support, to endorse or to fund, assessed in the context of its life-cycle, as illustrated in from a small cultural event all the way to a large cultural Exhibit 1 and explained below. Public sector involvement facility. This can include cultural initiatives which are led with a project may begin at any stage in the life-cycle, by other sectors, such as the education sector; those although the promoters of major cultural projects that are led by private developers in order to facilitate are strongly encouraged to seek support from Local planning approval or as a condition of it; and those Authorities and the South East cultural agencies at which form one part of multi-part initiatives or an early stage. mixed-use developments. Relating a cultural project to a stage of the life-cycle The term ‘project promoter’ denotes the person who concept allows the identification of what should is leading the development of the cultural project in have happened previously, what information should question. Again, this may be the manager of a cultural be available, and what should happen next. It also organisation, a professional in another sector, a private serves as a reminder of important questions such as developer, or a partnership of all of these. ‘Is there a budget for product renewal?’ Even if the project promoters have not explicitly structured their planning around the life-cycle concept – and in very small projects they probably will not have done so – it provides a valuable framework for understanding and appraising it.

Many details have been omitted or elided to prevent the diagram becoming too complex to be useful. For example, the one word ‘funding’ covers a process that may include multiple grant applications and a long- running fund-raising campaign. Likewise, the ‘Planning Process’ column identifies some of the key stages but does not attempt to capture the complexity of the actual process. Return to Contents

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Exhibit 1: Life-cycle of a cultural project

Project Life-Cycle Planning Process Gateway Reviews

Planning Policy Development Concept Framework

Needs Analysis Iterative reﬁnement Gateway Review 0 Strategic Assessment Development (repeat as required) Brief Pre-Feasibility

Initial funding Iterative reﬁnement Pre-application Gateway Review 1 discussions Business Justiﬁcation All projects Capital projects

Full Feasibility Study Schematic Design Funding Iterative Iterative Gateway Review 2

ibutions, etc. r refinement refinement Procurement Strategy Outline Planning Application Detailed Design Business Planning Iterative Elemental Cost Iterative refinement refinement Detailed Gateway Review 3 Investment decision Community and Stakeholder Consultation Planning Application Management Project Management and Operational Planning Construction

Gateway Review 4 Final Operational Planning Readiness for Service

Strategies, Community Plan, LAA, SPDs, developer cont Pre-opening

Monitoring and Evaluation Revenue support?

Operation Gateway Review 5 Beneﬁts Evaluation Capital injections? Product renewal (repeat as required) Refurbishment

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3.2.1 Project Life Cycle The yellow boxes in Exhibit 1 show the stages of a All projects should then pass through the stages in the project’s life-cycle, starting with concept and needs left branch of the diagram (although the formality and analysis. On the left, the blue and green bars show the level of detail will vary with the size, scope and cost of importance of the strategic and policy context and of the project). Capital projects involving the construction consultation with the community and with stakeholders. or refurbishment of cultural facilities will also pass Depending on the project, it may be affected by through the stages in the right branch – where the national, regional, sub-regional, local and even design decisions must be informed by needs analysis neighbourhood strategies, policies, and the like. and the feasibility and business planning – which in Increasingly, all but the smallest cultural projects turn must take into account the physical constraints will need to find their places in a framework of local of building and site. strategic partnerships, community plans, and local area agreements.

After the conceptual stage comes pre-feasibility and initial funding. For a major project this would involve (among other things) an initial market assessment of the market (audiences, visitors, etc.), the proposed ‘product’ and the competition; an outline business plan, to test financial viability; an initial estimate of capital and revenue costs; and a realistic initial funding plan to show where the money might come from. For a very small project, the process would be much less formal – but the same principles apply. Return to Contents

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The feasibility study is a vital stage. It would typically 3.2.2 The Planning Process include: a market assessment backed by research; The brown arrows in the second column of Exhibit 1 estimates of the size and cost of any buildings or other relate the life-cycle stages to the planning process. capital items involved; a business plan and financial Note the two-way relationship between the model (including estimates of all capital and revenue development framework or development brief costs and incomes, staffing, etc.); a realistic funding plan and strategy and concept appraisal. Sometimes, – and, of course, a good idea of just what the project the project concept will emerge from a development will deliver and the risks involved. brief; sometimes, the project concept comes first and the development framework or brief is written to include As always, the scale of the project matters. The feasibility the concept; and sometimes it is possible for each to study for a major capital project is likely to cost tens of shape the other in an iterative process. thousands of pounds and require specialist consultants, while that for a very small project might fit on the back 3.2.3 The Gateway Review Process of an envelope – but for most users of this Toolkit they Finally, the grey boxes in the third column of Exhibit 1 need to answer the same question: should we support show how the Gateway Review process used in central this project? government delivery programmes and procurement projects relates to the project life-cycle. It is not One strength of the ‘life-cycle’ approach is that it suggested that the Gateway process is appropriate ensures that any on-going costs of a project are taken for all cultural projects, but the principle of a series of into account as well as the costs of setting it up. This clear breakpoints at which the project must show its is vital when considering projects to create or enlarge value or be stopped is worth following. For more cultural facilities, because the long-term revenue costs information about the Gateway process, see the Office can dwarf the original capital cost. The red arrows of Government Commerce website (www.ogc.gov.uk/ around the Operation box serve as a reminder that: index.asp?id=377).

• Many cultural facilities and activities need ongoing revenue support. • Any continuing cultural activity or facility needs to budget for regular product renewal (but many do not). • Virtually every facility requires periodic refurbishment during its lifespan. • Meeting the cost of refurbishment and product renewal may require a capital funding injection (e.g. grants, sponsorship).

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4.1 About the Checklist 4.2 Need

This checklist is intended to help project promoters These are the initial top-level checklist items that and public sector assessors or prospective sponsors help form an initial view of whether a project to define, develop or assess cultural projects. Between deserves support. them, the items on the checklist reflect the Vision and the Guiding Principles of the Framework. A Does the project fit the Cultural Priorities? B Does the project fill a gap in existing provision? Because the checklist implements the guiding principles, (There is a presumption against duplication.) Does which are based on strategies and policies from it fulfil a statutory requirement? national, regional, sub-regional and local levels and C Does the project meet a demonstrable community have been endorsed by the stakeholder agencies and need? (For example, does it fit with the community authorities, a project that has strong answers to the plan; is it supported by community consultation; checklist’s questions will find it easier to gain can bottom-up support be demonstrated? Projects stakeholder support. should not be ‘parachuted’ in: the partial exception is the creation of cultural facilities in tandem with The checklist is not intended as a mechanical box- the development of a new neighbourhood.) ticking exercise. The questions must be considered in the context of the scale of the project and its demand – D If the project is for new-build, has the possibility of if any – on public resources (including ‘indirect’ resources refurbishing/re-using an existing facility or building such as Lottery funds and developer contributions). been adequately considered? The checklist can be applied anywhere in a project’s life-cycle, although different levels of detail are 1 Community Engagement appropriate at different stages and to different sizes This is too important to be consigned to a single item on of project. the checklist. Rather, several checklist items – especially C above and the Inclusion section below – probe a project’s relationship with the community. Unless there has been real community consultation, a project is unlikely to have good answers to these questions. Many projects can benefit from a much deeper process of engaging with their communities, so that the views and experiences of (actual or potential) residents, users, workers and others can contribute to shaping the project. Return to Contents

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2 New versus Refurbished Facilities This question can apply in several dimensions. For example:

• Should we refurbish (and/or expand) an existing facility or build anew? • Should a new facility be housed in a re-purposed and refurbished existing building, or in a new one? • If there is already an organisation managing the facility or activities in question locally, does it have the capacity to manage the new (or refurbished) facility? Can it be helped to develop the capacity? Or is a new organisation needed?

The table below summarises some of the considerations:

For new build For refurbishment • Building tailored to its purpose. • Retains heritage buildings and townscapes/ • Easier to design for flexibility of use. landscapes. • Opportunity for iconic architecture/design. • Does not disrupt existing patterns (users/visitors/ • Lower running and maintenance costs (unless the transport etc). design is too adventurous). • Easier to build community support. • Planning approval likely to be simpler.

Against new build Against refurbishment • Additionality/displacement issues: will a project harm • Suitable building may not exist. the viability of an existing facility? • Compromises necessary to fit new uses into • Perception of poor quality of many modern buildings. existing building. • Potential high cost of demolishing existing building • Can be difficult or impossible to meet modern and remediating site. standards (H&S, DDA etc. – but also HGV access for deliveries etc). • Cost can exceed that of new build.

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Key to symbols

Intrinsic value - the intellectual, emotional and spiritual î benefits that people gain from experiencing culture. Institutional value - the civic benefits that are created by engaging people in such a way that creates trust and mutual respect, celebrates shared values, and provides G a context for sociability and the enjoyment of shared experiences.

Instrumental value - the broad economic and social benefits that culture is often measured against, such è as local spend, educational attainment, health, job creation, etc. Return to Contents

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4.3 Viability

1 Taking a life-cycle view, is the project viable and sustainable? è G î

Can the project secure the necessary investment from both public and private sources (The level of detail and confidence should be appropriate to è the stage in the life-cycle.)

Is there a satisfactory feasibility study and/or business plan? (The level of detail should be appropriate to the stage in the life-cycle.) è

If the project involves a continuing operation, does the business plan show a satisfactory operating surplus? If not, will the necessary revenue subsidy è or underwriting be available?

Does the business plan make adequate allowance for costs such as building maintenance, periodical refurbishment, and product renewal? è G If not, will the money be available when needed?

Does the project offer significant economic benefits (in proportion to its scale 2 and location)? è

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4.4 Inclusion

The following checklist items cover a wide range of social issues.2

4 Will the project foster social inclusion and cohesion? è G

5 Will the project be appropriately accessible è

To people from different communities? G

To people from various cultures and faiths? G

To people with disabilities? G

Does the project focus appropriately on learning and take advantage of 6 è opportunities to support education and skills development?

7 Will the project benefit health and well-being in the community? è

8 Will the project foster a ‘sense of place’, community identity and belonging? G

Will the project take advantage of opportunities to reduce crime and anti- 9 è social behaviour?

Is the physical aspect of the project designed to deter crime and make è G people feel safer?

Is the project conceived to meet the needs of TGNK residents in the first 10 instance, and tourists second? î

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4.5 Leadership

Does the project have strong and appropriate ‘champions’ in the community, 12 in local government and in the cultural agencies? G

Is the necessary planning and management expertise available (or will be 13 available as needed)? G

Will the project enrich the cultural resource and capacity available to the 14 community (in proportion to its scale and location)? î G

Does the project show effective partnership across cultural, sectoral and 15 institutional boundaries? G

Does the project encourage involvement and participation by all 16 stakeholders and community members G

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4.6 Quality

Will the physical aspect of the project of be of high quality and meet relevant 18 national standards? î G

Will the artistic/sporting/etc. aspects be of high quality? (This does not mean that only elite activity should be supported, but that the flimsy or trivial î G should not be supported). Will they meet relevant national standards?

Will the project encourage innovation while acknowledging and 19 î G strengthening tradition and heritage?

20 Does the project build on best practice elsewhere? G

Will the project preserve, protect and enhance the built and 21 î è natural environment? Return to Contents

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4.7 Balance

Does the project achieve a balance between creating cultural facilities and 22 supporting cultural activity? î G If the project involves a physical facility, does it offer flexibility to support multiple uses? (This does not rule out specialised single-purpose facilities, 23 but it does require that the scope for multiple uses be properly considered at è the concept and strategy stage). If the project is to create a new cultural facility, programme or organisation, can its objectives be achieved as well or better through an existing one (e.g. 24 by providing support for refurbishment, capacity building, skills development, è audience development, etc.)? Return to Contents

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5.1 About this Section 5.2 National Planning Policy

This section provides a brief description of key planning Planning Policy Statements and the older Planning documents and tools that have particular relevance to Policy Guidance notes set out the Government’s cultural projects. It can be supplemented by information planning policy. All are available on the DCLG website; on the websites of the Department for Communities and the following are of particular importance to cultural Local Government and the Government Office for the projects. South East.3 • PPS 1, Delivering Sustainable Development stresses The planning system is currently undergoing significant that planning policy should: change at all levels: this gives the cultural sector an • ensure that the impact of development on the exceptional opportunity to work with planning social fabric of communities is considered and authorities to integrate culture into planning policy taken into account and in particular into the new Local Development • seek to reduce social inequalities Frameworks. • address accessibility (both in terms of location and physical access) for all members of the This section of the Toolkit will be updated at regular community to ... leisure and community facilities intervals. • take into account the needs of all the community, including particular requirements relating to age, sex, ethnic background, religion, disability or income • deliver safe, healthy and attractive places to live • support the promotion of health and well being by making provision for physical activity. • PPG 2, Green belts is relevant to the large areas of Dartford and Gravesham which are in the Metropolitan Green Belt. • PPS 6, Planning for Town Centres makes several points about the role of culture within town centres. These include ensuring that cultural, leisure and tourism activities, which appeal to a wide range of social and social groups, are spatially dispersed throughout the town centre; also that planning policies support evening and night-time economies which include a range of facilities from theatres and cinemas to public houses and restaurants. • PPS 7, Sustainable Development in Rural Areas is relevant to cultural facilities and activities in rural areas and to preservation of the natural heritage. • PPS 11, Regional Spatial Strategies sets out the procedural policy for Regional Spatial Strategies. Return to Contents

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• PPS 12, Local Development Frameworks sets out 5.3 The South East Plan (Regional the Government’s policy on the preparation of local development documents which will comprise the Spatial Strategy) local development framework. (PPG 12: Development Each English region is required to create a Regional Plans remains in operation for development plans Spatial Strategy – which will have statutory force – to still being prepared under the 1999 Development replace the former non-statutory Regional Planning Plan Regulations.) Guidance. The RSS will set out a broad development • PPG15, Planning and the historic environment strategy for its region for a 15 to 20 year period, (with Circulars 01/2001 and 09/2005) stresses consistent with PPSs and PPGs and with broad economic the importance of the historic environment to the and social objectives and plans within the region. It will quality of life and to maintaining ‘a sense of local provide a spatial framework to inform the preparation of distinctiveness’. It also notes the broader cultural local development documents and other sub-regional importance of ‘designed landscapes’. and local policies and documents that have a bearing • PPG 16, Archaeology and planning describes on land use. how archaeological remains are part of our sense of national identity and are valuable both for their The RSS for the South East is The South East Plan, own sake and for their role in education, leisure currently in draft and available from the website of the and tourism. South East England Regional Assembly.4 Item ix of the • PPG 17, Planning for Open Space, Sport and Preferred Spatial Strategy proposes a commitment to: Recreation (with Companion Guide ‘Assessing needs

and opportunities’) recognises the wide variety of “Protect and enhance the region’s key environmental, cultural activities that are supported by public open cultural and heritage assets, particularly those that spaces, in addition to formal sport and recreation are formally designated as being of international, facilities. It also discusses guidelines for per-capita national or regional importance.“5 or per-dwelling provision, and use of developer contributions. The South East Plan also identifies 21 ‘Regional Hubs’, • PPG 20, Coastal planning covers coastal towns or cities that should ‘aspire to ... provide a highly conservation and planning issues generally, and accessible focus for employment, community, retail, supplements PPG 17 in relation to cultural activities leisure and cultural services’.6 Two of these regional and /facilities in coastal areas. hubs are in TGNK: Ebbsfleet and Medway. The • PPG 21, Tourism provides advice on most aspects remainder include the nearby centres of Ashford, of planning for tourism, including the protection Canterbury and Maidstone. The sections of the South of ‘natural, historic or architectural features which East Plan most relevant to culture in TGNK are: attract tourists’. It recognises the overlap between tourism and other cultural activity. D8 Management of the Built and Historic • PPG 24, Planning and noise is relevant to outdoor Environment concerts and other potentially noisy cultural activities D9 Town Centres and facilities. D10 Tourism and Related Sports and Recreation D11 Social, Cultural and Health Dimensions E4 Kent Thames Gateway sub-region. Return to Contents

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5.4 Local Planning Policies 5.5 Other Documents, Tools and Programmes Local development frameworks are the new local spatial planning documents which are currently under • Growth and Regeneration in the Thames Gateway: development across TGNK and will translate national Interregional Planning Statement by the Thames and regional planning policy for the local context. Gateway Regional Planning Bodies (DCLG, 2004). These may be accompanied by supplementary planning • Circular 05/05, Planning Obligations provides documents or similar which are relevant or specific to revised guidance to Local Authorities on the use culture. For example Kent County Council’s Structure of planning obligations. Plan Policy S9 requires developments of 300+ dwellings • Planning Gain Supplement (PGS) is a proposed to provide land or premises to support the Council’s mechanism to capture for public benefit part of the 7 statutory library services. increase in land value that typically occurs when planning permission is granted. The Government The Local Regeneration Partnerships’ regeneration is currently consulting on a proposal to introduce a frameworks are the key policies guiding the growth of UK-wide PGS regime. According to the consultation each local area in TGNK. It will be important for cultural documents, most of the revenue from PGS ‘would projects to demonstrate fit with these key local policies; go back to the local level to help local communities also, for those leading cultural development to ensure share the benefits of growth and manage its that these key local policies make adequate impacts’, while the remainder would be used to 8 representation of culture. finance ‘regional and strategic infrastructure to promote growth’. Introduction of PGS would provide Community plans and local area agreements are also a national framework for allocating a proportion of important. These are, respectively, the expressions of planning gain to public purposes. This would reduce joint intent by all local service providers from Local the scope for local planning obligations. Authorities to emergency services to voluntary sector • Creating Cultural Opportunity in Sustainable organisations, and the joint funding agreements Communities is a programme to build current between all local service providers and Government. cultural planning techniques, such as the library Local Authorities or Local Strategic Partnerships may also example above, into a comprehensive toolkit to develop Cultural Strategies or similar focusing on culture. help the integration of culture into spatial planning. Led by a partnership of cultural consortia and agencies, it is being supported by a £500,000 grant from Treasury’s Invest to Save fund. For more information, please see the Arts Council and Culture South East entries in Section 6. Return to Contents

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The following pages contain information from the South 6.1 Arts Council England, South East East Cultural Agencies that offer assistance to strategic planners and others involved in cultural projects. Each Arts Council England is the national development entry begins with a brief description of the agency, and agency for the arts in England, working to promote the continues with information on: arts at the heart of national life and to reflect England’s rich and diverse cultural identity. It administers the • Advice and support available: what the agency can Lottery-funded Arts Capital and Grants for the Arts offer in terms of support and advice programmes, and provides regular funding for many • Any relevant accreditation schemes organisations through its Governmental grant-in-aid. • Any guidance, models and toolkits for planning ACE works in the regions via its nine regional offices facilities including Arts Council England, South East. • Investment policies • Funding programmes and opportunities Advice and Support Available • PSA (or equivalent targets) Arts Council England, South East employs and • CPA targets and tracking/evaluation mechanisms advises on: • Key policy documents • Contact information. • How to engage artists in masterplanning • Percent for Art policies • Specialist advice from Regeneration Officer and Public Art and Architecture Officer.

Arts Council recognises the importance of quality design and exciting local environments. We regularly fund Kent Architecture Centre and have been involved with the development and funding of Solent Architecture Centre and the emerging Milton Keynes South Midlands Architecture and Built Environment Centre, and we support Architecture Week.

Art Plus is a competitive award scheme led by Arts Council England, South East and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) which seeks to improve our environment – whether streets, schools or other public spaces – by including the creativity of artists in their design. It is an awards scheme for ideas for innovative public art projects that could take place in the South East. Applications for the third round of awards closed in May 2006. Return to Contents

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Arts Council is a partner in funding built environment diverse backgrounds across the country. It will be run by education work providing national models. arts organisations, schools, youth arts projects, youth clubs or community groups. Teachers, youth workers Art at the Centre is a pioneering Arts Council England and arts workers will be trained as young people’s Arts scheme that seeks to embed creativity within Award advisers. The Arts Awards have been designed regeneration practice across the region. The scheme to stimulate the growth of creative, social and has already had a positive impact on regeneration plans leadership skills. for Bicester, Reading and Slough and now is working in Maidstone, Swale and on the Isle of Wight. Art at the Facility Planning Guidance, Models or Toolkits Centre supports Local Authorities in the South East with Arts Council England is working in partnership with ambitious plans for urban renewal. Art at the Centre Sport England, the MLA and three Regional Cultural supports our core belief that sustainable regeneration Consortia to develop a model for investment in is built on more than bricks and mortar: when artists cultural infrastructure. are able to contribute from the outset to the regeneration process, the resulting master-planning and community Creating Cultural Opportunity in Sustainable involvement leads to real innovation with lasting Communities is an Invest to Save bid submitted to outcomes. Treasury with DCMS with a view to influence planning and policy to create a framework through which Arts Council England, South East also regularly funds communities can be culturally vibrant. An award of Artpoint, a creative company working with artists £500,000 (across eight organisations) was announced to support new thinking and practice for the built by Treasury in May 2006. The project’s objective is to environment and public space across the South East give people access to cultural opportunity in order to region. They believe that contemporary arts practice has enhance the sustainability and well-being of new and a central role to play in the development of our physical, expanding communities across England. In line with intellectual and social environments. Artpoint’s aim is to Government policy it aims to facilitate the efficient advocate and establish opportunities for artists to create development of a diverse, vibrant and creative local new work within public contexts. This includes public culture. In response to national changes in planning art commissioning, consultancy, research projects policy and regional housing development, the project and audience engagement activities as well as training will seek to achieve its objective by creating and testing and CPD work with planners, Local Authority officers a toolkit for cultural and spatial planning, to support and others. the work of the authorities tasked with managing areas of population growth and change across the country, Relevant Accreditation Schemes including priority areas identified in the Sustainable The Young People’s Arts Award from Arts Council Communities Plan. The project will produce replicable England is the first youth arts scheme accredited by the models for integrating access to cultural opportunity into Qualifications and Curriculum Authority that recognises the creation of sustainable communities. All the cultural the development of young artists and arts leaders. It will sectors will work with local planning and regeneration give thousands of young people the chance to enjoy the partners in four regions to create a nationally- arts, build their skills and lead projects in the community. applicable toolkit. The Award is available to young people from 13–25 from Return to Contents

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Investment policies • We use Grants for the Arts to help us achieve our five Arts Council England, South East, with partnership ambitions for the arts. These are: funding from SEEDA, commissioned Locum Consulting • Supporting the artist to research and look at future arts capital needs of the • Enabling organisations to thrive, not just survive region. The output from this piece of work is a Summary • Championing cultural diversity Report, Conclusions and Recommendations and a • Offering opportunities for young people Detailed Research Report. This information is now • Encouraging growth being used to develop an Arts Capital Action Plan for the region by Arts Council England, South East working PSA targets (or equivalent) in partnership with SEEDA. Arts Council England is the lead delivery agency in relation to the arts, for the PSA Targets between the We invest a major proportion of our funding in regional Treasury and DCMS. arts organisations which are responsible for some of the most creative work that is taking place in the south DCMS’ PSA 3 is to increase the take-up of cultural and east. These regularly funded organisations are often sporting opportunities by adults and young people aged regarded as ‘flagships’, making an impact that is 16 and above from priority groups. It includes targets on regional, national or international in its significance. sport, the arts, museums and galleries and the historic environment. The arts PSA3 target is: We have a small pot of managed funds, which can be put towards particular strategic projects that serve our To increase the number who participate in arts activity at case for investment. Art at the Centre is an example of least twice a year by 2% and increasing the number who an initiative supported with managed funds. attend arts events at least twice a year by 3% by 2008

Funding Programmes and Opportunities 1. The Technical Note to DCMS’ Public Service Agreement Grants for the Arts. Our grants are for individuals, arts identified the “priority groups” as those people: organisations and other people who use the arts in their work. They are for time limited arts-related activities • from black or minority ethnic groups i.e. defined that benefit people in England or that help artists and by themselves as Asian or British Asian (Indian, arts organisations in England to carry out their work. Pakistani & Bangladeshi, Other Asian Background); The activity must take place mainly in England. There Black or British Black (Black Caribbean, Black African, are some exceptions to this when artists or arts Other Black Background); Mixed Ethnicity; Chinese organisations from England are involved in activities and Other Ethnic Groups in other countries. • with a physical or mental disability i.e. defined by themselves as having any long-standing illness, • Grants to individuals – normally ranging from £200 disability or infirmity that limits their activities in up to £30,000 – funded by grant-in-aid (average any way. award in 2004/05 was £5000). • in socio-economic groups C2, D and E i.e. defined • Grants to organisations – normally ranging from by themselves as being in lower-socio economic £200 up to £100,000 – funded by National Lottery groups using the National Statistics Socio- (average award in 2004/05 was £18,000). Economic Classification. • Grants for national activities – normally ranging from £5,000 up to £200,000 – funded by National Lottery. Return to Contents

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2. “Participation” is defined as having engaged in at CPA targets and tracking / evaluation mechanisms least two of the following activities in the last 12 Arts Council England is working with the Audit months: ballet; other dance (not for fitness); played Commission and other cultural agencies to introduce a musical instrument for your own pleasure, to an new ways to work with Local Authorities to help improve audience or rehearse for a performance; sang to their performance in the arts (and other cultural sectors). an audience or rehearsed for a performance (not karaoke); written music; rehearsed or performed in We have worked with the Local Authority sector to play/drama or opera/operetta; painting, drawing, compile a list of eight potential PIs. One is included printmaking or sculpture; used a computer to create in CPA for 2007 and measures the actual number of original artworks or animation; photography as an schools with an Artsmark as compared to the potential artistic activity (not family or holiday ‘snaps’); made number of schools which could have an Artsmark. The films or videos as an artistic activity; textile crafts such second is currently being further developed through a as embroidery, crocheting or knitting; wood crafts process of consultation and proposes a checklist which such as wood turning, carving or furniture making; can be used to define a standard of service. This is other crafts such as calligraphy, pottery or jewellery planned for inclusion in CPA in 2008. making; or written any stories, plays or poetry. To count towards this target the respondent must have We have also developed Art at the Strategic Centre participated in at least two of the qualifying activities. as a self assessment toolkit and are currently beginning This has to be two different activities, not the same work with Local Authorities to roll this out nationally. one twice. We are also committed to supporting Local Authorities in working towards service improvement by providing 3. “Attendance” is defined as having attended at information through the Regional Commentary process least two of the following activities in the last 12 to inform Direction of Travel Statements. months: exhibition or collection of art, photography or sculpture; event which included video or electronic Arts Council will be involved with regional commentaries, arts; play/drama; other theatre performances (for which we will be doing in conjunction with all other example musical, pantomime); culturally specific cultural NDPBS over the course of the next 12 months. festival opera/operetta; classical music performance; They are only applicable to county and unitary Local jazz performance; other live music event; ballet; Authorities. They are part of the CPA process, but not contemporary dance, African people’s dance, South scored. They will provide more of a direction of travel Asian and Chinese dance; or other live dance event. statement. Nationally and regionally we are developing To count towards this target the respondent must the whole improvement agenda, very closely with have attended at least two of the qualifying events. the IDeA. This has to be two different events, not the same one twice.

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Key Policy Documents 6.2 Big Lottery Fund Ambitions into Action. Advice and Support Available Contact Information The South East regional office can talk to audiences Arts Council England, South East about the range of funding programmes on offer from Sovereign House the Big Lottery Fund (BIG). Individual applicants should Church Street call the Big Advice Line on 0845 410 2030 for advice Brighton BN1 1RA on the best programme for their project and for application packs. T: 0845 300 6200 F: 0870 242 1257 Facility Planning Guidance, Models or Toolkits E: [email protected] We can provide case studies of successful projects. W: www.artscouncil.org.uk The Big Lottery Fund has also conducted evaluations over a range of programmes which can be accessed from http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/publications.htm.

Funding Programmes and Opportunities The Big Lottery Fund will give out more than £2.3 billion between 2006 and 2009. We have now decided our list of new programmes in England. We expect to have launched most of them by summer 2006. The context for all our programmes is our mission to improve communities and the lives of people most in need. Each programme has three key themes:

• Supporting community learning and creating opportunity • Promoting community safety and cohesion promoting well-being.

These themes are supported by four outcomes – what we hope our funding will achieve:

• People having better chances in life, with better access to training and development to improve their life skills • Stronger communities, with more active citizens working together to tackle their problems • Improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy • Healthier and more active people and communities. Return to Contents

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Demand-led and strategic programmes Children’s Play Our programmes divide into two broad areas: demand- Budget: Up to £155m. Eighty per cent of the money will led and strategic. Demand-led programmes will be used to develop free, open-access play provision in encourage organisations and groups to bring their own the areas of greatest need. The remaining 20 per cent ideas and local solutions to us for funding. The strategic will be divided between: programmes will focus more on the type of outcomes we want our funding to achieve, although we will still • An innovation fund which will develop innovative encourage local solutions to local needs. practice in planning, design and delivery • Regional support and development infrastructure. Reaching Communities Budgets: to be set annually. First year budget £100m. This programme will support activities that are self- directed, creative and fun. The programme aims to: Reaching Communities aims to: • Create, improve and develop children and young • Bring real improvements to communities and to the people’s free local play spaces lives of people most in need, including those who • Develop innovative practice are hard to reach • Create a support and development infrastructure • Support projects that respond to the needs of • Promote the long-term strategic development of communities and actively involve them. play provision • Promote a long-term positive change in attitude Projects need to demonstrate how they meet at least regarding the importance of children’s play one of the Big Lottery Fund’s four outcomes. Voluntary • Ensure that all relevant local stakeholders engage and Community organisations, social enterprises and in the development of play strategies. statutory bodies such as schools will be eligible to apply, provided that they meet the programme criteria. Environmental Budget: Up to £324m comprising up to £90m for a joint Voluntary and Community Sector Infrastructure parks programme with Heritage Lottery Fund; up to Budget: Up to £155m. Second bidding window Spring £234m focusing on community spaces, community 2007; Third bidding window Spring 2008. enterprise and access to the natural environment (Changing Spaces). The programme will fund projects from infrastructure organisations that: The Parks programme will aim to:

• Increase the resources available to voluntary and • Provide better parks which are accessible to all and community organizations relevant to the needs of their communities • Increase voluntary and community organisation • Increase community involvement and pride in parks skills in: improve safety • Planning and management • Increase the number of skilled rangers, conservation • Financial management and funding officers and volunteers • Influencing national and local policy practice • Ensure long-term maintenance and management by • learning and sharing learning Local Authorities and communities. • Governance • Improve the sustainability of infrastructure, including Return to Contents capital for voluntary sector resource centres.

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The Changing Spaces programme has three Young People’s Fund priority areas: Budget: Current programme £157.5m. Extension up to £100m • Community spaces – developing good quality, accessible community spaces which local people The YPF programme has a number of strands including can take pride in three which are demand-led: National Grants, Grants to • Local community enterprise – making the links Organisations and Grants to Individuals. between food, exercise and health, encouraging the sustainable use and reuse of resources and building Advice Services sustainable local economy Budget: Up to £50m • Access to the natural environment – improving the natural environment and encouraging access. This programme will have three aims:

Well-being (Healthy Lifestyles Initiative) • Improving the infrastructure of advice services Budget: Up to £165m (£45m for healthy eating projects). • Strategic service delivery • Local innovation, planning and partnerships. The Healthy Lifestyles Initiative will aim to: Research • Increase participation in physical activity including Budget: Up to £25m travel The aim of this programme will be to influence local • Educate communities about healthy eating and national policy and practice by funding the • Develop early intervention approaches to common production and dissemination of evidence based mental health problems. knowledge.It will support research on issues identified by the VCS; increase VCS capacity to do research into International Grants programme areas that are of interest to them; help the VCS to use Budget: Up to £60m and disseminate research; involve beneficiaries and users; help develop better services for beneficiaries; Community Learning and promote partnerships between the VCS and the Budget: Up to £120m. Comprises two strategic research community. programmes: Community Libraries (up to £80m) and Family Learning (up to £40m). Community Buildings Budget: Up to £50m Community Libraries intends to support the development of a number of flagship community This programme will mainly fund capital support for libraries. These will provide a place for lifelong learning community buildings. Strong user and community within disadvantaged areas. It includes a wider range engagement will be expected for any building funded. of activities, roles and partners than those traditionally We want to make sure that the provision makes sense provided by most libraries. This will help to develop their in the whole local context and that the management of potential to offer a focus for community activity and any building funded have the skills needed to make the development by widening their traditional role and building a genuine facility for the whole community. providing a community resource. The Family Learning programme will focus on wider family issues, family relationships and support activities that will improve Return to Contents numeracy, language and literacy skills or accreditation.

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Supporting the third sector 6.3 Culture South East Sixty to seventy per cent of our money over this period will go to voluntary and community organisations. We Culture South East is one of eight regional cultural are currently in discussion with a number of external consortia set up in 2000 by the Secretary of State for partners to determine how we monitor and report Culture, Media and Sport. Its goal is to engage against this undertaking. constructively with agencies, Local Authorities and other providers of cultural support. Its main task is to lead and Key Policy Documents assist with the relevant analysis and understanding of Big Lottery Fund: Our Mission and Values. the challenges and opportunities facing the region and the sector, and to articulate and advocate a vision for the Contact Information future, some main lines of development, and targets for T: 0845 410 2030 (Big Advice Line) their achievement at the regional level. W: www.biglotteryfund.org.uk Advice and Support Available CSE is one of the partner organisations supporting the TGNK Cultural Coordinator post, but cannot provide direct assistance to work with local partners.

Facility Planning Guidance, Models or Toolkits

• CSE is developing the South East Cultural Observatory which will be launched summer 2006. This will include on-line policy guidance and intelligence relating to the way in which culture can be embedded into national, regional and local policy agendas. These will include sustainable communities, growth areas, local government, regeneration, health, and the planning system. The Observatory will also include interactive sections to facilitate the sharing of good practice. The CSE website already includes sections on the growth areas and local area agreements, which will migrate to the Observatory in due course. • CSE, in partnership with other Regional Cultural Consortia and national cultural NDPBs, has successfully applied to the Treasury Invest to Save fund and secured funding on an incremental basis to for Creating Cultural Opportunity in Sustainable Communities, a tool kit to support planners in considering how culture can be integrated into the land use planning system and used to support the sustainable communities agenda. This project will

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London as well as the West Country and the 3 pilot 6.4 English Heritage, South East Region regions (Milton Keynes South Midlands, Thames Gateway Essex, and the Black Country). The project English Heritage is the Government’s statutory adviser is currently being scoped and details of the on the historic environment. Its role is to champion and implementation plan will be available summer 2006. care for the historic environment which it does by:

Funding Programmes and Opportunities • Improving understanding of the past through CSE is not a funding agency. research and study • Providing conservation grants, advisory and Key Policy Documents education services The Cultural Cornerstone: a strategy for the development • Identifying and helping to protect buildings and of cultural activity and its benefits in the South East archaeological sites of national importance The Cultural Agenda: realising the Cultural Strategy • Maintaining over 400 historic properties and CSE Annual Report 2005 making them accessible to the broadest possible Making Life Better public audience Living Spaces • Maintaining the National Monuments Record All are available on the CSE website. English Heritage’s South East regional office covers the Contact Information TGNK area. Culture South East Government Office for the South East Advice and Support Available Bridge House English Heritage welcomes early discussions on 1 Walnut Tree Close proposals for cultural projects that affect nationally Guildford, Surrey GU1 4GA important historic sites, buildings and designed landscapes and can facilitate project development T: O1483 882696 through advice on conservation and management E: [email protected] of historic assets. Its specialist staff can support education and training, and work with partners better to understand and communicate the value of the historic environment.

Facility Planning Guidance, Models or Toolkits In association with CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment), English Heritage has produced Building in Context to assist with design in historic places and is rolling out a toolkit-based programme of Building in Context workshops. Heritage Works is a toolkit that contains the combined experience of English Heritage, RICS and the British Property Foundation and helps to support the case for re-using historic buildings. See also Investment in Cultural Infrastructure – Culture

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Investment Policies 6.5 Heritage Lottery Fund, South East English Heritage can help people with realising the potential of the historic assets in their care through England investment of time and expertise as well as money. Advice and Support Available In the South East our priorities are: Heritage Lottery Fund South East England’s Development Team can advise on whether projects meet HLF criteria • Buildings, monuments and landscapes at risk for funding. • Management agreements for scheduled monuments • Local Authority partnership schemes in Facility Planning Guidance, Models or Toolkits conservation areas Heritage Lottery Fund produce a range of guidance on • Building capacity for the management of the producing documents that support successful projects, historic environment. including: Business Plans; Conservation Management Plans; Training Plans; Access Plans; Audience PSA Targets Development Plans; and evaluation projects involving PSA 3: by 2008, increase the take-up of cultural and young people. Other guidance covers building projects, sporting opportunities by adults and young people archives, arts and heritage education projects, and aged 16 and above from priority groups by increasing helping projects meet the needs of people with the number visiting designated historic environment disabilities. Although the documents are intended for sites by 3%. people who are seeking Heritage Lottery funding for projects, much in them is more widely relevant. English Heritage is addressing this by increasing public awareness of the historic environment, broadening Investment policies access through outreach projects and Heritage Open Heritage Lottery Fund distributes lottery good causes Days, and stimulating interest, especially through funding. In the UK there are a numb er of programmes innovative events. that will help us to deliver our themes and outcomes. The size of grant depends the programme that you Key Policy Documents apply to, as does requirements for partnership funding. • Growing Places: Heritage and a sustainable future More information on our programmes is available from for the Thames Gateway www.hlf.org.uk • Making the Past Part of our Future: English Heritage Strategy 2005-10 Funding Programmes and Opportunities • English Heritage in the South East 2006-08 Heritage Lottery Fund awards grants over £5,000 • People and Places: a response to Government and within the region. We help groups and organisations of the Value of Culture all sizes with projects that aim to: conserve and enhance the UK’s diverse heritage; encourage more people to be Contact Information involved in, and make decisions about, their heritage; English Heritage South East Region and make sure that everyone can learn about, have Eastgate Court access to and enjoy their heritage. An application form 195-205 High Street and guidance notes are available on www.hlf.org.uk. Guildford GU1 3EH Awards for All grants of between £500 and £5,000. T: 01483 252000 E: [email protected] Return to Contents W: www.english-heritage.org.uk

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PSA targets (or equivalent) 6.6 MLA South East No PSA targets. However, the Heritage Lottery Fund aims to support work designed to care for the heritage and to MLA (the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council) is help people to experience and enjoy it. Our key criteria sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and are to: Sport and substantially funds the independent agencies in the regions. They are known collectively as ‘The MLA • Encourage more people to be involved in and make Partnership’ and work together to support museums, decisions about their heritage libraries and archives nationally and regionally to • Conserve and enhance the UK’s diverse heritage improve lives through knowledge, to support learning, • Ensure that everyone can learn about, have access inspire creativity and celebrate identity. MLA currently to and enjoy their heritage. operates two grant schemes: the MLA/V&A Purchase Fund for purchase of objects relating to the arts, CPA targets and tracking / evaluation mechanisms literature and history by museums, galleries, record Heritage Lottery Fund undertakes a range of evaluation repositories and specialist libraries; and the PRISM Fund studies that explores the impact of our funding. These for acquisition and/or conservation of a movable object evaluations focus on the impact of our different funding or group of objects illustrating the history of any branch programmes and include investigating the social, of science or technology. economic, environmental and educational benefits. For more information see www.hlf.org.uk/English/ MLA South East drives the four strategic aims of the PublicationsAndInfo/AccessingPublications/Research+ partnership in the South East region: to increase and and+consultation.htm. sustain participation; to put museums, libraries and archives at the heart of national, regional and local life; Key Policy Documents to establish a world class and sustainable sector and Broadening the Horizons of Heritage: Heritage Lottery put it on the best footing for the future; and to lead Fund Strategic Plan 2002–2007 sector strategy and policy development.

Contact Information Advice and Support Available South East England Team MLA South East works with museums, libraries and Heritage Lottery Fund archives to: 7 Holbein Place London, SW1 8NR • Provide strategic leadership and advocacy • Ensure that the sector’s contribution to the region’s T: 020 7591 6171 cultural, social and economic development is W: www.hlf.org.uk recognised • Offer development services, funding advice and a grants programme to help the sector innovate and modernise • Assist with management of collections and information resources to meet people’s needs, and to deliver high quality services and resources • Help the sector inform and inspire through creative learning and improving access

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• Encourage the creation of online services across the The Scheme also sets out to raise standards across sector to support the learning and skills development the sector. Designated collections are expected to work of the South East towards the provision of high quality services, which • Collect and share data and evidence to support the deliver the fullest possible access to their collections. sector’s work. Benchmarks in Collection Care is a self-assessment Renaissance is a ground-breaking MLA investment checklist to help organisations in the sector identify programme in regional museums to make them great how well they are caring for their collections, give an centres of life and learning, closely connected to their indication of where and what improvements might be localities, which people want to use. The programme needed, and provide a practical framework for enables regional museums to raise their standards measuring future progress. and make a real difference to learning, social inclusion and economic regeneration. The network of Museum MLA South East has developed resources to assist Local Development Officers share skills and staff with other Authorities in achieving standards and performance venues around them, fostering partnerships between measures for museums, libraries and archives. Local regional and national museums, and across museums, Authority cultural provision often includes independent libraries and archives, as well as forging new ventures cultural organisations which receive annual funding for that cross culture, education, tourism and community core services such as premises and staff. These services action. are also considered when assessing the performance of cultural services in a Local Authority area. Relevant Accreditation Schemes The Museum Accreditation Scheme is the minimum Other relevant programmes include: standard for museums. Requirements for Museum Accreditation cover governance and management, user • Public Library standards services, visitor facilities and collection management. • TNA inspection and BS5454 standards for archives • Access to Archives guidance. The MLA Designation Scheme celebrates and promotes England’s most important and culturally valuable Facility Planning Guidance, Models or Toolkits collections, so they can be fully enjoyed by many Museum, Library and Archive Provision and New generations to come. The Scheme: Development in the South East, by Prof Martin Elson. This report helps Local Authorities ensure that the • Identifies nationally significant cultural assets in right planning guidance is in place to raise funds for museums, libraries and archives museums, libraries and archives by providing a guide • Reveals the strengths of England’s leading collections to the key ingredients of a successful local planning described by geographic area, subject and quality scheme and examples of good practice. • Guards against the neglect or disposal of the nation’s treasures Securing Developer Contributions for Museum, Library • Helps to ensure that funding can be directed and Archive Facilities in the South East – Guidance Note, rationally by Prof Martin Elson. The Guidance Note provides advice • Helps to build a popular understanding for planning and library authorities, explaining the legal of our shared entitlement to our heritage. basis of planning obligations, the most effective process to use, and provides some examples of successful implementation. Return to Contents

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The South East Public Library Tariff. Recommends that Collections for All is a national advocacy campaign Local Authorities in the South East adopt a minimum to highlight the social, economic, professional and library tariff of £90 per person in new housing in the knowledge impact of good collections management region, for negotiation with developers. in museums. The Collections for All campaign aims to bring together compelling evidence of the positive Inspiring Learning for All (ILfA) is a web-based impact of collections information management. MLA framework to help museums, archives and libraries South East offers grants to assist museums, libraries achieve excellence in supporting learning while making and archives demonstrate this positive impact with themselves more inclusive and accessible (www. the Collection for All grants. inspiringlearningforall.gov.uk) . The Creativity Grants scheme aims to encourage MLA South East is a partner with Arts Council England, creativity in staff in the museums, libraries and archives South East, Culture South East and others in Creating of the South East. The scheme will be run again shortly, Cultural Opportunity in Sustainable Communities. details of which will appear on this website.

Investment policies and Funding Programmes Registered and newly Accredited museums, and those MLA South East aims to support the sustainable actively working towards Accreditation, are eligible to development of the region’s museums, libraries apply for Museum Development Fund grants of up to and archives to ensure they contribute to the cultural, £2,000. These grants are administered by each of the educational, social and economic life of the region. South East’s Museum Development Services. In 2006/07, To that end our grant programmes focus on furthering regional projects will be supported through the Regional regional priorities and action, including filling research Strategic Grants Programme (£100-£15,000) which gaps, supporting model or exemplar projects and enable innovation and support the modernisation of helping initiatives which support collaborative working services and innovation. or economies of scale. MLA South East wants to support programmes, research or initiatives that further the PSA Targets (or Equivalent) collective interest of the sector and that ensure the DCMS PSA target number 3 (to increase the take-up sector is a sustainable, accessible and valued part of of cultural and sporting opportunities by 16 and above regional life. from priority groups by 2008) is broken down into four performance indicators aimed at specific sectors. MLA South East works to maximise access to investment One of these - increasing the number accessing and funding for museums, libraries and archives museums and galleries collections by 2% - applies through new research, providing information, advice directly to MLA nationally. MLA aims to meet this target and development support, including funding. We aim through the Renaissance in the Regions programme, to support the sustainable development of the region’s delivered through the South East Museum Hub. museums, libraries and archives to ensure they contribute to the cultural, educational, social and economic life of the region. Return to Contents

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CPA targets and tracking / evaluation mechanisms Contact Information The MLA Partnership has worked with the Audit MLA South East Commission to develop Museum Accreditation as a CPA 15 City Business Centre Performance Indicator, including a structured framework Hyde Street for agreeing targets and measuring development Winchester, Hampshire SO23 7TA beyond the minimum standard. Museum Accreditation is proposed for inclusion in CPA from 2007. T: 01962 858844 F: 01962 878439 Three further museum and archive performance E: [email protected] indicators are proposed for inclusion in CPA from 2008: W: www.mlasoutheast.org.uk

• The number of volunteers working in museum/ archive services per 1,000 head of population • Cost per usage of museum/archive services • Satisfaction of users of archive services.

In addition, the MLA Partnership and the sector will continue to develop performance indicators for the sector that could potentially be included within developing performance frameworks post-2008, or within local area agreements. These indicators should be applicable across the sector and help demonstrate the contribution that museums and archives make to improving quality of life for individuals and communities.

Key Policy Documents

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6.7 Sport England, South East Relevant Accreditation Schemes Clubmark is the accreditation scheme for sports clubs Sport England is the strategic lead for delivering the with junior sections. Accreditation is associated with Government’s sporting objectives, and works to create increased membership and profile, and effective club opportunities for people to start in sport, stay in sport development. and succeed in sport. It distributes both Lottery and Exchequer funds. Sport England works through The Design and Technical Guidelines section of www. nine regional offices, in tandem with their regional sportengland.org recommends standards for the sports boards. majority of sports facilities.

Sport England South East (SE) works to maximise the Facility Planning Guidance, Models or Toolkits contribution of the South East to the realisation of Sport Active Places Power (www.activeplacespower.com) England’s vision and objectives. It distributes Lottery and includes a database of sports facilities throughout other Sport England funds in the region. England, and user friendly planning models that use population statistics, census information and drive times Advice and Support Available to calculate supply and demand for sports facilities. The Delivery Team can: These can guide facility investment and strategies.

• Offer advice on sports development, workforce The Planning for Sport section of Sport England’s development and capacity building for the website www.sportengland.org/spatialplanning sports sector contains a suite of advisory documents and tools, • Support access to funding covering sports policy formation to planning obligations • Support liaison with National Governing Bodies to evaluation of sports projects. Many of these focus on of Sport the spatial planning system.

The Investment Team can offer advice on: Investment policies Sport England South East distributes Sport England • Building design, construction and operation Community Investment Fund grants in the region. It is • Project management for capital or revenue schemes unlikely that large requests for a single grant award over • Asset utilisation to get the most from existing projects £400,000 will be funded and that projects requesting less than £50,000 for capital and £30,000 for revenue The Performance and Improvement Team can offer will be funded. Priority will normally be given to projects advice on: that have a substantial element of partnership funding secured from a range of sources particular to the • Monitoring and Evaluation of projects project, which should exceed the government’s stated • Linking your project to the Local Authority lottery funding ratio of 2:1 i.e. 65% Applicant:35% Improvement agenda, especially Comprehensive Sport England. Performance Assessment and Local Area Agreements Grants are allocated according to the priorities in • Using the Active People data to support development Mission Possible: the South East Plan for Sport, the of your project National Framework for Sport and the Regional Sports Board’s Regional investment criteria. These documents, an application form and guidance notes are available Return to Contents on www.sportengland.org.

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Funding Programmes and Opportunities Sport England has committed significant resources to Sport England National invests in 30 Priority Sports collecting PI data on behalf of Local Authorities through through the national governing bodies for sport, each the National Benchmarking Service, Active Places and of which allocates resources according to a Whole the Active People survey. Sport Plan. Sport England has also developed the Towards an Sport England South East awards capital and Excellent Service (TAES) system of self-assessment and revenue grants over £5,000 within the region. external validation, which can be used just for Local This is the Community Investment Fund explained Authority sports services, or across cultural services above. Application form and guidance notes are as a whole. available at www.sportengland.org. Key Policy Documents Awards for All offers capital and revenue grants of • Mission: Possible, the South East Plan for Sport between £300 and £10,000. 2004–2008. • Mission Possible, Priorities for Action PSA targets (or equivalent) Sport England is charged by DCMS to work towards Contact Information these PSA targets: Sport England South East 51a Church Street • PSA 1: to enhance the take-up of sporting Caversham opportunities by 5-16 year olds so that the Reading RG4 8AX percentage of school children who spend a minimum of two hours each week on high- T: 0118 948 3311 quality PE and school sport within and beyond W: www.sportengland.org the curriculum rises from 25% in 2002 to 75% by 2006 and 85% by 2008. • PSA 2: to halt the year-on-year increase in obesity among children under 11 years by 2010, as part of the broader strategy to tackle obesity in the population as a whole. This target is shared with the Department for Education and Skills and the Department for Health. • PSA 3: to increase the take-up of cultural and sporting opportunities by 16 and above from priority groups by 2008.

CPA targets and tracking / evaluation mechanisms Sport England has developed a basket of robust PIs for sport and physical activity, which will be introduced during 2006 and 2007. These measure participation, volunteering, equity, value for money, and choice & opportunity. Return to Contents

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6.8 The Theatres Trust Theatres serve an important role in regeneration and development by pulling people into town centres from The Theatres Trust is the advisory non-departmental far and wide. The combination of providing a unique public body sponsored by the DCMS to promote the experience for visitors with an attractive product all better protection of theatres for the benefit of the nation. bolstered by a theatre’s marketing activity, creates life The Trust focuses on safeguarding existing theatres and in run-down areas, delivers secondary spending that improving the planning environment for theatres across benefits local businesses and jobs, and sustains a England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. building whose design and appearance enhances the built environment. The Theatres Trust offers advice on theatres in five areas – Planning, Regeneration & Development, Advice and Support Available Architecture & Design, Heritage and Theatre providing: The Theatres Trust’s Planning Team provides statutory consultation to local planning authorities (and pre- • Statutory consultation within the planning system; application consultation for applicants) on planning • Facilitation in the development of new theatres and and listed building consent applications that affect in the redevelopment, refurbishment and renovation land on which there is a theatre, or upon which theatres of existing theatres; depends for their use. The General Development Order • Education, information provision and research and (1995) requires under Article 10 (v) that all planning publications to improve public awareness and create authorities must consult the Trust before a decision is opportunities to understand and value theatres; issued on any planning application or development • Quality assurance through working with partners involving land on which there is a theatre as defined to improve theatres and theatre planning; and in the 1976 Act. • Policy development by contributing to, advising and leading on initiatives that help to protect theatres. The Team also contributes to planning policy development including LDFs, UDPs, SPDs, RSSs, Theatres contribute to achieving sustainable planning briefs, planning obligations and contributions, communities and community cohesion and are and strategic planning of theatre provision within in important cultural anchors for town centres, reflecting town centres, regeneration, heritage, conservation, local life and helping to form and project cultural identity listed buildings, architecture, tourism, and Planning and local success. They are important places of public Policy Statements (PPSs). assembly, providing intimate and engaging spaces where people can be entertained, meet other members The Trust recognises the importance of ensuring that of their community and welcome visitors. theatres serving local and wider communities share the benefits of regeneration and development through As well as ensuring the provision of larger regional the Planning system including theatres: theatres, securing local theatres and providing well designed theatre spaces within community centres and • In town and city centres, and coastal and rural settings; education facilities ensures that people have access to • Planned as part of development schemes; live theatrical entertainment which meets a range of • Planned within regeneration and sustainable audience and cultural expectations. These can include communities areas: touring musicals, dance companies, concerts, nationally • Whose catchments include regeneration and and regionally produced professional plays, locally development areas; and those • Affected by planning, design and heritage primary Return to Contents produced amateur and community productions, and youth theatre. and secondary legislation.

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Relevant Accreditation Schemes 6.9 Tourism South East The Theatres Trust works closely with professional and statutory bodies representing architecture, Tourism South East (TSE) is the regional body dedicated design, construction, heritage and conservation, to fostering tourism growth and innovation in the South theatre consultants, and theatre technicans and refers East region – a partnership of industry with regional and to and advises on the development of quality assurance local government. It is a company limited by guarantee standards relating to theatres. and receives its primary funding from SEEDA. TSE is the largest tourism organisation in England outside London Facility Planning Guidance, Models or Toolkits and operates with a budget of £7million. The Theatres Trust’s website - www.theatrestrust.org.uk provides information on publications available from the Advice and Support Available Trust including Advice Notes covering local development TSE provides a wide range of services and advice to the frameworks and guidance on understanding and using tourism industry including; Development Plans. The Theatres Trust maintains the most comprehensive database on theatres in the UK Skills and Training. TSE is the lead regional tourism (in use, in other uses, partly and fully demolished). The organisation for training in England, with over 5000 Trust contributes to the assesment of theatre provision participants on courses annually. TSE also undertake and guides investment and future planning of provision the administration, marketing and quality assurance across the UK. for the Welcome to Excellence suite of courses.

Funding Programmes and Opportunities Research. Drawing together over 15 years of research The Theatres Trust is looking at the potential for provision experience, the TSE research unit offers a broad base of of Theatre Planning Facilitation Grants to help theatre professional expertise in tourism and leisure research applicants prepare planning applications, contribute to and market intelligence. development and planning briefs and maximise benefits and contributions from the planning system. Development. The TSE Development team works with partners on rural, resort and urban programmes, Key Policy Documents identifies and builds market opportunities for new The Theatres Trust Annual Report product areas and sector specific developments, and The Theatres Trust Magazine (Quarterly) provides advice and information to new and existing businesses. Contact Information The Theatres Trust Marketing. TSE provides a comprehensive range of 22 Charing Cross Road marketing opportunities to public and private sector London WC2H 0QL partners. Campaigns are informed by latest consumer research and use latest innovative marketing T: 020 7836 8591 techniques. F: 020 7836 3302 E: [email protected] Membership. TSE has over 2,000 members drawn W: www.theatrestrust.org.uk from all sectors of the industry. Membership fees directly support the operation of the relevant TSE sub regions as well as central activity. Substantial savings accrue from

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E – Business. This department works to make full use of the new media to get our message and product across to an increasingly internet literate market and to help the industry benefit from the reduced costs that e-commerce and e-marketing offers.

Visitor Information Services (VIS). The VIS team offer a Tourist Information Centre contract management service and already run a large number of operations on behalf of Local Authorities across the region. In addition the team gives advice and support to all TICs in the regions to help them meet National TIC Network Standards. They also offer training and other support services.

Quality Assurance. Consumer demands and expectations change all the time and a successful industry must continually strive to improve the quality of the tourism experience. A key part of TSE’s Regional Strategy is to continue to support the industry in developing a total quality experience for consumers using the tourism products in the South East.

Relevant Accreditation Schemes TSE can offer advice and guidance regarding inspection and grading schemes for accommodation and visitor attractions.

Key Policy Documents • Tourism ExSEllence – The Strategy for Tourism in the South East • Tourism South East Corporate Plan 2006 – 2009 • South East England Tourism Skills and Workforce Development Strategy 2006 – 2010 • Major Sports Events Strategy for the South East Region

Contact Information Tourism South East 40 Chamberlayne Road Eastleigh Hampshire SO50 5JH

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Photography

Front cover Image Photographer Girls netball Sport England South East Medway library user Medway Council Father and child at Gosport Library Hampshire County Council Rochester Castle Curtain Wall Medway Council Woman showjumper Sport England South East Gravesend Big Day Out North West Kent Racial Equality Council

Rollerblade contest Sport England South East

Older man walking Sport England South East 3 The Ropery, Chatham Historic Dockyard Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust 7 Girl athlete Sport England South East 10 Rochester Sweeps Festival Medway Council 14 Living Archive Living Archive 15 Sandwich Festival Jam Ltd. 17 Info Box proposal for Central Milton Keynes Arts Council England, South East by Thomas Heatherwick

18 Chatham Marina SEEDA 19 Rushenden Heritage Trail Andrew Brown 30 Southampton Public Art SEEDA 36 Chatham Maritime SEEDA 41 Rochester Dickensian Christmas Festival Medway Council Return to Contents

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The Cultural Framework and Toolkit for Thames Gateway North Kent Appendices 1. Mapping 2. Arts Mapping 3. Sport Mapping 4. Heritage 5. Community and 6. Lottery Funding Methodology Mapping Other Cultural Awards Mapping

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1. Mapping Methodology 3 1.1 Context 3 1.2 Methodology 3 1.3 Presentation 4 1.4 Caveats 4

2. Arts Mapping 5 2.1 Overview 5 2.2 Arts Facility Data by Local Area 9 2.3 Arts Activity Indicator Data by Local Area 11

3. Sport Mapping 19 3.1 Overview 19 3.2 Sports Facility Data by Local Area 24 3.3 Sports Activity Indicator Data by Local Area 29

4. Heritage Mapping 35 4.1 Overview 35 4.2 Heritage Facility Data by Local Area 39 4.3 Heritage Activity Indicator Data by Local Area 42

5. Community and Other Cultural Mapping 44 5.1 Overview 44 5.2 Community and Other Cultural Facility Data by Local Area 49 5.3 Community and Other Cultural Activity Indicator Data by Local Area 63

6. Lottery Funding Awards 76 6.1 Data Sources 76 6.2 Overview 76 6.3 Arts 78 6.4 Sport 80 6.5 Heritage 82

Photography on cover: clockwise from top left, Girls netball (Sport England South East); Medway library user (Medway Council); Father and child at Gosport Library (Hampshire County Council); Rochester Castle curtain wall ( Medway Council); Woman showjumper (Sport England South East); Gravesend Big Day Out (North West Kent Racial Equality Council); Rollerblade contest (Sport England South East); Older man walking (Sport England South East). Return to Contents

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1.1 Context 1.2 Methodology

The majority of growth in TGNK will take place in The mapping exercise was purely quantitative. It drew close proximity to existing settlements; and the most on a variety of commercial and Local Authority data successful cultural projects often originate within local sources to provide an indicative but not comprehensive communities. Taken together these principles highlight count of: the importance of understanding, and working with, TGNK’s existing cultural sector when planning for future • Facilities, i.e. the places where people go to growth. To facilitate this, a headline assessment of the experience or practice culture). existing sector was carried out. It comprised a mapping • Activity indicators, i.e. the clubs, societies, teachers, exercise, a review of national lottery funding awarded, coaches and so on which underpin participation in and stakeholder consultation. The conclusions drawn culture. from the assessment are presented with the Cultural Framework. The sources used included:

• Local Authority websites; • Local Authority databases listing facilities, community clubs and activities: – Dartford ‘Community Connects’ online events database; – Gravesham Wish I Was There database; – Swale Arts, Sport and Culture directories online; – About Medway and Medway MOLE; – Kent County Council clubs and societies database; • The South East cultural agencies’ data resources e.g. Sport England’s Active Places database; • Commercial resources, such as Yellow Pages; • Listings in local newspapers. Return to Contents

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1.3 Presentation 1.4 Caveats

The data was grouped by local area (i.e. Kent A number of issues need to be borne in mind when Thameside, Medway and Swale) and within the analysing and understanding the data: following categories: • The mapping is quantitative rather than qualitative; • Arts. – For example it gives an indication of the number • Sport. and category of cultural facilities within TGNK, • Heritage – under which ‘facilities’ included prominent but provides no indication of relative size, level and publicly accessible natural and built heritage of participation that this supports, how active a sites, museums, and archives; and ‘activity particular organisation is, etc. indicators’ included clubs and societies with a • It is not an exhaustive audit of all cultural provision heritage focus. in TGNK; • Community and Other Cultural – under which – Rather it serves to provide an indication of the ‘facilities’ included but was not limited to places level of cultural provision that currently exists. of worship, community centres, village halls, This indication was used as a cue for discussion playgrounds, and public parks. This was intended with stakeholders of the characteristics of the to indicate the amount of supporting infrastructure local cultural sector. available for community and other cultural activities – The results obtained are necessarily reliant on the which for the most part do not take place in sources available. Any shortcoming in the source dedicated cultural facilities. Likewise the ‘activity data will be reflected in the findings. Moreover, indicators’ mapped, which ranged from faith-based given the character of cultural provision and its organisations to local branches of national charities constantly evolving nature, findings are likely to to dog-grooming clubs, were intended to indicate change. the current vitality of community life. • Some overlap of categories exists; – Some types of facilities fall under more than one overarching heading but in these cases, facilities have been listed under one category only. Churches for example can be simultaneously places of workship; heritage sites; and, in effect, community centres. They are included in the ‘community’ category here. Return to Contents

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2.1 Overview

2.1.1 Distribution of facilities

Analysis of the spread of arts facilities in TGNK as a whole revealed that Swale performs poorly compared to the other local areas. However, this is mainly due to its lack of dance schools - in terms of provision of facilities such as cinemas and theatres, Swale is on a par with the other local areas, and is actually better served than Kent Thameside for cinemas. Medway is the location of the greatest concentration of facilities, but hasFigure a broadly 1,2,5 similar number of theatres and arts venues to Kent Thameside and Swale. Kent Figure 1,2,5 Figure 1: Number of Arts FacilitiesThameside Medway Swale TGNK Cinema Kent1 1 2 4 Theatre Thameside4 Medway4 Swale 3 TGNK 11 PerformingCinema Arts Venue 1 1 02 24 TheatreVisual Arts Venue 04 04 03 1 01 PerformingCombined Arts Arts Venue Venue 1 01 0 2 1 VisualArts Training Arts Venue 0 02 0 02 CombinedMusic Studio Arts Venue 21 20 20 6 1 ArtsMusic Training School 0 02 0 02 MusicDance StudioSchool 252 272 28 60 6 MusicDrama School School 01 05 03 09 DanceTotal School 2535 4227 18 8 9605 Drama School 1 5 3 9 Total 35 42 18 95 Figure 2: Distribution of Arts Facilities (%) Figure 2: Distribution of Arts Facilities (%) Figure 2: Distribution of Arts FacilitiesKent (%) Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Cinema 25%Kent 25% 50% 100% Theatre Thameside36% Medway 36% Swale 27% TGNK 100% CinemaPerforming Arts Venue25% 50% 25%50% 50% 0% 100% TheatreVisual Arts Venue 36%0% 36%0% 27% 0% 100% ArtsPerforming Training Arts Venue100% 50% 50%0% 0% 100% MusicVisual StudioArts Venue 0% 100%0% 0% 100% MusicArts Training School 100%33% 33%0% 33% 0% 100% MusicDance StudioSchool 0% 100%0% 0% 100% Return to Contents DramaMusic School School 33%42% 33%45% 33% 13% 100% DanceTotal School 30%7% 40%4% 1 0%9% 100%100% Drama School 42% 45% 13% 100% Total 37% 44% 19% 100% 5

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2.1.2 Distribution of Activity Indicators The picture of arts-related activity indicators in TGNK is, in some ways, the reverse of that of arts facilities. In terms of activity indicators, Swale leads the other two local areas by a considerable margin, thanks to its high number of amateur arts clubs.1

Figure 3: Number of Arts Activity Indicators

Kent Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Commercial Art Galleries 5 1 5 11 Artist 4 9 7 20 Arts & Crafts 4 10 7 21 Other Arts Activity 0 0 36 36 Theatrical Companies 3 7 0 10 Exhibitions 2 2 0 4 Entertainments 13 18 9 40 Music Clubs 18 15 25 58 Dance Clubs 8 5 12 25 Drama Club 10 6 14 30 Arts & Crafts Club 10 4 19 33 Writing Club 0 0 3 3 Total 77 77 137 291

Figure 4: Distribution of Arts Activity indicators (%)

Kent Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Commercial Art Galleries 45% 9% 45% 100% Artist 20% 45% 35% 100% Arts & Crafts 19% 48% 33% 100% Other Arts Activity 0% 0% 100% 100% Theatrical Companies 30% 70% 0% 100% Exhibitions 50% 50% 0% 100% Entertainments 33% 45% 23% 100% Music Clubs 31% 26% 43% 100% Dance Clubs 32% 20% 48% 100% Drama Club 33% 20% 47% 100% Arts & Crafts Club 30% 12% 58% 100% Writing Club 0% 0% 100% 100% Total 26% 26% 47% 291 Return to Contents

1 Swale is the only Local Authority specifically to record the creative industries and individual artists living in the area on the Local Authority website – this category was therefore not included as Medway and Kent Thameside had no 6 comparable data. However, even without the inclusion of this information in the analysis, Swale still has a higher level of arts activity than Kent Thameside or Medway. 1. Mapping 2. Arts Mapping 3. Sport Mapping 4. Heritage 5. Community and 6. Lottery Funding Methodology Mapping Other Cultural Awards Mapping

2.1.3 Comparative Distribution of Facilities and Activity Indicators A comparative breakdown of the distribution of arts facilities in TGNK and activity indicators such as arts societies thus reveals that the local area with the largest number of facilities does not necessarily also have the highest level of activity indicators.

Medway has the largest proportion of facilities such as cinemas, theatres and other arts venues, but, jointly with Kent Thameside, has the lowest level of arts activity indicators – just 26%, compared to its 44% share of facilities. Similarly, Swale, though comparatively lacking in arts facilities, nevertheless has a large number of societies that cater to these interests; while it has only 19% of the facilities in the study area, it is the location for almost half of the arts activity indicators.

Figure 5: Distribution of Arts Facilities by local area

19% Kent Thameside 37% Medway Swale

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Figure 6: Distribution of Arts Activity Indicators by local area

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The map in Figure 7 plots the locations of the principal Map Key arts facilities in each local area by category, and gives Classification by Postcode Arts Training an indication of the geographical distribution of these Cinema facilities. Most arts facilities tend to be clustered around Combined Arts Venue historic town centre locations: Dartford, Gravesend and Music School Northfleet in Kent Thameside; Rochester, Gillingham and Music Studio Chatham in Medway; and Sittingbourne and Faversham Performing Arts Venue in Swale. It is clear that certain key growth sites – such Theatre Visual Arts Venue as Eastern Quarry and Queenborough and Rushenden – Classification by Postcode currently enjoy very little arts provision. Dance School Drama School Custom Territories Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Swale Forward Figure 7: Arts Facilities in TGNK Return to Contents

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2.2 Arts Facility Data by Local Area

2.2.1 Kent Thameside

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Cinema Showcase Cinemas (Bluewater) DA9 9SG Kent Thameside Dartford Theatre Orchard Theatre DA1 1ED Kent Thameside Dartford Theatre Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre DA1 4NP Kent Thameside Dartford Theatre Miskin Theatre DA1 2JT Kent Thameside Dartford Theatre Gravesend and District Theatre DA11 8BW Kent Thameside Gravesham Theatre Woodville Halls Theatre DA12 1DD Kent Thameside Gravesham Performing Arts Venue Mick Jagger Centre DA1 2JZ Kent Thameside Dartford Combined Arts Venue St Andrews Arts Centre and Mission DA12 2BE Kent Thameside Gravesham House (Church) Music Studio M 5 Studios Ltd DA11 9SR Kent Thameside Dartford Music Studio Elephant Music DA12 2AX Kent Thameside Gravesham Dance School The Paula Gosnell School of Dance DA1 1QL Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School The Michaela Rispin Dance Academy DA12XH Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School Dance-a-Cise DA2 7AW Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School Goodman School of Dancing DA1 1EY Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School Daluca Dance School DA1 1PX Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School Dance Riviera DA1 1DJ Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School Sylvera School of Dancing DA1 4BG Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School Salsa Club Da1 4DN Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School Irish Dancing DA1 2NX Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School The Michaela Rispin Dance Academy DA4 9AX Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School Encore School of Performing Arts DA2 7LL Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School Step-in-Out School of Dance DA2 7NE Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School Sylvera School of Dancing DA1 3HW Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School Grooves DA10 0LS Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School Dartford and Sidcup Theatretrain DA9 9PZ Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School The Claire Lee School of Dance DA10 0LP Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School Dance Fusion DA9 9GO Kent Thameside Dartford Dance School Carol Ann School of Dance DA12 2RG Kent Thameside Gravesham Dance School Eastern Dance DA13 0TG Kent Thameside Gravesham Dance School Grove Dance Centre DA12 1DX Kent Thameside Gravesham Dance School Sheila Theobald School of Dancing DA11 7PW Kent Thameside Gravesham Drama School Stagecoach Theatre Arts, Dartford DA1 2NT Kent Thameside Dartford Return to Contents

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2.2.2 Medway

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Cinema UGC Cinemas ME2 2SS Medway Renaissance Medway Theatre Kings Theatre ME4 4NR Medway Renaissance Medway Theatre The Central Theatre ME4 4AS Medway Renaissance Medway Theatre The Brook Theatre ME4 4SE Medway Renaissance Medway Theatre Medway Little Theatre ME1 1HY Medway Renaissance Medway Combined Arts Venue The New Art Centre ME4 4BP Medway Renaissance Medway Arts Training University College for the Creative Arts ME1 1DZ Medway Renaissance Medway Arts Training Parchment Art Crafts ME6 9QU Medway Renaissance Medway Music School Medway School of Music ME8 6HE Medway Renaissance Medway Music School Medway School of Music ME7 2DU Medway Renaissance Medway (within Woodlands Primary School) Dance School Jane Cuff School of Dancing ME5 8JG Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Palair Dance School ME7 3PD Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Amanda Jayne Dance & Stage School ME8 9PN Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School The Splinters School of Dance ME7 2DX Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Reynolds Health & Fitness ME8 8AA Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Island Dance Academy ME3 9HH Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School www.SevenVeils.co.uk ME2 3AU Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Dancing Feet Dance Centre ME2 4UJ Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Ruth McInnes ME7 2SE Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Footsies Dance Centre ME7 2YY Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Medway Cheerleading & Dance Academy ME5 8SU Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Mayfair Dancing Academy ME2 3QL Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School The Broadway Academy Of Dance ME5 8HT Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Linda Regan School of Dance ME7 3QG Medway Renaissance Medway (Hempstead Valley) Dance School Medway Middle Eastern Dance ME2 4RE Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Latino Passion ME5 7EJ Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Brooks & King Academy of Dance ME4 6QY Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Jane Carpenter Studios ME7 2SZ Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Jackie Lynn Dance Studio ME1 3BZ Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Darnley School of Dancing ME3 8EH Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Toni Moss Academy ME2 4UJ Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School The Betty Linney Dance Studios ME7 1AX Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Munn Academy of Dance ME8 8TQ Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School The Bluebell School of Dance ME5 9EU Medway Renaissance Medway Dance School Beverley School of Dancing ME1 2RH Medway Renaissance Medway Drama School Starquest Performing Arts ME4 4DS Medway Renaissance Medway Drama School Stage Arts ME1 1RT Medway Renaissance Medway Drama School The Drama Workshop Medway ME1 2RY Medway Renaissance Medway

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2.2.3 Swale

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Cinema The New Century Cinema ME10 4PG Swale Forward Swale Cinema Royal Cinema ME13 7AG Swale Forward Swale Theatre Arden Theatre ME13 7LE Swale Forward Swale Theatre Avenue Theatre ME10 4DN Swale Forward Swale Theatre Sheppey Little Theatre ME12 2NX Swale Forward Swale Music Studio SoundArt ME10 1EB Swale Forward Swale Music Studio Rebel Crew Studios ME9 7BP Swale Forward Swale Dance School Mackinnon School of Ballet ME10 4DS Swale Forward Swale Dance School Elaine Fuller Dance School ME10 1QX Swale Forward Swale Dance School Marsh Academy of Dance ME12 1LL Swale Forward Swale Dance School AJ’s Academy of Dance and Drama ME10 2TZ Swale Forward Swale Dance School JMS School of Dance ME10 2TG Swale Forward Swale Dance School Cats Whiskers Dance School ME10 1QA Swale Forward Swale Dance School Allegro School of Dancing ME13 8PH Swale Forward Swale Dance School John Kemsley School of Dancing ME10 1HS Swale Forward Swale Drama School Kent Youth Theatre & Agency ME13 8QH Swale Forward Swale Drama School The Helen O’Grady Children’s Drama Academy ME13 7RS Swale Forward Swale Drama School Louise Motte School of Drama and Speech ME10 1YL Swale Forward Swale

2.3 Arts Activity Indicator Data by Local Area

2.3.1 Kent Thameside

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Commercial Art Galleries Duncan Pearson Gallery DA1 2EU Kent Thameside Dartford (managers & dealers) Commercial Art Galleries Thomas Kindale DA9 9SE Kent Thameside Dartford (managers & dealers) Commercial Art Galleries Artisan Gallery Ltd DA9 9SS Kent Thameside Dartford (managers & dealers) Commercial Art Galleries Just Painting DA13 0QB Kent Thameside Gravesham (managers & dealers) Commercial Art Galleries Manor Gallery DA12 1AA Kent Thameside Gravesham (managers & dealers) Artist Out of the Wood DA2 7QY Kent Thameside Dartford Artist J. Edward Oliver Cartoon Strips DA2 7AY Kent Thameside Dartford Artist Christopher Marshall DA13 0UD Kent Thameside Gravesham Artist Majic Brush Murals DA11 0JP Kent Thameside Gravesham Arts & Crafts Weaverknits Ltd DA4 9HJ Kent Thameside Dartford Arts & Crafts Crafty Arts DA9 9SR Kent Thameside Dartford

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Classification Name Postcode Territory LA Arts & Crafts Butterfly’s Card & Craft DA11 0BH Kent Thameside Gravesham Theatrical Company Stretch Theatre Company DA1 1PB Kent Thameside Dartford Theatrical Company In the Wings Productions DA13 9PB Kent Thameside Dartford Theatrical Company Con:fusion Dance Company DA12 5JU Kent Thameside Gravesham Entertainment Panel Panel Ltd DA1 5AJ Kent Thameside Dartford Entertainment The Nelton Group DA11 9AA Kent Thameside Gravesham Entertainment Mr Zapp the Magician DA2 8BD Kent Thameside Dartford Entertainment Race Nite Presents DA2 7SL Kent Thameside Dartford Entertainment Platinum Promotions DA1 2TY Kent Thameside Dartford Entertainment Steel Group DA4 0EJ Kent Thameside Dartford Entertainment Alex Crowe DA2 8BD Kent Thameside Dartford Entertainment Barry Miller - Magician DA2 6LQ Kent Thameside Dartford Entertainment Rob Page Entertainment DA1 1ST Kent Thameside Dartford Entertainment Funny Business DA1 4JY Kent Thameside Dartford Entertainment Kaz Karaoke DA1 5JG Kent Thameside Dartford Entertainment Dr Doomagic DA11 7PP Kent Thameside Gravesham Entertainment Face Painting Follies DA13 0AA Kent Thameside Gravesham Entertainment Peter Martin Close-Up Magician DA11 7DQ Kent Thameside Gravesham Entertainment Charlie Driver DA12 5UB Kent Thameside Gravesham Music Club Dartford Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society Kent Thameside Dartford Music Club Dartford Choral Society Kent Thameside Dartford Music Club Holy Trinity Church Choir Dartford DA1 1DE Kent Thameside Dartford Music Club Holy Trinity Bell Ringers Kent Thameside Dartford Music Club Dartford Ringing Group Kent Thameside Dartford Music Club Dartford Recorded Music Society Kent Thameside Dartford Music Club Operation Sing DA1 1DE Kent Thameside Dartford Music Club Dartford Symphony Orchestra Kent Thameside Dartford Music Club Dartford Folk Club Kent Thameside Dartford Music Club Dartford Choral Society Kent Thameside Dartford Music Club Gravesham Choral Society DA12 2RJ Kent Thameside Gravesham Music Club The Marlowe Singers DA11ODJ Kent Thameside Gravesham Music Club Northfleet Brass DA11 9EU Kent Thameside Gravesham Music Club Istead Rise Ladies Choir DA13 9DA Kent Thameside Gravesham Music Club Chalk Handbell Ringers DA12 Kent Thameside Gravesham Music Club Milton Church Bellringers DA12 2JL Kent Thameside Gravesham Music Club St. Botolph’s Northfleet Handbell Ringers DA11 9EU Kent Thameside Gravesham Music Club St. John the Baptist, Meopham Bellringers DA13 Kent Thameside Gravesham Dance Club MRP School of Dance Kent Thameside Dartford Dance Club Dartford Scottish Country Dancing Group Kent Thameside Dartford Dance Club Frog Island Morris Dancers Kent Thameside Dartford Dance Club Frog Island Morris Men DA13 Kent Thameside Gravesham Dance Club Twirles Dance Club DA118BU Kent Thameside Gravesham Return to Contents Dance Club Gravesend Folk Dance Club DA12 Kent Thameside Gravesham

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Dance Club Meopham Scottish Country Dance Club DA13 OAT Kent Thameside Gravesham Dance Club Scottish Country Dancing Miskin Hall Kent Thameside Gravesham Drama Club Darenth Drama Group DA1 8PN Kent Thameside Dartford Drama Club Valley Players Kent Thameside Dartford Drama Club Pavilion Players Kent Thameside Dartford Drama Club Minimalist Theatre Company DA1 3JU Kent Thameside Dartford Drama Club Dartford Youth Theatre DA1 2PA Kent Thameside Dartford Drama Club Kent Stage Schools DA1 3EJ Kent Thameside Dartford Drama Club P.A.C. Theatre Company DA1 1TL Kent Thameside Dartford Drama Club Christchurch Amateur Dramatic Society DA12 Kent Thameside Gravesham Drama Club Cobham Amateur Dramatic Society (CADS) DA12 3BZ Kent Thameside Gravesham Drama Club Gravesend and District Theatre Guild Kent Thameside Gravesham Art & Craft Club Dartford Art Group KENT Kent Thameside Dartford Art & Craft Club Hawley Machine Knitting Club Kent Thameside Dartford Art & Craft Club Columbine China Painters Club Kent Thameside Dartford Art & Craft Club North Kent Nomads Model Aero Club Kent Thameside Dartford Art & Craft Club Farm Wine Circle DA11 Kent Thameside Gravesham Art & Craft Club Embroiderers’ Guild - North Kent Branch DA12 2BD Kent Thameside Gravesham Art & Craft Club Meopham Marquetry Group DA13 OJT Kent Thameside Gravesham Art & Craft Club Gravesend Art Group DA11 Kent Thameside Gravesham Art & Craft Club Meopham Art Group DA13 0QJ Kent Thameside Gravesham Art & Craft Club Gravesham Arts Council DA12 2BD Kent Thameside Gravesham

2.3.2 Medway

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Commercial Art Galleries Brickhouse Gallery and Framing ME2 1HF Medway Renaissance Medway (managers & dealers) Artist Jacq le Breton ME7 1PP Medway Renaissance Medway Artist Jamie Montgomery Artist Extraordinaire ME7 1DX Medway Renaissance Medway Artist Edwina Jaques Artist & Designer ME5 7SN Medway Renaissance Medway Artist Leighton Noyes ME2 2HT Medway Renaissance Medway Artist Paul Hayward Independent Fine Artist ME2 4LB Medway Renaissance Medway Artist Mosaic & Stuff ME1 1LN Medway Renaissance Medway Artist Trish’s Murals ME4 6LA Medway Renaissance Medway Artist Alphabetts Signs ME7 3AD Medway Renaissance Medway Artist Keith Barrell Arts ME2 1BZ Medway Renaissance Medway Arts & Crafts Hot Crocs ME1 1DA Medway Renaissance Medway Arts & Crafts Creative Crafts ME8 7HW Medway Renaissance Medway Arts & Crafts Francis Iles ME1 1LX Medway Renaissance Medway Arts & Crafts Jettys Crafts ME5 8YJ Medway Renaissance Medway Arts & Crafts Biggins Bobbins ME3 8HN Medway Renaissance Medway Return to Contents Arts & Crafts Craftmango Ltd ME5 9AP Medway Renaissance Medway

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C lassiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Arts & Crafts Artist Paintbox ME7 3JQ Medway Renaissance Medway Arts & Crafts Wool ‘n’ Craft ME8 0DS Medway Renaissance Medway Arts & Crafts The Paper Mill Shop Ltd ME4 3ER Medway Renaissance Medway Arts & Crafts Scrapbook Sisters ME8 9AJ Medway Renaissance Medway Theatrical Company Rainham Theatrical Society Ltd ME8 8AG Medway Renaissance Medway Theatrical Company Mantissa Opera ME5 7HH Medway Renaissance Medway Theatrical Company Dual Control International Theatre Ltd ME4 4TZ Medway Renaissance Medway Theatrical Company Spotlites Theatre Co.Ltd Me4 4NR Medway Renaissance Medway Theatrical Company Loop Dance Co ME4 4SE Medway Renaissance Medway Theatrical Company The Youth Performers Society ME8 6UH Medway Renaissance Medway Theatrical Company Blunderbus Theatre Co ME4 4SE Medway Renaissance Medway Exhibition Press On Digital Imaging Ltd ME2 4LT Medway Renaissance Medway Exhibition E3 Exhibitions ME4 6ER Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Kangaroo kids Ltd ME7 2QE Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment The Cabaret Singer ME8 8QT Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Daren Rotheham-Close Up Magician ME8 9QE Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Space Monkeys ME8 6AS Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Duncan Doughnut ME7 3QT Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Sarah’s Paint Box ME7 3DX Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Andy’s Magical Occasions ME8 0BA Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Rainbows Face Painting ME1 2AW Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Focus Disco ME1 3EJ Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Ragdoll Karaoke ME5 0PQ Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Professor Pancake ME5 9TX Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Lubbly Jubbly Songs & Jokes ME7 2LG Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Hot Crocs ME1 1DA Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Tony Hanscombe NNC ME8 9QW Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Pop Star Parties ME5 8EJ Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Laurence Evoy Entertainments ME3 7PY Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Kid’s Disco Parties ME2 1DP Medway Renaissance Medway Entertainment Bumbles Magic ME1 3GU Medway Renaissance Medway Music Club Brook Orchestra (St Stephens Church) ME4 6JE Medway Renaissance Medway Music Club The Puccini Club ME4 6DG Medway Renaissance Medway Music Club Gillingham Recorded Music Society ME7 Medway Renaissance Medway Music Club Medway Organ Club ME8 9PN Medway Renaissance Medway Music Club Gillingham Operatic & Dramatic Society ME4 4SE Medway Renaissance Medway Music Club City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra ME1 3BY Medway Renaissance Medway Music Club Gillingham Male Voice Choir Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Music Club Rochester Choral Society ME1 1RF Medway Renaissance Medway Music Club Moore or Less Folk Club ME7 Medway Renaissance Medway Music Club The Singalong Group ME2 4NZ Medway Renaissance Medway Music Club Medway Singers Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Return to Contents Music Club Medway Jazz Society Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Music Club Medway Cantabile Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Music Club Medway Boys Choir Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway Music Club Kings Theatre Singing Lessons ME4 4NR Medway Renaissance Medway Dance Club Medway Folk Dance Club ME7 4PZ Medway Renaissance Medway Dance Club El Paso Square Dance Club Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway Dance Club Rainham Rangerettes ME8 9AE Medway Renaissance Medway Dance Club Upbury Manor Folk Dance Club Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Dance Club Copperﬁeld Clog Medway Renaissance Medway Drama Club St Pauls Drama Group ME7 2LU Medway Renaissance Medway (Gillingham Methodist Church) Drama Club Kentish Players ME4 4SE Medway Renaissance Medway Drama Club Gillingham Operatic & Dramatic Society ME4 4SE Medway Renaissance Medway Drama Club Wigmore Music & Drama Society Rainham Medway Renaissance Medway Drama Club Medway Little Theatre ME1 1HY Medway Renaissance Medway Drama Club Spotlites Theatre Company (inc. Youth Theatre) ME4 4NR Medway Renaissance Medway Art & Craft Club Medway Lacemakers ME2 3EP Medway Renaissance Medway Art & Craft Club Rochester Blind Craft Club ME1 3BL Medway Renaissance Medway Art & Craft Club Gillingham Salvation Army Craft Club Medway Renaissance Medway Art & Craft Club Medway Spinners, Dyers and ME7 5HB Medway Renaissance Medway Weavers Association

2.3.3 Swale

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Commercial Art Galleries Wyards Print & Artworks Ltd ME13 7LG Swale Forward Swale (managers & dealers) Commercial Art Galleries Birds Birds Birds ME13 8PQ Swale Forward Swale (managers & dealers) Commercial Art Galleries Arthouse Gallery ME9 8LB Swale Forward Swale (managers & dealers) Commercial Art Galleries JZT Vision ME9 8TT Swale Forward Swale (managers & dealers) Commercial Art Galleries Rtbiz.com ME13 7JQ Swale Forward Swale (managers & dealers) Artist Michael Bristows Sheppey Swale Forward Swale Artist Barry Cole ME9 9PJ Swale Forward Swale Artist Robert Jarvis ME13 8DL Swale Forward Swale Artist Bill Daw ME9 9AB Swale Forward Swale Artist Steve James ME10 2JJ Swale Forward Swale Artist Hildegard Lampers-Bone ME9 9HD Swale Forward Swale Artist Ron Chadwick ME13 8PN Swale Forward Swale Arts & Crafts Scanlan’s Arts, Crafts & Haberdashery ME12 1NY Swale Forward Swale Return to Contents Arts & Crafts Fabbrica Galleries Ltd ME9 9JY Swale Forward Swale

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Arts & Crafts That Arty Place ME13 7AN Swale Forward Swale Arts & Crafts Chroma Europe ME11 5TS Swale Forward Swale Arts & Crafts Butterﬂys Cards & Crafts ME10 2AN Swale Forward Swale Arts & Crafts Chessbox ME13 7JG Swale Forward Swale Arts & Crafts Creative Crafts Publishing Ltd ME13 9LY Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Roy A Anderson ME12 1UJ Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Joslin D Anderson ME12 1UJ Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Carole Andrews ME9 0DP Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Richard Andrews ME13 8QG Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Frances Attree ME13 Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Mrs J Bailey ME13 9RJ Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Gordon E Baker (hobby) ME10 1ES Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Margaret M Brooker SBA ME10 2LS Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Sally Clarke Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Linda Crook ME9 Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Emma Daniel ME13 7JQ Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Jo Dyer ME13 0QE Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Josephine Gardner NDD PGC ME13 7LG Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Maria Heskins Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity John Hitchens ME10 2RA Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Richard Jeferies ME12 2QE Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity David Jeffcoate ME13 8DY Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Peter Latham ME13 9BL Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Janet Mackintosh ME13 9TN Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Elizabeth Morgan ME13 8PX Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Barry Morgan ME13 8PX Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Roy Oxlade ME9 0LQ Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Alison Partridge ME9 7DT Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Tracie Peisley ME13 9UB Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Helen Potter ME13 8JY Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Jane Potter ME13 8JY Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Sandy Rogers ME13 8PS Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Michael Redsell ME10 1TR Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Angela Rumble ME13 9UD Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity C Rutter & E Bennett ME13 8PJ Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Rokatha ME13 8JL Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Peter Smith Faversham Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Wyards Print & Artworks Ltd ME13 7LG Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Dovedale Studios ME13 7JQ Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity West Street Gallery ME13 7JB Swale Forward Swale Other Arts Activity Visualize Digital Limited ME13 8HF Swale Forward Swale Entertainment Mr Fizz (magician) ME9 7AE Swale Forward Swale Return to Contents Entertainment A2 Barn Dance Band ME13 7LJ Swale Forward Swale

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Entertainment Face Dab’s ME13 8EZ Swale Forward Swale Entertainment Atomic Bouncy Castles ME10 4UP Swale Forward Swale Entertainment Beverly Big Band Me13 7RY Swale Forward Swale Entertainment Revolution Roadshow ME12 3PB Swale Forward Swale Entertainment JJ the Magician ME9 7PW Swale Forward Swale Entertainment Watershed Barn Dance Band ME13 7JB Swale Forward Swale Entertainment Children’s Showtime ME13 8PE Swale Forward Swale Music Club Bar-J-T Country Music Club ME10 4DE Swale Forward Swale Music Club Faversham Choral Society Swale Forward Swale Music Club Faversham Music Club (ME13 7BB) Swale Forward Swale Music Club Isle of Sheppey Singers (ME12 3DE) Swale Forward Swale Music Club Sheppey Organ Club (ME12 3AZ) Swale Forward Swale Music Club Sittingbourne Co-op Choir Swale Forward Swale Music Club Sittingbourne Wind Ensemble Swale Forward Swale Music Club Swale Electronic Organ Club (ME10 1HA) Swale Forward Swale Music Club UK Paper Concert Band ME10 4DE Swale Forward Swale Music Club Upchurch Choral Group ME9 7AL Swale Forward Swale Music Club Cameo Opera ME9 9EX Swale Forward Swale Music Club Faversham Mission Band ME13 8QL Swale Forward Swale Music Club Meyrick Minstrels ME12 1DU Swale Forward Swale Music Club Oare String Orchestra ME13 0QA Swale Forward Swale Music Club Sittingbourne Orpheus Society ME10 4QF Swale Forward Swale Music Club Freegard Singers ME9 8HR Swale Forward Swale Music Club Minster Choir ME12 2HX Swale Forward Swale Music Club Faversham Church Bell Ringers ME13 8RE Swale Forward Swale Music Club Ospringe Hand Bell Ringers Swale Forward Swale Music Club Faversham Philharmonic Society (ME13 8UF) Swale Forward Swale Music Club Sheppey Music Circle (ME12 2UR) Swale Forward Swale Music Club Sheppey Phoenix Choir (ME12 1DU) Swale Forward Swale Music Club Mackinnon School of Ballet (ME10 4DS) Swale Forward Swale Music Club One-to-One Guitar Tuition Swale Forward Swale Music Club Big Fish Band and Theatre Club Swale Forward Swale Dance Club McManigan Academy of Irish Dancing Swale Forward Swale Dance Club Adult Dance Classes ME10 4BL Swale Forward Swale Dance Club Sittingbourne Scottish Country Dance Group (ME9 0SE) Swale Forward Swale Dance Club Halfway Sequence Dance Club ME12 3NJ Swale Forward Swale Dance Club Newnham Folk Dance Group ME9 0RA Swale Forward Swale Dance Club Faversham Folk Dance Club Swale Forward Swale Dance Club Faversham & District Camera Club ME13 8SF Swale Forward Swale Dance Club North & South Country and Western Dance Club (ME9 7DF) Swale Forward Swale Dance Club Young Dynamics Dance Club (ME10 2BL) Swale Forward Swale Dance Club Modern Sequence Dancing (ME12 2HJ) Swale Forward Swale Return to Contents Dance Club American Country Line Dancing Swale Forward Swale

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Dance Club Hip Pop Dance Swale Forward Swale Drama Club Brenchley House Players ME10 4TN Swale Forward Swale Drama Club Cantata Singers and Players Swale Forward Swale Drama Club Double BCMC - Isle of Sheppey/Sittingbourne Swale Forward Swale Drama Club Sittingbourne and District Carnival Association (ME10 4DU) Swale Forward Swale Drama Club Arden Theatre Group ME13 8PW Swale Forward Swale Drama Club Expressive Feat Productions Swale Forward Swale Drama Club Kent Countryside Productions ME13 8QG Swale Forward Swale Drama Club Cherryhill Drama Group ME10 1XZ Swale Forward Swale Drama Club Island Theatre Company ME12 2AL Swale Forward Swale Drama Club Kanko - Ghanaian Arts Development Group ME10 4DQ Swale Forward Swale Drama Club Kent Youth Theatre ME13 8QG Swale Forward Swale Drama Club Second to None Productions ME10 2AD Swale Forward Swale Drama Club Faversham and District Carnival Club ME13 8NT Swale Forward Swale Drama Club Up the Creek Pantomime Society ME13 8AG Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Allsorts Knitting Group Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Faversham Knitting Club Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Faversham Winemakers’ Guild Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Pieceful Patchers ME10 4BX Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Quay Quilters Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Sheppey Sew + Sews Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Sheppey Stitchers (ME11 5BD) Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Sittingbourne and District Model Aircraft Club Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Swale Sugarart (ME9 9AF) Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Swallow Quilters Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Garden of England Woodturners ME13 8XZ Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Orchard Woodturners ME9 0SD Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Orchard Lace Circle (ME10 3JR) Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Quilters Guild (ME13 0AL) Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Sittingbourne Art Association Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Faversham Decorative and Fine Arts Society Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Sittingbourne and Milton Art Workshop Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Sheppey Art Society. (ME12 3ST) Swale Forward Swale Art & Craft Club Faversham Film Society ME13 7LR Swale Forward Swale Writing Club Faversham Writers’ Group ME13 8TW Swale Forward Swale Writing Club Sheppey Writers Group (ME12 2NE) Swale Forward Swale Writing Club Sittingbourne and Sheppey Writers new Swale Forward Swale Return to Contents

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3.1 Overview

3.1.1 Distribution of Facilities Sports facility distribution shows a similar pattern to that of arts facilities across TGNK, with Swale having the lowest overall number of facilities.

Kent Thameside has the highest number of facilities, but is broadly on a par with Medway in terms of numbers of distinct categories of facility – it has 14 school facilities, for example, to Medway’s 11, and 19 health & fitness clubs to its neighbour’s 18.

The nature of each local area necessarily has a bearing on the kind of sports facilities (and activity indicators) that predominate in each. In more rural Swale, for example, outdoor pursuits are popular, indicated by the fact that Swale has more equestrian and golf facilities than Kent Thameside or Medway. The more urban areas of Kent Thameside and Medway are better-served for larger- scale facilities such as sports grounds and stadia.

Figure 8: Number of Sports Facilities Figures 8,9,12

Kent Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Sports Grounds 5 4 2 11 School Facilities 14 11 6 31 Leisure & Sport Centre 18 14 8 40 Health & Fitness Club 19 18 9 46 Golf Club 7 6 8 21 Other Sports Club 6 8 2 16 Motor Sport 3 0 1 4 Equestrian 0 2 6 8 Martial Arts 0 6 2 8 Total 72 69 44 185

Figure 9: Distribution of Sports Facilities (%)

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Return to Contents Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Sports Grounds 45% 36% 18% 100% School Facilities 45% 35% 19% 100% Leisure & Sport Centre 45% 35% 20% 100% 19 Health & Fitness Club 41% 39% 20% 100% Golf Club 33% 29% 38% 100% Other Sports Club 38% 50% 13% 100% Motor Sport 0% 0% 0% 100% Equestrian 0% 25% 75% 100% Martial Arts 0% 75% 25% 100% Total 39% 37% 24% 100%

Locum Consulting APPENDICES figures 8 to 13, FRAMEWORK exhibit 10.xls/14/6/06 Page 1 Figures 8,9,12

Kent 1. Mapping 2. Arts MappingThameside3. Sport Mapping Medway 4 Swale. Heritage TGNK 5. Community and 6. Lottery Funding MethodologySports Grounds 5 4Mappi 2ng 11 Other Cultural Awards Mapping School Facilities 14 11 6 31 Leisure & Sport Centre 18 14 8 40 Health & Fitness Club 19 18 9 46 Golf Club 7 6 8 21 Other Sports Club 6 8 2 16 Motor Sport 3 0 1 4 Equestrian 0 2 6 8 Martial Arts 0 6 2 8 Total 72 69 44 185

FigureFigure 9: 9:Distribution Distribution of Sportsof Sports Facilities Facilities (%) (%)

Kent Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Sports Grounds 45% 36% 18% 100% School Facilities 45% 35% 19% 100% Leisure & Sport Centre 45% 35% 20% 100% Health & Fitness Club 41% 39% 20% 100% Golf Club 33% 29% 38% 100% Other Sports Club 38% 50% 13% 100% Motor Sport 0% 0% 0% 100% Equestrian 0% 25% 75% 100% Martial Arts 0% 75% 25% 100% Total 39% 37% 24% 100%

3.1.2 Distribution of Activity Indicators

In common with the picture of arts provision across the three local areas, the picture of sports clubs and activity indicators across TGNK is almost the reverse of that indicated by the distribution of facilities.

In terms of activity indicators, Swale is the strongest local area, though by a smaller margin than that indicated in the arts mapping. The assessment of the relationship between facility distribution and activity distributors suggests that Swale, though under-served compared to the other local areas in terms of facilities, is still a strong base for a wide variety of sporting activity.

Once again, different sports are strong in particular areas. Swale has the highest number of bowling clubs, while Kent Thameside and Medway are important locations for martial arts activity. This is particularly notable in Kent Thameside, which has 9 martial arts organisations but (until the recent opening of the new Dartford Centre for Judo) had no single dedicated Locummartial Consulting arts facility. APPENDICES figures 8 to 13, FRAMEWORK exhibit 10.xls/14/6/06 Page 1 Return to Contents

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Figure 10: Number of Sports Activity Indicators Kent Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Kent Health / Fitness Clubs 5 3 3 11 Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Martial Arts Clubs 9 9 8 26 Health / Fitness Clubs 5 3 3 11 Tennis and Squash 9 7 9 25 Martial Arts Clubs 9 9 8 26 Watersports Clubs 6 11 15 32 Tennis and Squash 9 7 9 25 Football and Rugby 12 10 11 33 Watersports Clubs 6 11 15 32 Cricket Clubs 6 4 12 22 Football and Rugby 12 10 11 33 Golf Clubs 1 0 3 4 Cricket Clubs 6 4 12 22 Bowling Clubs 8 4 9 21 Golf Clubs 1 0 3 4 Athletics Club 4 0 2 6 Bowling Clubs 8 4 9 21 Miscellaneous Clubs 16 22 18 56 Athletics Club 4 0 2 6 Total 76 70 90 236 Miscellaneous Clubs 16 22 18 56 Total 76 70 90 236

Figure 11: Distribution of Sports Activity Indicators (%) Kent Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Kent Health / Fitness Activity Clubs 45% 27% 27% 100% Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Martial Arts Clubs 35% 35% 31% 100% Health / Fitness Activity Clubs 45% 27% 27% 100% Tennis and Squash 36% 28% 36% 100% Martial Arts Clubs 35% 35% 31% 100% Watersports Clubs 19% 34% 47% 100% Tennis and Squash 36% 28% 36% 100% Football and Rugby 36% 30% 33% 100% Watersports Clubs 19% 34% 47% 100% Cricket Clubs 27% 18% 55% 100% Football and Rugby 36% 30% 33% 100% Golf Clubs 25% 0% 75% 100% Cricket Clubs 27% 18% 55% 100% Bowling Clubs 38% 19% 43% 100% Golf Clubs 25% 0% 75% 100% Athletics Club 67% 0% 33% 100% Bowling Clubs 38% 19% 43% 100% Miscellaneous Clubs 29% 39% 32% 100% Athletics Club 67% 0% 33% 100% Total 32% 30% 38% 100% Miscellaneous Clubs 29% 39% 32% 100% Total 32% 30% 38% 100% Return to Contents

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3.1.3 Comparative Distribution of Sports Facilities and Activity Indicators The pattern of sports facility distribution and level of activity is broadly similar to that of arts activity in the study area, and again reveals that cultural (in this case, sporting) activity is not necessarily dependent on having a high number of built facilities in which to practice it. Kent Thameside has the largest proportion of facilities, with 39% of TGNK’s total level of provision. Its share of sports clubs and amateur sporting activities is broadly parallel to this, at 32% of the region’s total activity. The picture is similar for Medway. Swale, though comparatively lacking in locations in which to practice individual sports, nevertheless has the highest proportion of participation across TGNK.

Figure 12: Distribution of Sports Facilities by local area

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39% Kent Thameside Medway Swale

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Figure 13: Distribution of Sports Activity Indicators by local area

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Map Key The map in Figure 14 plots the location of the main sports Classification by Postcode facilities in TGNK by category, and gives an indication of Golf Club the geographical distribution of these facilities. While Health & Fitness Suite leisure centres and similar venues tend to be clustered Leisure & Sports Centre around the main towns in each local area, there is a Other Sports Club Facility broader spread of facilities across the region than that School Sports Facilies Sports Grounds / Stadia of arts facilities. This is due to the obvious location of Classification by Postcode amenities such as golf clubs, watersports clubs and Equestrian equestrian clubs in the less urban areas. Martial Arts Motor Sport Custom Territories Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Swale Forward

Figure 14: Sports Facilities in TGNK Return to Contents

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3.2 Sports Facility Data by Local Area

3.2.1 Kent Thameside

Classification Name Postcode Territory LA Sports Grounds Crayford Greyhound Stadium DA1 4HR Kent Thameside Dartford Sports Grounds Central Park Arena and Athletics Track DA1 1JP Kent Thameside Dartford Sports Grounds Mayplace Sports Field DA1 4RB Kent Thameside Dartford Sports Grounds AEI Henley Sports Ground DA12 5NN Kent Thameside Gravesham Sports Grounds Cobham Sports Pavilion Kent Thameside Gravesham School Sports Facilities Dartford Grammar School for Girls DA1 2NT Kent Thameside Dartford School Sports Facilities Dartford Technology College DA1 2LY Kent Thameside Dartford School Sports Facilities North West Kent College (Dartford Campus) DA1 2JT Kent Thameside Dartford School Sports Facilities Leigh City Technical College DA1 1QE Kent Thameside Dartford School Sports Facilities The Grammar School for Girls, Wilmington DA2 7BB Kent Thameside Dartford School Sports Facilities Swan Valley Community School Sports Hall DA10 0BZ Kent Thameside Gravesham School Sports Facilities Gravesend Grammar School for Girls - DA11 0HN Kent Thameside Gravesham Sports Hall School Sports Facilities Saint George’s Church of England School DA11 7LS Kent Thameside Gravesham School Sports Facilities Northfleet School for Girls DA11 8AQ Kent Thameside Gravesham School Sports Facilities Northfleet School for Boys DA11 8BG Kent Thameside Gravesham School Sports Facilities Gravesend Grammar School for Boys DA12 2PR Kent Thameside Gravesham School Sports Facilities St John Roman Catholic Comprehensive School DA12 2JW Kent Thameside Gravesham School Sports Facilities Thamesview School DA12 4LF Kent Thameside Gravesham School Sports Facilities Meopham Secondary School DA13 0AH Kent Thameside Gravesham Leisure & Sports Centre Fairfield Pool and Leisure Centre DA1 1JB Kent Thameside Dartford Leisure & Sports Centre Becket Sports Centre DA1 2JB Kent Thameside Dartford Leisure & Sports Centre Crayside Leisure Centre DA1 4HR Kent Thameside Dartford Leisure & Sports Centre Otium Health & Leisure Centre DA3 8PE Kent Thameside Dartford Leisure & Sports Centre Princes Golf and Leisure Centre DA1 1LZ Kent Thameside Dartford Leisure & Sports Centre VCD Tennis Club DA1 4DN Kent Thameside Dartford Leisure & Sports Centre Acacia Hall Sports Centre DA1 1DJ Kent Thameside Dartford Leisure & Sports Centre Dartford Stone Lodge Indoor Bowls and DA2 6PD Kent Thameside Dartford Social Club Leisure & Sports Centre Ash Green Sports Centre DA3 8JZ Kent Thameside Dartford Leisure & Sports Centre Erith Sports Centre DA8 3AT Kent Thameside Dartford Leisure & Sports Centre Riverside Swimming Centre DA8 1QY Kent Thameside Dartford Leisure & Sports Centre Youth and Family Centre DA8 1AG Kent Thameside Dartford Leisure & Sports Centre Erith Community Sports Centre DA8 3BN Kent Thameside Dartford Leisure & Sports Centre Swanscombe Leisure Centre DA10 0LP Kent Thameside Gravesham Leisure & Sports Centre Cygnet Leisure Centre DA11 8BU Kent Thameside Gravesham Leisure & Sports Centre Cascades Leisure Centre DA12 4LG Kent Thameside Gravesham Leisure & Sports Centre Guru Nanak Sports Club DA12 1LU Kent Thameside Gravesham

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Classification Name Postcode Territory LA Health & Fitness Suite Soul Power Fitness DA1 4JY Kent Thameside Dartford Health & Fitness Suite Next Generation Clubs DA1 1NJ Kent Thameside Dartford Health & Fitness Suite Dartford Gym and Fitness DA1 5HX Kent Thameside Dartford Health & Fitness Suite Reflexions DA1 2EU Kent Thameside Dartford Health & Fitness Suite Temple Hill Gym DA1 5HX Kent Thameside Dartford Health & Fitness Suite Olympia Fitness Studio DA8 1QY Kent Thameside Dartford Health & Fitness Suite LivingWell Health Clubs DA2 6QF Kent Thameside Dartford Health & Fitness Suite Horizones Health and Fitness Club DA2 7HJ Kent Thameside Dartford Health & Fitness Suite Utopia Health and Leisure Spa DA2 7QH Kent Thameside Dartford Health & Fitness Suite Shapes Personal Training DA3 7EQ Kent Thameside Dartford Health & Fitness Suite Katie Ninnis DA11 0RE Kent Thameside Gravesham Health & Fitness Suite Athena Fitness Ltd DA11 0LU Kent Thameside Gravesham Health & Fitness Suite Rhinos Gym DA12 2EE Kent Thameside Gravesham Health & Fitness Suite Dance and Fitness Training DA12 2AH Kent Thameside Gravesham Health & Fitness Suite Frank Murphy Self Defence DA12 2EJ Kent Thameside Gravesham Health & Fitness Suite Legend Sports Club DA12 4LF Kent Thameside Gravesham Health & Fitness Suite Body Matters Sport and Fitness Centre* DA12 2JJ Kent Thameside Gravesham Health & Fitness Suite Meopham Fitness and Tennis Centre DA13 0AH Kent Thameside Dartford Golf Club Dartford Golf Club DA1 2TN Kent Thameside Dartford Golf Club Birchwood Park Golf Centre Ltd DA2 7HJ Kent Thameside Dartford Golf Club Folkham Valley Golf Club DA3 8LY Kent Thameside Dartford Golf Club Austin Lodge Golf Club DA4 0HU Kent Thameside Dartford Golf Club Mid Kent Golf Club Ltd DA11 7RB Kent Thameside Gravesham Golf Club Southern Valley Golf Course DA12 4LT Kent Thameside Gravesham Golf Club Thames View Golf Centre DA12 4LG Kent Thameside Gravesham Other Sports Club Facility Extreme Outdoor Pursuits DA3 8NZ Kent Thameside Dartford Other Sports Club Facility Erith Rugby Club DA8 1JB Kent Thameside Dartford Other Sports Club Facility Erith Trades and Social Club DA8 1RW Kent Thameside Dartford Other Sports Club Facility Eureka Naturist Sun Club DA3 8ND Kent Thameside Dartford Other Sports Club Facility Dartford Stone Lodge Indoor Bowls DA2 6PD Kent Thameside Dartford and Social Club Other Sports Club Facility Dartford Football Club Kent Thameside Dartford Motor Sports Hellfire Ltd DA1 5EA Kent Thameside Dartford Motor Sports Dartford Karting DA2 6EP Kent Thameside Dartford Motor Sports Brands Hatch Place DA3 8NQ Kent Thameside Dartford Martial Arts Dartford Dojo Kent Thameside Dartford Return to Contents

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3.2.2 Medway

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Sports Grounds Priestﬁeld Stadium ME7 4DD Medway Renaissance Medway Sports Grounds Deangate Ridge Athletics Stadium ME3 8RZ Medway Renaissance Medway Sports Grounds Garrison Stadium Medway Renaissance Medway Sports Grounds Medway Stadium Medway Renaissance Medway School Sports Facilities King’s School, Rochester ME1 1TE Medway Renaissance Medway School Sports Facilities Sir Joseph Williamson’s Mathematical School ME1 3EL Medway Renaissance Medway School Sports Facilities The Thomas Aveling School ME1 2UW Medway Renaissance Medway School Sports Facilities Temple School ME2 3DL Medway Renaissance Medway School Sports Facilities University of Greenwich Medway Campus ME4 4TB Medway Renaissance Medway School Sports Facilities Fort Pitt Grammar School ME4 6TJ Medway Renaissance Medway School Sports Facilities Chatham Grammar School for Boys ME4 6JB Medway Renaissance Medway School Sports Facilities Greenacre School ME5 0LP Medway Renaissance Medway School Sports Facilities Chatham Grammar School for Girls Sports Hall ME5 7EH Medway Renaissance Medway School Sports Facilities Rainham School for Girls ME8 0BX Medway Renaissance Medway (Rainham Netball Centre) School Sports Facilities Rainham Mark Grammar School ME8 7AJ Medway Renaissance Medway Leisure & Sport Centre The Stirling Centre ME1 3QJ Medway Renaissance Medway Leisure & Sport Centre Strood Sports Centre ME2 3JQ Medway Renaissance Medway Leisure & Sport Centre Arethusa Venture Centre ME2 4XB Medway Renaissance Medway Leisure & Sport Centre Hoo Swimming Pool and Squash Courts Me3 9AA Medway Renaissance Medway Leisure & Sport Centre Arethusa Watersports Centre ME4 4YR Medway Renaissance Medway Leisure & Sport Centre Riverside Indoor Bowls Centre ME4 4UG Medway Renaissance Medway Leisure & Sport Centre Lordswood Leisure Centre ME5 8YE Medway Renaissance Medway Leisure & Sport Centre Black Lion Leisure Centre ME7 1HF Medway Renaissance Medway Leisure & Sport Centre Prince Arthur Leisure Centre ME7 1UR Medway Renaissance Medway Leisure & Sport Centre Waterfront Leisure ME7 1UB Medway Renaissance Medway Leisure & Sport Centre Strand Leisure Pool and Park ME7 1TT Medway Renaissance Medway Leisure & Sport Centre Chatham Ski Centre ME7 3JH Medway Renaissance Medway Leisure & Sport Centre Gillingham Ice Bowl ME8 0PU Medway Renaissance Medway Leisure & Sport Centre Splashes Leisure Pool ME8 7EG Medway Renaissance Medway Health & Fitness Suite Moores Health and Fitness Club ME1 3QJ Medway Renaissance Medway Health & Fitness Suite Boadicea Health Club ME1 1JA Medway Renaissance Medway Health & Fitness Suite Fitness First ME1 3BY Medway Renaissance Medway Health & Fitness Suite Rochester Health Club ME1 3QJ Medway Renaissance Medway Health & Fitness Suite Echoes Health Club (Strood Leisure Centre) ME2 3JQ Medway Renaissance Medway Health & Fitness Suite Esporta Health and Fitness Club ME2 2SS Medway Renaissance Medway Health & Fitness Suite Monkey Bizz ME2 4LF Medway Renaissance Medway Health & Fitness Suite Beefs Gym ME2 2EG Medway Renaissance Medway Health & Fitness Suite Real Girls Fitness ME2 2QY Medway Renaissance Medway Health & Fitness Suite Fitness First for Women ME4 4HP Medway Renaissance Medway

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Health & Fitness Suite Spirit Health and Fitness ME5 9SF Medway Renaissance Medway Health & Fitness Suite Reﬂections Leisure Club (Bridgewood Manor) ME5 9AX Medway Renaissance Medway Health & Fitness Suite BUPA Wellness ME5 9PG Medway Renaissance Medway Health & Fitness Suite Karmers Clinique ME5 7BA Medway Renaissance Medway Health & Fitness Suite Reynolds Health and Fitness ME8 8AA Medway Renaissance Medway Health & Fitness Suite Old Parsonage Health and Fitness Centre ME8 8AA Medway Renaissance Medway Golf Club Rochester and Cobham Park Golf Club ME2 3UL Medway Renaissance Medway Golf Club Allhallows Golf Club ME3 9QJ Medway Renaissance Medway Golf Club Deangate Ridge Golf Course Me3 8RZ Medway Renaissance Medway Golf Club Chatham Golf Centre ME5 0BG Medway Renaissance Medway Golf Club Gillingham Golf Club Ltd ME7 2AP Medway Renaissance Medway Golf Club Brookes Golf Ltd ME7 1AP Medway Renaissance Medway Other Sports Club Roffen Sports Club Me1 1DX Medway Renaissance Medway Other Sports Club Holcombe Hockey Club ME1 2TQ Medway Renaissance Medway Other Sports Club Holcombe Park Sports Club ME1 2TQ Medway Renaissance Medway Other Sports Club Pure Adventure Ltd ME3 7TZ Medway Renaissance Medway Other Sports Club John Nike Leisuresport Ltd ME7 3JH Medway Renaissance Medway Other Sports Club F Parham Ltd ME7 1UB Medway Renaissance Medway Other Sports Club Medway Outdoor Education ME7 1TT Medway Renaissance Medway Other Sports Club Junction Road Holiday Play Scheme ME7 4JR Medway Renaissance Medway Equestrian Merryboys Riding School ME3 7UA Medway Renaissance Medway Equestrian Slough Fort Equestrian and Horse Rescue Centre ME3 9QF Medway Renaissance Medway Martial Arts Four Dragons S.K.M.A ME3 0BT Medway Renaissance Medway Martial Arts Shi Kon Martial Arts Centre ME5 7BB Medway Renaissance Medway Martial Arts Hatamoto Kendo Kai ME7 1LD Medway Renaissance Medway Martial Arts Karateka Martial Arts Ltd ME7 3NZ Medway Renaissance Medway Martial Arts WingTsun Martial Arts School of Excellence Me8 9BH Medway Renaissance Medway Martial Arts Chum Kune Do Kick Boxing ME8 9NP Medway Renaissance Medway

3.2.3 Swale

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Sports Ground Central Park Stadium ME10 3SB Swale Forward Swale Sports Ground Salters Lane Football Stadium Swale Forward Swale School Sports Facilities Borden Grammar School ME10 4DB Swale Forward Swale School Sports Facilities Fulston Manor School ME10 4EG Swale Forward Swale School Sports Facilities The Westlands School ME10 1PF Swale Forward Swale School Sports Facilities Minster College Sports Facilities Swale Forward Swale School Sports Facilities The Abbey School ME13 8RZ Swale Forward Swale School Sports Facilities Queen Elizabeth Grammar School ME13 7BQ Swale Forward Swale Leisure & Sport Centre Swale Community Leisure Ltd ME10 4NT Swale Forward Swale Leisure & Sport Centre Sittingbourne Community College Sports Centre ME10 4NL Swale Forward Swale

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Leisure & Sport Centre Newhouse Sports and Youth Centre ME10 2LP Swale Forward Swale Leisure & Sport Centre Swale Indoor Bowling Centre ME10 2BL Swale Forward Swale Leisure & Sport Centre Sheppey Leisure Complex ME12 1HH Swale Forward Swale Leisure & Sport Centre Faversham Community Gymnastic ME13 8BF Swale Forward Swale & Activity Centre Leisure & Sport Centre Faversham Swimming Pool ME13 8PW Swale Forward Swale Health & Fitness Suite Tonics Fitness Centre ME9 8AQ Swale Forward Swale Health & Fitness Suite Isospa ME10 4NT Swale Forward Swale Health & Fitness Suite Nobby’s Gym Me10 2BL Swale Forward Swale Health & Fitness Suite Peak Physique Fitness Centre Me10 2JZ Swale Forward Swale Health & Fitness Suite Isospa Health Club ME12 1HH Swale Forward Swale Health & Fitness Suite Inshape Gymnasium ME12 1PU Swale Forward Swale Health & Fitness Suite Inshape and Body Care ME12 1PU Swale Forward Swale Health & Fitness Suite Sheldon Spa Centre ME13 0LU Swale Forward Swale Health & Fitness Suite Syndale Park Health & Fitness Club ME13 0RH Swale Forward Swale Golf Club Sittingbourne Golf Club ME9 7PX Swale Forward Swale Golf Club The Oast Golf Centre Ltd ME9 9AR Swale Forward Swale Golf Club Upchurch River Valley Golf Course Ltd ME9 7AY Swale Forward Swale Golf Club Sittingbourne & Milton Regis Golf Club ME9 7PX Swale Forward Swale Golf Club Sheerness Driving Range ME12 3AA Swale Forward Swale Golf Club Sheerness Golf Club ME12 3AE Swale Forward Swale Golf Club Boughton Golf ME13 9AJ Swale Forward Swale Golf Club Faversham Golf Club Ltd ME13 0HB Swale Forward Swale Other Sports Club Rodmersham Squash Club ME9 0PR Swale Forward Swale Other Sports Club Jade Sports Ltd ME10 2SZ Swale Forward Swale Motor Sport Bayford Meadows Kart Circuit ME10 3RY Swale Forward Swale Equestrian Callum Park Riding Centre ME9 7TY Swale Forward Swale Equestrian Horse Schooling & Training ME9 0BH Swale Forward Swale Equestrian White Leaf Riding Stables ME9 9BY Swale Forward Swale Equestrian Handebeaux Seaﬁelds ME12 4JN Swale Forward Swale Equestrian Deepdene Stables ME13 0NZ Swale Forward Swale Equestrian Goodnestone Court Equestrian ME13 9BZ Swale Forward Swale Martial Arts WingTsun Martial Arts School of Excellence ME10 5LB Swale Forward Swale Martial Arts Kojinsei Martial Arts ME13 7EQ Swale Forward Swale Return to Contents

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3.3 Sports Activity Indicator Data by Local Area

3.3.1 Kent Thameside

Classification Name Postcode Territory LA Health / Fitness Activity Club Flex Gymnastics Club DA1 2NT Kent Thameside Dartford Health / Fitness Activity Club Sutton-at-Hone Gymnastics Club DA1 1QE Kent Thameside Dartford Health / Fitness Activity Club Prima Coaching DA8 3RH Kent Thameside Dartford Health / Fitness Activity Club Europa Gymnastic Club DA8 1QL Kent Thameside Dartford Martial Arts Club Dartford Ju-jitsu Club DA1 2PG Kent Thameside Dartford Martial Arts Club Domackwai Judo Club DA1 3LF Kent Thameside Dartford Martial Arts Club International Shotokan Karate - DA1 1DS Kent Thameside Dartford Dartford Karate Club Martial Arts Club Dartford Ishinryu Karate Club DA1 1QE Kent Thameside Dartford Martial Arts Club Bushido Kai Karate Ju-Jitsu DA1 1DJ Kent Thameside Dartford Martial Arts Club Dartford Ju-Jitsu Academy DA1 2NT Kent Thameside Dartford Martial Arts Club Dartford Karate Club DA1 1DJ Kent Thameside Dartford Martial Arts Club Taigakai Dartford DA1 2NT Kent Thameside Dartford Martial Arts Club Shumpukan DA1 2NT Kent Thameside Dartford Tennis and Racquet Club Pro-Tennis Academy DA1 4DN Kent Thameside Dartford Tennis and Racquet Club Kent Squash and Racketball Association DA2 7AZ Kent Thameside Dartford Tennis and Racquet Club North West Kent Regional Badminton Kent Thameside Dartford Association Tennis and Racquet Club Gravesend and District Table Tennis Club DA11 Kent Thameside Gravesham Tennis and Racquet Club Cobham Tennis Club Kent Thameside Gravesham Tennis and Racquet Club Gravesham Lawn Tennis Club DA12 2TL Kent Thameside Gravesham Tennis and Racquet Club Shorne Badminton Club DA12 3EA Kent Thameside Gravesham Tennis and Racquet Club Horizon Badminton Club DA13 Kent Thameside Gravesham Tennis and Racquet Club Meopham Lawn Tennis Club DA13 0AT Kent Thameside Gravesham Watersports Club Dartford Ramblers Sea Anglers Association Kent Thameside DartfordWatersports Club Dartford Swimming Club DA1 1JB Kent Thameside Dartford Watersports Club Erith Yacht Club DA8 2AD Kent Thameside Dartford Watersports Club Gravesend and Northfleet Swimming Club Da11 8BU Kent Thameside Gravesham Watersports Club North Kent Yachting Association DA12 Kent Thameside Gravesham Watersports Club Gravesend Rowing Club DA12 2BS Kent Thameside Gravesham Football and Rugby Club Darenth Valley RFC Training DA1 1QE Kent Thameside Dartford Football and Rugby Club Fleetdown United Junior Football Club DA2 6JX Kent Thameside Dartford Football and Rugby Club Performance Soccer DA3 8JG Kent Thameside Dartford Football and Rugby Club Dartford FC DA4 9HR Kent Thameside Dartford Football and Rugby Club Dartford Referees Association DA8 3QF Kent Thameside Dartford Football and Rugby Club Grass Roots Soccer Schools DA3 7JS Kent Thameside Dartford Football and Rugby Club Gravesend and Northfleet F.C. Ltd DA11 9BA Kent Thameside Gravesham Return to Contents Football and Rugby Club Gravesham Ladies Football Club DA11 8BG Kent Thameside Gravesham

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Classification Name Postcode Territory LA Football and Rugby Club Gravesendians Rugby Club DA12 1PX Kent Thameside Gravesham Football and Rugby Club Gravesend Rugby Club DA12 2TL Kent Thameside Gravesham Football and Rugby Club Vigo Rugby Football Club DA13 0UA Kent Thameside Gravesham Football and Rugby Club Swanscombe United Football Club DA13 0AH Kent Thameside Gravesham Cricket Club Dartford Cricket Club DA1 1QZ Kent Thameside Dartford Cricket Club Gravesend Cricket Club DA11 0QP Kent Thameside Gravesham Cricket Club Cobham Cricket Club Kent Thameside Gravesham Cricket Club Harvel Cricket Club DA13 0BT Kent Thameside Gravesham Cricket Club New Ifield Cricket Club DA13 0BJ Kent Thameside Gravesham Cricket Club Meopham Cricket Club DA13 0PY Kent Thameside Gravesham Golf Club Dartford Golf Club DA1 2TN Kent Thameside Dartford Bowls & Bowling Club Joydens Wood Short Mat Bowls Club DA2 7NE Kent Thameside Dartford Bowls & Bowling Club Downs Bowls Club (DA2 6NA) Kent Thameside Dartford Bowls & Bowling Club Northfleet Bowling Club DA11 8AU Kent Thameside Gravesham Bowls & Bowling Club Gravesend Bowling Club DA11 0QP Kent Thameside Gravesham Bowls & Bowling Club Woodland Park Bowls Club DA11 7JY Kent Thameside Gravesham Bowls & Bowling Club Cobham Bowls Club DA12 Kent Thameside Gravesham Bowls & Bowling Club OGF Bowls Club DA12 1PX Kent Thameside Gravesham Bowls & Bowling Club Istead Rise Bowls Club DA13 9LB Kent Thameside Gravesham Athletics Club VCD Athletics Club DA1 4DN Kent Thameside Dartford Athletics Club Central Park Athletics Ltd DA1 1JP Kent Thameside Dartford Athletics Club Dartford Harriers Athletics Club Kent Thameside Dartford Athletics Club Gravesend Road Runners and Athletics Club DA12 5NN Kent Thameside Gravesham Miscellaneous Club Crayford Sports and Social Club DA1 4ES Kent Thameside Dartford Miscellaneous Club New World Snooker Club DA1 1HD Kent Thameside Dartford Miscellaneous Club Dartford and District Angling and DA1 1LJ Kent Thameside Dartford Preservation Society Miscellaneous Club Bexley Park Sports and Social Club DA2 7GA Kent Thameside Dartford Miscellaneous Club Bridge Court Fletchers (DA2 6AU) Kent Thameside Dartford Miscellaneous Club Bowmen of Darenteford Kent Thameside Dartford Miscellaneous Club Corinthian Sports Club DA3 8NA Kent Thameside Dartford Miscellaneous Club Hartley Country Club DA3 8BS Kent Thameside Dartford Miscellaneous Club Swanscombe and Greenhithe Sports DA10 0AD Kent Thameside Gravesham Association Miscellaneous Club Beauwater Sports and Social Club DA11 Kent Thameside Gravesham Miscellaneous Club Gravesend Fencing Club DA11 8BU Kent Thameside Gravesham Miscellaneous Club Gravesend Ladies Hockey Club DA12 2TL Kent Thameside Gravesham Miscellaneous Club Kingfisher APS DA12 5PG Kent Thameside Gravesham Miscellaneous Club The Meapa DA12 5JT Kent Thameside Gravesham Miscellaneous Club Gravesend Archers DA13 Kent Thameside Gravesham Miscellaneous Club Gravesend Cycle Touring Club Gravesend Kent Thameside Gravesham Return to Contents

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3.3.2 Medway

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Health / Fitness Activity Club Gillingham Gymnastics Club ME1 1PB Medway Renaissance Medway Health / Fitness Activity Club A ‘n’ J Sportscoach ME1 3HT Medway Renaissance Medway Health / Fitness Activity Club Fireﬂys Gymnastic Club ME2 3JQ Medway Renaissance Medway Martial Arts The TAGB (Taekwondo) ME1 2UW Medway Renaissance Medway Martial Arts The Judo Council ME2 2NN Medway Renaissance Medway Martial Arts UK Wing Chun Kung Fu Association (Medway) ME2 3DY Medway Renaissance Medway Martial Arts Kyushin Ryu Ju Jitsu (Strood) ME2 3JQ Medway Renaissance Medway Martial Arts Wrenwa Judo Club ME4 5UN Medway Renaissance Medway Martial Arts UK Bushido Karate Kai Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway Martial Arts Nathan Marsh Blackbelt Academy ME5 8YE Medway Renaissance Medway Martial Arts Chum Kune Do Martial Arts Club Rainham Medway Renaissance Medway Martial Arts Walderslade Judo Club ME8 8NQ Medway Renaissance Medway Tennis & Racquet Club Chatham Table Tennis Club ME4 6JB Medway Renaissance Medway Tennis & Racquet Club Castle Lawn Tennis Club Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway Tennis & Racquet Club Rainham 83 Tennis Club Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Tennis & Racquet Club Medway Badminton Association Ltd ME7 2QE Medway Renaissance Medway Tennis & Racquet Club Sturdee Table Tennis Club Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Tennis & Racquet Club Luton Church Lawn Tennis Club Medway Renaissance Medway Tennis & Racquet Club Medway Junior Badminton Club ME7 2QE Watersports Club Medway Mermaids Synchro Club North West Medway Renaissance Medway Kent College Watersports Club Medway Yacht Club ME2 4XB Medway Renaissance Medway Watersports Club Strood Yacht Club ME2 4AH Medway Renaissance Medway Watersports Club Upnor Sailing Club ME2 4UY Medway Renaissance Medway Watersports Club Kent Boat and Ski Club ME2 1AB Medway Renaissance Medway Watersports Club Medway Sailability ME2 4XB Medway Renaissance Medway Watersports Club Valiant Swimming Club ME2 1LT Medway Renaissance Medway Watersports Club Allhallows Yacht Club ME3 9SY Medway Renaissance Medway Watersports Club Hoo Ness Yacht Club ME3 9TW Medway Renaissance Medway Watersports Club Hundred of Hoo Sailing Club ME3 9LB Medway Renaissance Medway Watersports Club Wilsonian Sailing Club (Dinghies) ME3 9HF Medway Renaissance Medway Football and Rugby Club Medway Rugby Football Club ME1 3AD Medway Renaissance Medway Football and Rugby Club Medway Knights Football Club ME1 3EL Medway Renaissance Medway Football and Rugby Club The Middlesex Wanderers ME4 6DT Medway Renaissance Medway Football and Rugby Club Chatham Town Football Club ME4 6BZ Medway Renaissance Medway Football and Rugby Club Woodlands Centre Football ME7 2BX Medway Renaissance Medway Football and Rugby Club Gillingham Football Club ME7 4DD Medway Renaissance Medway Football and Rugby Club Walderslade Boys FC Medway Renaissance Medway Football and Rugby Club Deanview Football Club Medway Renaissance Medway Football and Rugby Club Medway Rugby Football Club Medway Renaissance Medway

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KT (A)

Classification Name Postcode Territory LA CCricketricket ClubClub HarvelSherwood Cricket Club Cricket Club DA13 ME10BT 3TF Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Gravesham Medway CCricketricket ClubClub NewFrindsbury Ifield Cricket Cricket Club Club DA13 Rochester0BJ Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Gravesham Medway CCricketricket ClubClub MeophamClarion CricketSports Club Club (cricket) DA13 Strood0PY Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Gravesham Medway BGolfowls Club Club DartfordRochester Golf Club Bowling Club DA1 2TNME1 3BD Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Dartford Medway Golf Club NONE NONE Kent Thameside Gravesham Bowls Club Winget Bowls Club ME2 3UE Medway Renaissance Medway Bowls & Bowling Club Joydens Wood Short Mat Bowls Club DA2 7NE Kent Thameside Dartford BBowlsowls &Club Bowling Club DownsChatham Bowls ClubBowling Club (DA2 6NA)ME4 6NE Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Dartford Medway BBowlsowls &Club Bowling Club NorthfleetThe Prince Bowling Arthur Club Indoor Bowling Club DA11 8AU ME7 1UR Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Gravesham Medway MBowlsiscellaneous & Bowling Club Club Gravesend Holcombe Bowling Hockey Club Club DA11 0QPME4 2TQ Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Gravesham Medway MBowlsiscellaneous & Bowling Club Club Woodland Gillingham Park AnchoriansBowls Club Hockey Club DA11 7JYME7 3AN Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Gravesham Medway Bowls & Bowling Club Cobham Bowls Club DA12 Kent Thameside Gravesham Miscellaneous Club Invicta Ladies ice Hockey Club Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Bowls & Bowling Club OGF Bowls Club DA12 1PX Kent Thameside Gravesham MBowlsiscellaneous & Bowling Club Club Istead Invicta Rise Dynamos Bowls Club Hockey DA13 ME89LB 0PU Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Gravesham Medway MAthleticsiscellaneous Club Club VCD Medway Athletics LeisureClub Springers Trampoline Club DA1 4DN ME1 3QJKent Thameside Medway Renaissance Dartford Medway MAthleticsiscellaneous Club Club Central Highly Park Sprung Athletics Trampoline Ltd Club DA1 1JPME5 8YE Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Dartford Medway MAthleticsiscellaneous Club Club Dartford Gillingham Harriers Trampoline Athletics Club Club ME7 1HNKent Thameside Medway Renaissance Dartford Medway MAthleticsiscellaneous Club Club Gravesend Medway Road Velo Runners Cycling and Club Athletics Club DA12 Rainham5NN Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Gravesham Medway Miscellaneous Club Crayford Sports and Social Club DA1 4ES Kent Thameside Dartford Miscellaneous Club Victory Cycling Club Medway Renaissance Medway Miscellaneous Club New World Snooker Club DA1 1HD Kent Thameside Dartford MMiscellaneousiscellaneous Club Club Dartford BAE Systems and District Rochester Angling and Sports Preservation & Social SocieClubt DA1 1LJ ME3 9JD Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Dartford Medway MMiscellaneousiscellaneous Club Club Bexley Lordswood Park Sports Sports and Socialand Social Club Club DA2 7GAME5 8YE Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Dartford Medway MMiscellaneousiscellaneous Club Club Bridge Mid Court Kent Fletchers Outdoor and Social Club (DA2 6AU) Kent ThamesideMedway Renaissance Dartford Medway MMiscellaneousiscellaneous Club Club Bowmen Lordswood of Darenteford Netball Club ME5 7EHKent Thameside Medway Renaissance Dartford Medway Miscellaneous Club Corinthian(Chatham Sports Girls Club Grammar) DA3 8NA Kent Thameside Dartford Miscellaneous Club Hartley Country Club DA3 8BS Kent Thameside Dartford Miscellaneous Club Strood Volleyball Club Strood Medway Renaissance Medway Miscellaneous Club Swanscombe and Greenhithe Sports Association DA10 0AD Kent Thameside Gravesham MMiscellaneousiscellaneous Club Club Beauwater Medway Sports Junior and Netball Social ClubClub DA11ME5 0BX Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Gravesham Medway MMiscellaneousiscellaneous Club Club Gravesend WASPS WheelchairFencing Club Basketball Club DA11 8BUUni of Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Gravesham Medway Miscellaneous Club Gravesend Ladies Hockey Club DA12 Greenwich,2TL Kent Thameside Gravesham Miscellaneous Club Kingfisher APS DA12 Chatham,5PG Kent ME4 Thameside Gravesham Miscellaneous Club The Meapa DA12 5JT Kent Thameside Gravesham Miscellaneous Club Jumpers Rebound Centre ME7 1HN Medway Renaissance Medway Miscellaneous Club Gravesend Archers DA13 Kent Thameside Gravesham MMiscellaneousiscellaneous Club Club Gravesend Lordswood Cycle SSC Touring Petanque Club Section GravesendME5 9XX Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Gravesham Medway Miscellaneous Club Black Lion Plus Group ME7 1HF Medway Renaissance Medway Miscellaneous Club Action Training Youth Development for Kent ME7 1TX Medway Renaissance Medway Miscellaneous Club Invicta Korfball Club Medway Renaissance Medway Miscellaneous Club Bridge Woods Field Archery Club Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway

3.3.3 Swale

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Health / Fitness Activity Club Young Dance and Gymnastic Club Swale Forward Swale Health / Fitness Activity Club Faversham Gymnastics Centre Swale Forward Swale Health / Fitness Activity Club Young Dynamics Dance and Gymnastics Club ME10 2BL Swale Forward Swale Martial Arts Club Sheppey Karate Club Swale Forward Swale Martial Arts Club Daoist Internal Arts Swale Forward Swale Martial Arts Club Young Judo Club Swale Forward Swale

Return to Contents Martial Arts Club Sittingbourne Judo Club Swale Forward Swale Martial Arts Club Swale Martial Arts Club ME10 4BL Swale Forward Swale

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Martial Arts Club KO BO - Sittingbourne Swale Forward Swale Martial Arts Club Yoga at Hartlip Swale Forward Swale Martial Arts Club Sittingbourne Taekwondo Club ME10 4NT Swale Forward Swale Tennis & Racquet Faversham Tennis Club Swale Forward Swale Tennis & Racquet Sheerness East Table Tennis Club Swale Forward Swale Tennis & Racquet Falcons Junior Badminton Club Swale Forward Swale Tennis & Racquet Faversham Badminton Club Swale Forward Swale Tennis & Racquet Rodmersham Squash Club Swale Forward Swale Tennis & Racquet Bapchild Table Tennis Club Swale Forward Swale Tennis & Racquet Sheppey & District Table Tennis Association Swale Forward Swale Tennis & Racquet Sittingbourne & District Tennis Club Swale Forward Swale Tennis & Racquet Borden Badminton Club Swale Forward Swale Watersports Club Invicta Divers ME9 7PA Swale Forward Swale Watersports Club Blue Circle (Sittingbourne) Sea Angling Club Swale Forward Swale Watersports Club Crescent Swimming Club ME10 4NT Swale Forward Swale Watersports Club Sheerness Swimming Club and Lifeguard Corps Swale Forward Swale Watersports Club RNLI - Sea check, Medway and Swale Group Swale Forward Swale Watersports Club Sittingbourne and Milton Swimming Club Swale Forward Swale Watersports Club Beachﬁeld Swimming Squad Swale Forward Swale Watersports Club Faversham Angling Club Swale Forward Swale Watersports Club 3K Sea Angling Club Swale Forward Swale Watersports Club Blue Circle (Sittingbourne) Sea Angling Club Swale Forward Swale Watersports Club Swale Divers Swale Forward Swale Watersports Club Catamaran Yacht Club Swale Forward Swale Watersports Club Lower Halstow Yacht Club Swale Forward Swale Watersports Club Queenborough Yacht Club ME11 5AA Swale Forward Swale Watersports Club Kingsferry Boat Club Swale Forward Swale Football & Rugby Club Sheppey Rugby Football Club ME12 3RT Swale Forward Swale Football & Rugby Club Milton Athletic Football Club Swale Forward Swale Football & Rugby Club Sittingbourne Football Club Swale Forward Swale Football & Rugby Club Sentinels Football Club Swale Forward Swale Football & Rugby Club Apollon FC Swale Forward Swale Football & Rugby Club Sentinels Football Club Swale Forward Swale Football & Rugby Club Faversham Five A Side League Swale Forward Swale Football & Rugby Club Faversham Town Football Club Swale Forward Swale Football & Rugby Club Sheerness CCFC Swale Forward Swale Football & Rugby Club Faversham Rugby Club Swale Forward Swale Football & Rugby Club Sittingbourne Rugby Union Swale Forward Swale Cricket Bapchild Cricket Club ME9 9PP Swale Forward Swale Cricket Rodmersham Cricket & Hockey Club ME9 0PR Swale Forward Swale Cricket Gore Court Cricket Club ME10 1YT Swale Forward Swale Cricket Davington Priory Cricket Club Swale Forward Swale Return to Contents Cricket Lower Halstow Cricket Club Swale Forward Swale

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Cricket Boughton C.C Swale Forward Swale Cricket Borden C.C Swale Forward Swale Cricket Bredgar C.C Swale Forward Swale Cricket Sheldwich C.C Swale Forward Swale Cricket Macknade C.C Swale Forward Swale Cricket Sheppey C.C Swale Forward Swale Cricket Sheernee East Cricket Club Swale Forward Swale Golf Club Faversham Golf Club ME13 0HB Swale Forward Swale Golf Club Boughton Golf Club Swale Forward Swale Golf Club Sheerness Golf Club Swale Forward Swale Bowls & Bowling Club Milton Regis Bowling Club ME10 2PS Swale Forward Swale Bowls & Bowling Club Swale Indoor Bowls Club ME10 2BL Swale Forward Swale Bowls & Bowling Club Sheerness Town (St. Georges) Bowling Club Ltd ME12 1QT Swale Forward Swale Bowls & Bowling Club Faversham Recreation Bowls Club ME13 8HA Swale Forward Swale Bowls & Bowling Club Milton Regis Bowling Club Swale Forward Swale Bowls & Bowling Club Sheerness Town (St George’s) Bowls Club Swale Forward Swale Bowls & Bowling Club Swale Indoor Bowling Centre ME10 2BL Swale Forward Swale Bowls & Bowling Club Swale Blind & Partially Sighted Bowling Club Swale Forward Swale Bowls & Bowling Club Boughton-under-Blean Bowls Club ME13 9AL Swale Forward Swale Athletics Club Sittingbourne Striders Running Club Swale Forward Swale Athletics Club Swale Combined Athletics Club Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Trampolinecoachuk ME10 4NT Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Sheerness Tornado’s Trampolining Club Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Bounce DMT & Trampoline Club ME10 4NT Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Airsprung ME10 4NT Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Woodcoombe Sports & Social Club ME10 3RT Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Co-operative Sports & Social Club ME12 1EJ Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Milton Regis Weightlifting Club ME10 2BL Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Sheerness Weight Training Club Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Abbey Bowmen Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Highsted Valley Bowmen Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Faversham Amateur Boxing Club Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Faversham Junior Aces Club ME13 7PQ Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Kingsferry Gun Club Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Queenborough Social Club ME11 5EN Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Referees Association - Sheppey Branch Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Sittingbourne and District Netball League Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Swale Cycle Forum Swale Forward Swale Miscellaneous Club Kent Youth Netball Association ME10 1DG Swale Forward Swale Return to Contents

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4.1 Overview

4.1.1 Distribution of Facilities Figures 15,16,17,20 For the purpose of the mapping, heritage ‘facilities’ include prominent and publicly accessible natural Kent and built heritage sites, museums, and archives. Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Museum 3 7 8 18 The heritage results revealed the most even distribution Archive 3 6 1 10 of facilities within any theme with Swale being largely on Heritage Site / Attraction 16 11 12 39 a par with Kent Thameside and Medway (see Figures 15 andNatural 16). Swale Heritage is particularly strong in9 terms of natural7 10 26 heritage,Total however, and Kent Thameside31 has the highest31 31 93 number of heritage attractions. Figures 15,16,17,20 FigureFigure 15: 17: Number Designated of Heritage Heritage Facilities Buildings and Parks

KentKent ThamesideThameside Medway Medway Swale Swale TGNK TGNK MuseumScheduled Monument 213 727 21 8 1 1184 ArchiveListed Building 4853 6106 1,458 1 2,55 103 HeritageBuilding atSite Risk / Attraction 163 1411 12 13 3 390 NaturalRegisted Heritage Historic Park / 90 72 10 4 26 6 TotalGarden 31 31 31 93 Total 509 698 1,496 2,703

Figure 16: Distribution of Heritage Facilities (%) FFigureigure 16: 17: Distribution Designated of Heritage Heritage Buildings Facilities and(%) Parks

KentKent ThamesideThameside Medway Medway Swale Swale TGNK TGNK ScheduledMuseum Monument 17%21 39%72 44% 21 100% 114 ListedArchive Building 30%485 60% 610 1,458 10% 2 100%,553 BuildingHeritage at Site Risk / Attraction 41%3 28%14 31% 13 100% 30 RegistedNatural Heritage Historic Park / 35%0 27%2 38% 4 100% 6 GardenTotal 33% 33% 33% 100% Total 509 698 1,496 2,703

AdditionalFigure 16: aspects Distribution of the ofheritage Heritage picture Facilities in TGNK (%) were also researched (though these were not taken into account in the mapping exercise). Figure 17 provides Kent headline details of designated heritage buildings and Thameside Medway Swale TGNK parks across TGNK.1 Museum 17% 39% 44% 100% Archive 30% 60% 10% 100% Return to Contents Heritage Site / Attraction 41% 28% 31% 100% Natural Heritage 35% 27% 38% 100% 1T Source:otal English Heritage, Heritage Counts3 32005.% 33% 33% 100% 35

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Kent Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Museum 3 7 8 18 Archive 3 6 1 10 Heritage Site / Attraction 16 11 12 39 Natural Heritage 9 7 10 26 Total 31 31 31 93

FigureFigure 17: 17: Designated Designated Heritage Heritage Buildings Buildings and and Parks Parks

Kent Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Scheduled Monument 21 72 21 114 Listed Building 485 610 1,458 2,553 Building at Risk 3 14 13 30 Registed Historic Park / 0 2 4 6 Garden Total 509 698 1,496 2,703

Figure 16: Distribution of Heritage Facilities (%) 4.1.2 Distribution of Activity Indicators The research carried out into activityKent clubs and societies yielded a number of resultsThameside that fell under the Medway heading of Swale TGNK ‘heritage’.Museum Kent Thameside and Medway17% had the 39%same 44% 100% numberArchive of such activity indicators,30% with Swale having 60% 10% 100% slightlyHeritage fewer. Site / Attraction 41% 28% 31% 100% Natural Heritage 35%Figures 27% 18,19,21 38% 100% Figure 18: Number of Heritage Activity IndicatorsFigures 18,19,21 Total 33% 33% 33% 100% Kent Kent Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Special Interest: History 12 6 9 27 Special Interest: History 12 6 9 27 Special Interest: Natural 6 12 2 20 Special Interest: Natural 6 12 2 20 Total 18 18 11 47 Total 18 18 11 47

Figure 19: Distribution of Heritage Activity Indicators (%) Figure 19: Distribution of Heritage Activity Indicators (%) Figure 19: Distribution of Heritage Activity Indicators (%) Kent Kent Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Special Interest: History 44% 22% 33% 100% Special Interest: History 44% 22% 33% 100% Special Interest: Natural 30% 60% 10% 100% Special Interest: Natural 30% 60% 10% 100% Total 38% 38% 23% 100% Total 38% 38% 23% 100% Return to Contents

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4.1.3 Comparative Distribution of Facilities and Activity Indicators The comparative picture of the distribution of heritage facilities and activity indicators reverses the picture that emerges in other categories (where Swale has high levels of activity but low numbers of facilities). Swale is strongly provided for in terms of heritage facilities (particularly natural heritage sites), but is the location of less heritage-related activity than the other LRPs.

Figure 20: Distribution of Heritage Facilities by local area

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The map in Figure 22 plots the locations of the main Map Key heritage facilities in each local area by category, and Classification by Postcode provides an indication of how these facilities are Archive distributed geographically across TGNK. It is important Heritage Site / Attraction Museum to note that the mapping does not represent the full Natural Heritage range of heritage facilities revealed by the mapping Custom Territories exercise (particularly natural heritage sites), as in many Kent Thameside cases the source data lacked the detail needed to Medway Renaissance enable sites to be plotted on a map. As such, important Swale Forward sites such as Elmley Marshes are not reflected on the map; their significance within the local area is, however, recognised.

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4.2 Heritage Facility Data by Local Area

4.2.1 Kent Thameside

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Museum Dartford Borough Museum DA1 1EU Kent Thameside Dartford Museum Gravesham Museum DA12 1BE Kent Thameside Gravesham Museum Custom House Museum DA12 2BW Kent Thameside Gravesham Archive Dartford Central Library DA1 1EU Kent Thameside Dartford Archive Queen Mary’s Hospital - the Gillies Archive DA14 6LT Kent Thameside Dartford Archive Gravesend Library DA12 1BE Kent Thameside Gravesham Heritage Site / Attraction The Manor Gatehouse DA1 2BJ Kent Thameside Dartford Heritage Site / Attraction Lullingstone Castle DA4 0JA Kent Thameside Dartford Heritage Site / Attraction Lullingstone Visitors’ Centre DA4 0JF Kent Thameside Dartford Heritage Site / Attraction Eagle Heights Bird of Prey Centre DA4 0JB Kent Thameside Dartford Heritage Site / Attraction St John’s Jerusalem Garden (NT) DA4 9HQ Kent Thameside Dartford Heritage Site / Attraction Chantry Heritage Centre DA12 2BH Kent Thameside Gravesham Heritage Site / Attraction New Tavern Fort DA12 2BT Kent Thameside Gravesham Heritage Site / Attraction Henry VIII’s Blockhouse (ruins) DA12 2BT Kent Thameside Gravesham Heritage Site / Attraction Owletts (NT) DA12 3AP Kent Thameside Gravesham Heritage Site / Attraction Cobham Hall (private school) DA12 3BL Kent Thameside Gravesham Heritage Site / Attraction Meopham Windmill Kent Thameside Gravesham Heritage Site / Attraction Nurstead Court DA13 9AD Kent Thameside Gravesham Heritage Site / Attraction Princess Pocahontas (St George’s Church) DA11 0DJ Kent Thameside Gravesham Heritage Site / Attraction Royal Terrace Pier Da12 2BE Kent Thameside Gravesham Heritage Site / Attraction Gravesend Town Pier DA11 0BJ Kent Thameside Gravesham Heritage Site / Attraction MV ‘Princess Pocahontas’ (river excursions) Kent Thameside Gravesham Buildings at Risk Cobham Park Kent Thameside Gravesham Buildings at Risk Gravesham Blockhouse Kent Thameside Gravesham Natural Heritage Darenth Country Park Kent Thameside Dartford Natural Heritage Beacon Wood Country Park Kent Thameside Dartford Natural Heritage Darent Valley Walk Kent Thameside Dartford Natural Heritage Shorne Wood Country Park DA12 3HX Kent Thameside Gravesham Natural Heritage Northﬂeet Urban Country Park Kent Thameside Gravesham Natural Heritage Camer Country Park Kent Thameside Gravesham Natural Heritage Bawley Bay Kent Thameside Gravesham Natural Heritage Cobham Park Kent Thameside Gravesham Return to Contents

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4.2.2 Medway

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Museum Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust ME4 4TZ Medway Renaissance Medway Museum Diocese of Rochester Museum ME1 1SX Medway Renaissance Medway Museum Guildhall Museum ME1 1PY Medway Renaissance Medway Museum Kent Police Museum ME4 4TZ Medway Renaissance Medway Museum Royal Engineers Museum ME4 4UG Medway Renaissance Medway Museum The Old Brook Pumping Station ME4 4AJ Medway Renaissance Medway Museum Watts Charity ME1 1LX Medway Renaissance Medway Archive Gillingham Central Library ME7 1BG Medway Renaissance Medway Archive Guildhall Museum ME1 1PY Medway Renaissance Medway Archive Medway Archives and Local Studies Centre ME2 4AU Medway Renaissance Medway Archive Rochester Bridge Trust ME1 1QE Medway Renaissance Medway Archive Royal Engineers Library ME4 4UG Medway Renaissance Medway Archive Royal Engineers Museum of Military Engineering ME4 4UG Medway Renaissance Medway Heritage Site / Attraction Restoration House ME1 1RF Medway Renaissance Medway Heritage Site / Attraction Fort Amhurst Heritage Trust ME4 4UB Medway Renaissance Medway Heritage Site / Attraction Rochester Castle ME2 4AU Medway Renaissance Medway Heritage Site / Attraction Chatham Historic Dockyard ME4 4TZ Medway Renaissance Medway Heritage Site / Attraction Gad’s Hill Place ME3 7PE Medway Renaissance Medway Heritage Site / Attraction Temple Manor ME1 1LX Medway Renaissance Medway Heritage Site / Attraction Upnor Castle ME2 4AU Medway Renaissance Medway Heritage Site / Attraction Eastgate House ME1 1EW Medway Renaissance Medway Heritage Site / Attraction Six Poor Travellers’ House Medway Renaissance Medway Heritage Site / Attraction Fort Amhurst Heritage Trust ME4 4UB Medway Renaissance Medway Heritage Site / Attraction Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle (Chatham) ME4 4TQ Medway Renaissance Medway Natural Heritage Capstone Farm Country Park ME7 3JG Medway Renaissance Medway Natural Heritage Riverside Country Park ME2 4AU Medway Renaissance Medway Natural Heritage Northward Hill Heronry Medway Renaissance Medway Natural Heritage Cobtree Manor Park Medway Renaissance Medway Natural Heritage Queendown Warren LNR Medway Renaissance Medway Natural Heritage Cliffe Marshes (SPA) inc. Halstow & Medway Renaissance Medway St. Mary’s marshes Natural Heritage Kent Downs AONB Medway Renaissance Medway Return to Contents

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4.2.3 Swale

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Museum Court Hall Museum ME10 2DR Swale Forward Swale Museum Dolphin Sailing Barge Museum ME10 3SN Swale Forward Swale Museum Sittingbourne Heritage Museum ME10 2LP Swale Forward Swale Museum Sheerness Heritage Centre ME12 1AJ Swale Forward Swale Museum Maison Dieu ME13 0DW Swale Forward Swale Museum Minster Abbey Gatehouse Museum ME12 2HE Swale Forward Swale Museum Guildhall Museum ME11 5AA Swale Forward Swale Museum Periwinkle Watermill Museum ME10 4TU Swale Forward Swale Archive Faversham Museum / Fleur de Lis ME13 8NS Swale Forward Swale Heritage Centre Heritage Site / Attraction Belmont House ME13 0HH Swale Forward Swale Heritage Site / Attraction Fleur de Lis Heritage Centre ME13 8NS Swale Forward Swale Heritage Site / Attraction Barton’s Point ME12 2BX Swale Forward Swale Heritage Site / Attraction Chart Gunpowder Mills ME13 7SE Swale Forward Swale Heritage Site / Attraction Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway ME9 8AT Swale Forward Swale Heritage Site / Attraction Apple Craft Centre Swale Forward Swale Heritage Site / Attraction Shpherd Neame Brewery Tours ME13 7AX Swale Forward Swale Heritage Site / Attraction Sittingbourne and Kemsley Light Railway Swale Forward Swale Heritage Site / Attraction Doddington Place Gardens ME9 0BB Swale Forward Swale Heritage Site / Attraction Oad Street Craft Centre Swale Forward Swale Heritage Site / Attraction Syndale Valley Vineyards Swale Forward Swale Heritage Site / Attraction Mount Ephraim Gardens Swale Forward Swale Natural Heritage Elmley Marshes Nature Reserve (RSPB) Swale Forward Swale Natural Heritage Leysdown Coastal Park Swale Forward Swale Natural Heritage Oare Marshes Swale Forward Swale Natural Heritage Queendown Warren Nature Reserve Swale Forward Swale Natural Heritage Swale National Nature Reserve Swale Forward Swale Natural Heritage South Swale Nature Reserve Swale Forward Swale Natural Heritage Gore Farm Trail Swale Forward Swale Natural Heritage Brogdale Horticultural Trust ME13 8XZ Swale Forward Swale Natural Heritage Graveney & Luddenham Marshes Swale Forward Swale Natural Heritage Kent Downs AONB Swale Forward Swale Return to Contents

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4.3 Heritage Activity Indicator Data by Local Area

4.3.1 Kent Thameside

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Special Interest: History Dartford District Archaeological Group Kent Thameside Dartford Special Interest: History North West Kent Family History Society Kent Thameside Dartford Special Interest: History Dartford Historical and Antiquarian Society Kent Thameside Dartford Special Interest: History Farningham and Eynsford Local History Society Kent Thameside Dartford Special Interest: History Horton Kirby and South Darenth Local History Society Kent Thameside Dartford Special Interest: History Farningham & Eynsford Local History Society Kent Thameside Dartford Special Interest: History Kent Beekeepers Association Dartford Branch Kent Thameside Dartford Special Interest: Natural Dartford and Gravesham Ramblers Kent Thameside Dartford Heritage Special Interest: Natural Downstream Rambling Club Kent Thameside Dartford Heritage Special Interest: History Kent Archaeological Society Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: History Meopham Historical Society DA13 OAA Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: History Shorne Local History Group DA12 3EA Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: History Chalk Parish History Group DA12 4TP Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: History Higham Village History Group ME3 Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: Natural Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - DA11 Kent Thameside Gravesham Heritage Gravesend & District Members Group Special Interest: Natural RSPB Gravesend Local Group Kent Thameside Gravesham Heritage Special Interest: Natural Istead Rise Footpaths Group DA13 9HG Kent Thameside Gravesham Heritage Special Interest: Meopham & Districts Footpaths Group Kent Thameside Gravesham Natural Heritage

4.3.2 Medway

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Special Interest: History Gillingham and Rainham Local History Society Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Special Interest: History Rainham Historical Society ME8 9BH Medway Renaissance Medway Special Interest: History North West Kent Family History Society Medway Renaissance Medway Special Interest: History Chatham Dockyard Historical Society ME4 4TE Medway Renaissance Medway Special Interest: History Medway Aircraft Preservation Society ME5 9SD Medway Renaissance Medway Special Interest: History Paddle Steamer Preservation Society SE1 Medway Renaissance Medway Special Interest: Kent Bat Group Medway Renaissance Medway Natural Heritage Special Interest: Kent BTCV TN25 5DQ Medway Renaissance Medway Return to Contents

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4.3.3 Swale

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Special Interest: History North Kent Archaeological Excavations ME9 8ND Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: History Sheppey Local History Society Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: History Sittingbourne Family History Society Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: History World Ship Society - East Kent Branch Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: History Coldstream Regiment of Footguards (1815) Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: History Kent Archaeological Field School ME13 8UP Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: History North Kent Egyptology Society (Ramases) Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: History Sittingbourne Archaeology Group Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: History Faversham History Society Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Ramblers Association Swale Forward Swale Natural Heritage Special Interest: Natural Swale Footpaths Group Swale Forward Swale Heritage Return to Contents

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5.1 Overview

5.1.1 Distribution of Facilities For the purpose of the mapping exercise, Community and Other Cultural ‘facilities’ included but was not limited to places of worship, community centres, village halls, playgrounds, and public parks. This was intended to indicate the amount of supporting infrastructure available for community and other cultural activities which for the most part do not take place in dedicated cultural facilities.

Here again, Swale has fewer facilities than the other local areas, by a considerable margin.3 The mapping revealed that Swale has approximately half the number of churches of either Kent Thameside or Medway, half the number of youth centres and the fewest facilities in every category with the exception of open space. Figures 23,24,27 Figure 23: Number of Community and Other Cultural Facilities

Kent Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Library 22 15 6 43 Community Centre 10 12 4 26 Public Hall 35 49 13 97 Function Rooms 8 3 3 14 Youth Centre 10 9 4 23 Church 41 46 28 115 Other Centre of Worship 3 10 0 13 Recreation Site 5 11 7 23 Public Park 7 45 5 57 Children's Play Area 23 37 0 60 Other Open Space 0 18 11 29 Total 164 255 81 500

Figure 24: Distribution of Community and Other Cultural Facilities (%)

Kent Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Library 51% 35% 14% 100% Community Centre 38% 46% 15% 100% Return to Contents Public Hall 36% 51% 13% 100% Function Rooms 57% 21% 21% 100% 3 YouthNo children’s Centre play areas were listed by Swale43% Borough Council, 39% while Kent Thameside 17% and 100% Medway sources listed them in detail. However, even if this category is removed from the equation, Swale still has considerably fewer 44 communityChurch facilities than the other two LRPs.36% 40% 24% 100% Other Centre of Worship 23% 77% 0% 100% Recreation Site 22% 48% 30% 100% Public Park 12% 79% 9% 100% Children's Play Area 38% 62% 0% 100% Other Open Space 0% 62% 38% 100% Total 33% 51% 16% 100%

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Kent Thameside Medway Swale TGNK 1. Mapping Library 2. Arts Mapping 223. Sport Mapping154. Heritage 6 43 5. Community and 6. Lottery Funding MethodologyCommunity Centre 10 12Mappi 4ng 26 Other Cultural Awards Mapping Public Hall 35 49 13 97 Function Rooms 8 3 3 14 Youth Centre 10 9 4 23 Church 41 46 28 115 Other Centre of Worship 3 10 0 13 Recreation Site 5 11 7 23 Public Park 7 45 5 57 Children's Play Area 23 37 0 60 Other Open Space 0 18 11 29 Total 164 255 81 500

Figure 24: Distribution of Community and Other Cultural Facilities (%) Figure 24: Distribution of Community and Other Cultural Facilities (%)

Kent Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Library 51% 35% 14% 100% Community Centre 38% 46% 15% 100% Public Hall 36% 51% 13% 100% Function Rooms 57% 21% 21% 100% Youth Centre 43% 39% 17% 100% Church 36% 40% 24% 100% Other Centre of Worship 23% 77% 0% 100% Recreation Site 22% 48% 30% 100% Public Park 12% 79% 9% 100% Children's Play Area 38% 62% 0% 100% Other Open Space 0% 62% 38% 100% Total 33% 51% 16% 100%

5.1.2 Distribution of Activity Indicators For the purposes of the mapping exercise, Community and Other Cultural ‘activity indicators’ covered categories such as social and community clubs, special interest clubs (including those catering to specific hobbies, other than arts or sports), and religious or youth- related activities or clubs. The picture of how these are distributed across TGNK shows a marked contrast to that of community facility distribution.

Community activity indicators are more evenly distributed across TGNK than community facilities. In this instance, Medway has the lowest number overall of clubs and organisations, followed by Swale, with Kent Thameside the most well-served. Swale has a particularly strong base of youth clubs, and caters for a wide range of special interests through clubs ranging from philately to real ale appreciation.

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Figures 25,26,28 Figure 25: Number of Community and OtherFigures Cultural 25,26,28 Activity Indicators

Kent ThamesideKent Medway Swale TGNK Social Club Thameside23 Medway36 Swale 11 TGNK 70 SocialCommunity Club Club 2348 3629 35 11 1 7120 SpecialCommunity Interest Club Clubs 4048 2829 4635 1142 ReligiousSpecial Interest Organisations Clubs 40 18 2811 46 7 1 3164 ReligiousYouth Club Organisations / Group 24 18 1811 46 7 8386 TotalYouth Club / Group 15324 12218 145 46 4 8280 Total 153 122 145 420 Figure 26: Distribution of Community and Other Cultural Activity Indicato FigureFigure 26: 26: Distribution Distribution of of Community Community and and Other Other Cultural Cultural Activity Activity Indicators Indicato (%) Kent ThamesideKent Medway Swale TGNK Social Club Thameside33% Medway 51% Swale 16% TGNK 100% CommunitySocial Club Club 69%33% 41%51% 50% 16% 100% ReligiousCommunity Organisations Club 69% 26% 41%16% 50% 10% 100% SpecialReligious Interest Organisations Clubs 26%57% 40% 16% 66% 10% 100% YouthSpecial Club Interest / Group Clubs34% 57% 26%40% 66% 100% TYouthotal Club / Group 34%36% 2 26%9% 3 66%5% 1 100%00% Total 36% 29% 35% 100%

5.1.3 Comparative Distribution of Facilities and Activity Indicators The comparative breakdown of community facilities and activity indicators follows a similar pattern to arts and sports. Typically, Swale has the lowest number of facilities, while the other local areas are better-served in this respect. However, activity indicators are more evenly spread across TGNK. Swale includes 33% of all community activity indicators in TGNK, despite having only 16% of TGNK’s community facilities. The distribution of activity indicators in Kent Thameside and Medway is also more balanced than the distribution of facilities would indicate. Results from this section of the mapping would, however, suggest that Medway is under-served in terms of community activity indicators since, despite having the highest population of the three local areas, it has the lowest proportion of community activity indicators. Swale once again reveals that its population, while small compared to that of the other local areas, Return to Contents is relatively active.

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Figure 27: Distribution of Community and Other Cultural Facilities by local area

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Figure 28: Distribution of Community and Other Cultural Activity Indicators by local area

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The map plots the locations of the main Community and Map Key Other Cultural facilities in each local area by category, Classification by Postcode and provides an indication of how these facilities are Church Community Centre distributed geographically across TGNK. Once again, the Function Room tendency is for the main population and urban centres Library to be the focus for clusters of amenities, however, some Other Centre of Worship of the more rural areas do have some community Public Hall provision. In Swale, for example, Queenborough Performing Arts Venue Classification by Postcode and Rushenden already have a limited number of Public Park community facilities, though were poorly-served in Custom Territories terms of specialist arts and sports facilities. Kent Thameside Medway Renaissance Swale Forward

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5.2 Community and Other Cultural Facility Data by Local Area

5.2.1 Kent Thameside

Classification Name Postcode Territory LA Library North West Kent College (no public access) DA1 2JT Kent Thameside Dartford Library Dartford Library* DA1 1EU Kent Thameside Dartford Library Sutton at Hone Library DA4 9HQ Kent Thameside Dartford Library Temple Hill Library DA1 5HY Kent Thameside Dartford Library Fleetdown Library DA2 6JZ Kent Thameside Dartford Library Crayford Library DA1 4ER Kent Thameside Dartford Library Swanscombe Library DA10 0HF Kent Thameside Dartford Library Summerhouse Drive Library DA5 2EE Kent Thameside Dartford Library Longfield Library DA3 7QT Kent Thameside Dartford Library Ashen Drive Library DA1 3LY Kent Thameside Dartford Library Greenhithe Library DA9 9EJ Kent Thameside Dartford Library Gravesend Central Library* DA12 1BE Kent Thameside Gravesham Library Higham Library ME3 7BS Kent Thameside Gravesham Library Marling Cross Library DA12 5LY Kent Thameside Gravesham Library Dashwood Library DA11 7LY Kent Thameside Gravesham Library Vigo Library DA13 0TD Kent Thameside Gravesham Library Northfleet Library DA11 8AE Kent Thameside Gravesham Library Meopham Library DA13 0AH Kent Thameside Gravesham Library Riverview Park Library DA12 4NG Kent Thameside Gravesham Library King’s Farm Library DA12 5HR Kent Thameside Gravesham Library Coldharbour Library DA11 8AE Kent Thameside Gravesham Library Hive House Library, Northfleet DA11 9DE Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Centre Temple Hill Community Centre DA1 5HX Kent Thameside Dartford Community Centre Hubert House DA1 5HU Kent Thameside Dartford Community Centre Fleetdown Community Centre DA2 6JZ Kent Thameside Dartford Community Centre Greenhithe Community Centre DA9 9HH Kent Thameside Dartford Community Centre Joydens Wood Community Centre Kent Thameside Dartford Community Centre Tree Community Centre Kent Thameside Dartford Community Centre Ebbsfleet Rainbow Centre DA11 9EQ Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Centre Viewpoint Community Centre DA12 4LF Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Centre Shears Green Community Centre Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Centre Istead Rise Community Centre DA13 9LB Kent Thameside Gravesham Public Hall VCD Athletic Club Hall DA1 4DN Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Masonic Halls DA1 2HJ Kent Thameside Dartford Return to Contents

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Classification Name Postcode Territory LA Public Hall Spilman Suite (Holy Trinity Church) DA1 1DE Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Sutton at Hone Village Hall Da4 9HQ Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Masonic Halls DA2 7DY Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Amar Hall DA1 1RX Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Horton Kirby and South Darenth Village Hall DA4 9AX Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Acacia Hall DA1 1DJ Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Ash Parish Hall Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Darenth Hall DA2 7LL Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Waller Park Pavilion DA2 7LR Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Wellcome Halls (The Leigh City DA1 1QE Kent Thameside Dartford Technology College) Public Hall Christ Church Parish Hall Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Heathfield Hall Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Holy Trinity Church Hall Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Princes Golf and Leisure club. DA1 1LZ Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Red Cross Hall DA1 2HB Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall St Edmund’s Parish Room DA1 5ND Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Edwards Hall DA4 0AY Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Eynsford Village Hall Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Farningham Village Hall DA4 0DC Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Greenhithe Community Association DA9 9HH Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Hartley United Reformed Church Hall Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Hawley Pavilion Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall St Peter’s Church Hall BR8 7RH Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Church Road Hall DA10 0SZ Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Swanscombe Leisure Centre DA10 0LP Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Oakfield Park Pavilion DA1 2TD Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Wilmington Memorial Hall Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Stone Cricket Pavilion and Community Hall DA9 9DQ Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall St Mary’s Church Hall, Stone Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall St Barnabas Church Hall Kent Thameside Dartford Public Hall Vigo Village Hall Da13 0TD Kent Thameside Gravesham Public Hall Meopham Village Hall DA13 0AT Kent Thameside Gravesham Public Hall Gravesend Masonic Hall DA11 0PA Kent Thameside Gravesham Function Room Birchwood Park Golf Centre Ltd DA2 7HJ Kent Thameside Dartford Function Room Goals Soccer Centre DA1 1QE Kent Thameside Dartford Function Room St Edmunds Church Living Well DA1 5ND Kent Thameside Dartford Function Room Leigh Enterprise Co (within City DA1 1QF Kent Thameside Dartford Technology College) Function Room Rose and Crown Public House DA1 2HJ Kent Thameside Dartford Function Room Nurstead Court DA13 9AD Kent Thameside Gravesham Return to Contents

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Classification Name Postcode Territory LA Function Room The Kent & Essex Da11 0LR Kent Thameside Gravesham Function Room Fleet Leisure Ltd DA11 7EE Kent Thameside Gravesham Youth Centre Highfield Youth Centre DA1 2JS Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Centre Community Development, Holy Trinity Church DA1 1DE Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Centre Temple Hill Community Centre DA1 5HX Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Centre Hubert House DA1 5HU Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Centre Fleetdown Community Centre DA2 6JZ Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Centre Greenhithe Community Centre DA9 9HH Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Centre Miracles Youth Centre DA12 5BW Kent Thameside Gravesham Youth Centre Hopehill Scout Camping Ground DA13 0QJ Kent Thameside Gravesham Youth Centre Ebbsfleet Rainbow Centre DA11 9EQ Kent Thameside Gravesham Youth Centre Northfleet Sports and Youth Centre DA11 8AJ Kent Thameside Gravesham Church Vine House Redeemed Christian Church of God DA1 5AJ Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Mary the Crays DA1 4DN Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Paulinus DA1 4ET Kent Thameside Dartford Church Wilmington Christian Fellowship DA2 7AQ Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Albans C of E Church DA1 1TF Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Andrews United Reformed Church Da1 1RP Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Anselms DA1 2HJ Kent Thameside Dartford Church The Salvation Army DA1 1BX Kent Thameside Dartford Church Emmanuel Pentecostal Church DA1 1RX Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Vincents Church DA1 5SU Kent Thameside Dartford Church Christ Church Dartford DA1 3ET Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Paulinus Church Office DA1 4RW Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Michael’s Church DA2 7BJ Kent Thameside Dartford Church Crayford Christian Fellowship DA1 4BG Kent Thameside Dartford Church Holy Trinity Church DA1 1DE Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Margarets Church DA2 7QY Kent Thameside Dartford Church Temple Hill Baptist Church DA1 5ND Kent Thameside Dartford Church Christ Church Erith DA8 3AN Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Peter and St Paul Church Swanscombe DA10 0JZ Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Mary the Virgin C of E Church (Stone) DA9 9BE Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Mary’s Church DA9 9ND Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Mary Magdalene Church DA3 7PQ Kent Thameside Dartford Church Highfield Road Baptist Church DA1 2ZY Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Michael and All Angels Church Wilmington DA2 7EG Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Peter’s Church Hextable BR8 7LS Kent Thameside Dartford Church St Margaret’s Church Darenth DA2 7JR Kent Thameside Dartford Church Stone Baptist Church DA2 6LQ Kent Thameside Dartford Church Hextable Bethel Church BR8 7RF Kent Thameside Dartford Return to Contents

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Church St Andrew’s United Reformed Church DA1 1RP Kent Thameside Dartford Church Our Lady of the Assumption Church R.C Church DA11 9ES Kent Thameside Gravesham Church St Pauls R.C. Church Da13 0EZ Kent Thameside Gravesham Church St Mary the Virgin (Chalk Church) Da12 4TF Kent Thameside Gravesham Church St John the Evangelist Church DA12 1EN Kent Thameside Gravesham Church St Aidan’s Church Gravesend DA12 4AG Kent Thameside Gravesham Church Chalk Pentecostal Church DA12 2LY Kent Thameside Gravesham Church Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints DA11 0HN Kent Thameside Gravesham Church St John the Baptist Parish Church DA12 0AH Kent Thameside Gravesham Church Saint Botolphs C of E Church DA11 9EU Kent Thameside Gravesham Church St Mary’s Gravesend DA11 7LL Kent Thameside Gravesham Church St George’s Church Gravesend DA11 0DJ Kent Thameside Gravesham Church St Johns C of E Church ME3 7NE Kent Thameside Gravesham Other Centre of Worship One with Grace Centre DA1 1PB Kent Thameside Dartford Other Centre of Worship The Sikh Temple DA1 2JJ Kent Thameside Dartford Other Centre of Worship Jesus Victory Centre DA12 5SH Kent Thameside Gravesham Recreation Site Wilmot Road Recreation Ground Kent Thameside Dartford Recreation Site Springhead Recreation Area Kent Thameside Gravesham Recreation Site Riverside Leisure Area Kent Thameside Gravesham Recreation Site Springhead Pavilion Kent Thameside Gravesham Recreation Site Gordon Recreation Ground Kent Thameside Gravesham Public Park Central Park Kent Thameside Dartford Public Park Hesketh Park Kent Thameside Dartford Public Park Woodlands Park DA11 7LY Kent Thameside Gravesham Public Park Camer Park DA13 0AL Kent Thameside Gravesham Public Park Wombwell Park Kent Thameside Gravesham Public Park Windmill Hill and Gardens DA11 0QT Kent Thameside Gravesham Public Park Fort Gardens DA12 2BT Kent Thameside Gravesham Children’s Play Area Albert Road Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Almond Road Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Attlee Drive Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Bell Close Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Cavell Crescent Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Cedar Road Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Eagles Road Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Eagles Road, Greenhithe Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Hill Rise Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Humber Road / Kenwyn Road Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Jessamine Place Kent Thameside Dartford Return to Contents

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Children’s Play Area Joyce Green Lane Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Lagonda Way Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Low Close Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Page Close Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Penney Close Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Queens Gardens Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Swallow Close Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Willow Road Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Willow Walk Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Windermere Close Kent Thameside Dartford Children’s Play Area Worcester Park Kent Thameside Dartford

5.2.2 Medway

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Library Twydall Library ME8 6JY Medway Renaissance Medway Library Cuxton Library ME2 1EY Medway Renaissance Medway Library Lordswood Library ME5 8TH Medway Renaissance Medway Library Hoo Library ME3 9AL Medway Renaissance Medway Library Rochester Library ME1 1LU Medway Renaissance Medway Library Walderslade Library ME5 9LR Medway Renaissance Medway Library Gillingham Library ME7 1BG Medway Renaissance Medway Library Wigmore Library ME8 0PX Medway Renaissance Medway Library Strood Library ME2 3EP Medway Renaissance Medway Library Rainham Library ME8 7LR Medway Renaissance Medway Library Walderslade Hook Meadow Library ME5 0TZ Medway Renaissance Medway Library Thomas Aveling School and Community Library ME1 2UW Medway Renaissance Medway Library Grain Library ME3 0BY Medway Renaissance Medway Library Hempstead Library ME7 3QG Medway Renaissance Medway Library Luton Library ME5 7LA Medway Renaissance Medway Community Centre Twydall and District Community Association ME8 6PZ Medway Renaissance Medway Community Centre Welcome Day Centre Me4 4DS Medway Renaissance Medway Community Centre Kent Ramgarhia Darbar Sikh Temple ME7 4DG Medway Renaissance Medway & Community Centre Community Centre Stonecross Lea Community Centre ME5 0BD Medway Renaissance Medway Community Centre Davis Estate Community Centre ME5 9TF Medway Renaissance Medway Community Centre Kent Great Lake Community Association ME4 6BG Medway Renaissance Medway Community Centre Parkwood Community Centre ME8 9PN Medway Renaissance Medway Community Centre Melville Court Community Centre ME4 4XP Medway Renaissance Medway Community Centre The SoapBox Lordswood Community Cafe ME5 8TH Medway Renaissance Medway Return to Contents

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Community Centre Halling Community Centre Trust ME2 1BS Medway Renaissance Medway Community Centre St. Matthew’s Community Centre ME8 0NX Medway Renaissance Medway Community Centre Hook Meadow Social Hall / Community Centre ME5 0TZ Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Howard Memorial Hall ME8 0PN Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Corn Exchange ME1 1 LS Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Balmoral Masonic Hall ME7 4NT Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Gillingham Masonic Centre ME7 4DG Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Hempstead Village Hall ME7 3QE Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Christchurch Hall (Chatham) ME4 Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Parochial Hall (Gillingham) Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Beechen Hall (chatham) ME4 Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Freemasons Hall (Gillingham) Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Scout Hall Strood Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Tunbury Hall ME5 PNG Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Chattenden Community Hall Strood Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Upchurch Village Hall Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall The Shaw Memorial Hall Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Bredhurst Village Hall Rainham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall RAF Association Hall ME4 4SA Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Baptist Church Hall Green St, Medway Renaissance Medway Gillingham Public Hall Howard MemorialHall Woodside, Medway Renaissance Medway Rainham Public Hall Borstal Village Hall Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Burham Village Hall Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Cleave Warne Hall Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Rochester Masonic Hall Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall St Luke’s Hall Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Allhallows Village Hall Strood Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Cliffe Memorial Hall Strood Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Cooling Village Hall Cooling, Medway Renaissance Medway Strood Public Hall Cuxton Church Hall Cuxton, Medway Renaissance Medway Strood Public Hall Cuxton Scout Hall Cuxton, Medway Renaissance Medway Strood Public Hall Halling Jubilee Hall Halling, Medway Renaissance Medway Strood Public Hall Red Cross Hall Hoo, Strood Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Stoke Village Hall Lower Stoke, Medway Renaissance Medway Strood Public Hall Hartlip Village Hall Hartlip, Medway Renaissance Medway Rainham Return to Contents

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Public Hall Wainscott School Community Hall ME2 4JY Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Holy Trinity Church Hall Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Rainham Methodist Church Hall ME8 7DS Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Twydall Centre Community Hall Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Farthing Corner Community Hall Rainham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall St Williams Church Hall Walderslade, Medway Renaissance Medway Chatham Public Hall St Margarets Church Hall Rainham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall St Thomas of Canterbury Church Hall Rainham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall St Justus Church Hall Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall All Saints Parish Hall Frindsbury Medway Renaissance Medway Strood, Strood Public Hall Frindsbury Extra Memorial Hall Wainscott, Medway Renaissance Medway Strood Public Hall High Halstow Recreation Hall High Halstow, Medway Renaissance Medway Strood Public Hall Hoo St Werburgh Village Hall Hoo, Strood Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall Strood Methodist Church Hall Strood Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall St Luke’s Church Hall Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall St Francis Church Hall ME2 2YS Medway Renaissance Medway Public Hall St Philip and St James Church Hall ME5 0TZ Medway Renaissance Medway Function Room The Royal Theatre Function Rooms ME1 1XB Medway Renaissance Medway Function Room Inner Dowsing Lighthouse Ship Restaurant Me1 3HS Medway Renaissance Medway Function Room Commissioner’s House ME4 4TE Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Centre Woodies Youth Centre ME1 2UN Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Centre Strood Youth Centre ME2 3ET Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Centre Youth and Community Service ME7 2BX Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Centre Parkwood Youth Centre ME8 9PN Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Centre Welcome Day Centre ME4 4DS Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Centre The SoapBox Lordswood Community Café ME5 8TH Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Centre Melville Court Community Centre ME4 4XP Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Centre Stonecross Lea Community Centre Me5 0BD Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Centre Davis Estate Community Centre ME5 9TF Medway Renaissance Medway Church Rochester Cathedral ME1 1SZ Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Peter with St Margaret (Parish of Rochester) ME1 2EH Medway Renaissance Medway Church The Kings Church Medway ME4 6BB Medway Renaissance Medway Church Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ME8 6JU Medway Renaissance Medway Church Rochester St Luke’s Methodist Church ME1 2BA Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Margaret’s Church, Rainham ME8 8AN Medway Renaissance Medway Church The Emmaus Church Centre ME4 4DT Medway Renaissance Medway Church Chatham Unitarian Church ME4 6AP Medway Renaissance Medway Church Gillingham Methodist Church ME7 2LU Medway Renaissance Medway Return to Contents

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Church St Nicholas with St Mary (C.E) ME2 3HF Medway Renaissance Medway Church Parkwood Christian Fellowship (Baptist) ME8 9PN Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Helen C of E Church ME3 7PY Medway Renaissance Medway Church Salem Church of the Nazarene ME7 4LH Medway Renaissance Medway Church All Saints C of E Church ME3 9PD Medway Renaissance Medway Church Our Lady of Gillingham R.C Church ME7 1YL Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Margaret’s C of E Church Me3 8SA Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Stephens Church ME4 6JE Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Justus Church ME1 2LT Medway Renaissance Medway Church United Reformed Church ME4 4DT Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Simon Stock R.C Church ME5 0NF Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Augustine of Canterbury R.C Church ME8 9PG Medway Renaissance Medway Church The Bridge Baptist Church ME7 1LX Medway Renaissance Medway Church Vines United Reformed Church ME1 1XN Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Marys Island Church ME4 3ST Medway Renaissance Medway Church Balmoral Road Church (United Reformed) ME7 4PU Medway Renaissance Medway Church Evangelical Church ME4 6SE Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Luke’s Church ME7 1PA Medway Renaissance Medway Church Strood Gospel Mission Church ME2 3BQ Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Barnabas Church ME7 4ST Medway Renaissance Medway Church Hoo St Werburgh Parish Church ME3 9BB Medway Renaissance Medway Church Calvary Bible Church ME7 1HF Medway Renaissance Medway Church The English Martyrs R.C Church Me2 4JA Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Marks Church Gillingham ME7 5XW Medway Renaissance Medway Church Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ME8 6HX Medway Renaissance Medway Church Anglican Catholic Church (Rochester) ME5 7RA Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Phillips and St James Church ME5 0TZ Medway Renaissance Medway Church Frindsbury Baptist Church ME2 4RG Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Williams Church ME5 7JP Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Paul with All Saints Church ME4 5NE Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Mary Magdalene Church ME7 1SS Medway Renaissance Medway Church Christ Church ME4 5BT Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Augustines Church Gillingham ME7 5PW Medway Renaissance Medway Church Gillingham Baptist Church ME7 5TJ Medway Renaissance Medway Church Gillingham Spiritualist Church (SNU) ME7 5TU Medway Renaissance Medway Church Holy Trinity Church ME8 6JU Medway Renaissance Medway Church St Matthews Church ME8 0NX Medway Renaissance Medway Other Centre of Worship Lordswood Fellowship Centre ME5 8TH Medway Renaissance Medway Other Centre of Worship Better Life Assembly ME4 4PG Medway Renaissance Medway Other Centre of Worship Parish of South Gillingham Ofﬁce ME8 0NX Medway Renaissance Medway Other Centre of Worship Beulah Christian Fellowship (Pentecostal) ME7 4HL Medway Renaissance Medway Return to Contents

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Classification Name Postcode Territory LA Other Centre of Worship Temple of Light ME4 4QA Medway Renaissance Medway Other Centre of Worship Shriguru Ravidass Temple ME2 4DG Medway Renaissance Medway Other Centre of Worship Gillingham Mosque ME7 1NL Medway Renaissance Medway Other Centre of Worship Kent Islamic Centre ME5 7AA Medway Renaissance Medway Other Centre of Worship Chatham Memorial Synagogue ME4 4NP Medway Renaissance Medway Other Centre of Worship The Medway Towns Gurdwara Sabha Ltd ME1 2EF Medway Renaissance Medway Recreation Site Maidstone Road Sports Ground Medway Renaissance Medway Recreation Site Luton Recreation Ground Medway Renaissance Medway Recreation Site Barnfield Recreation Ground Medway Renaissance Medway Recreation Site Priestfields Recreation Ground Medway Renaissance Medway Recreation Site Borstal Recreation Ground Medway Renaissance Medway Recreation Site Jacksons Recreation Ground Medway Renaissance Medway Recreation Site Rainham Recreation Ground Medway Renaissance Medway Recreation Site Darnley Road Recreation Ground Medway Renaissance Medway Recreation Site Deangate Ridge Sports Complex Medway Renaissance Medway Recreation Site Knights Place Recreation Ground Medway Renaissance Medway Recreation Site APCM Cliffe Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Riverside Gardens Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Town Hall Gardens Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Castle Gardens Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Chestnut Avenue park Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Princes Avenue park ME5 7PQ Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park The Paddock ME4 Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Victoria Gardens Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Waghorn Memorial Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Churchfields Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Copperfield Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Fort Clarence Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Fort Pitt Gardens Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Friston Way Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Shaws Pond Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park The Esplanade Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Vines Gardens Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Cozenton Park Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Ellison Way Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Fairview Avenue Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Gillingham Park Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Return to Contents

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Public Park Great Lines park Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Parish Churchyard and Grange Road Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Parkwood Green Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Peverel Green Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Platters Park Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Sovereign Boulevard Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Swan Gardens Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park St Mark’s Church Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park St Mary’s Road Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Tyler Drive Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Vinalls Park Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Wigmore Park Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Brookmead Road park Strood & area Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Broomhill Strood & area Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Church Green Strood & area Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Cliffe Woods Strood & area Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Ferry Meadows Strood & area Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Gravesend Road Strood & area Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Labernum Road Strood & area Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Northcote Road Strood & area Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Sycamore Road Strood & area Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Temple Manor Strood & area Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Temple Marsh Strood & area Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Upnor Castle Strood & area Medway Renaissance Medway Public Park Woodside Green Strood & area Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Friston Way Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Jackson’s Way Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Chalk Pit Hill Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Hills Terrace Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Perry Street Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Town Hall Gardens Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Vale Drive Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Victoria Gardens Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Beechings Way Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Coplins Kick About Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Darland View Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Fort Apache Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Hamilton Road Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Hazlemere Drive Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Hillyﬁelds Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Mill Road Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area The Strand Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Return to Contents

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Children’s Play Area Vinall Park Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Woodchurch Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Broomhill Park Strood, Cliffe, Medway Renaissance Medway Halling Children’s Play Area Church Green Strood, Cliffe, Medway Renaissance Medway Halling Children’s Play Area Cliffe Road Strood, Cliffe, Medway Renaissance Medway Halling Children’s Play Area Cliffe Woods Strood, Cliffe, Medway Renaissance Medway Halling Children’s Play Area Cuxton Road Strood, Cliffe, Medway Renaissance Medway Halling Children’s Play Area Darnley Road Strood, Cliffe, Medway Renaissance Medway Halling Children’s Play Area Low Meadow Strood, Cliffe, Medway Renaissance Medway Halling Children’s Play Area Rushdean Road Strood, Cliffe, Medway Renaissance Medway Halling Children’s Play Area Strood Waterfront Strood, Cliffe, Medway Renaissance Medway Halling Children’s Play Area Deanwood Drive Rainham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Ryetop Rainham Medway Renaissance Medway Children’s Play Area Hempstead Hempstead Medway Renaissance Medway & Wigmore Children’s Play Area Kingsfrith Hempstead Medway Renaissance Medway & Wigmore Children’s Play Area Lamplighters Close Hempstead Medway Renaissance Medway & Wigmore Children’s Play Area Hook Meadow Lordswood & Medway Renaissance Medway Walderslade Children’s Play Area Iona Close Lordswood & Medway Renaissance Medway Walderslade Children’s Play Area Moonstone Drive Lordswood & Medway Renaissance Medway Walderslade Children’s Play Area Princes Park Lordswood & Medway Renaissance Medway Walderslade Other Open Space Hook Meadow Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space Balfour Road Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space Snodhurst Bottom Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space Beechings Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space Berengrave Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space Garrison Ground 2 and 3A Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space Hempstead Medway Renaissance Medway Return to Contents

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Other Open Space Kings Frith Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space Beechings Cross Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space Queen Elizabeth and Castlemaine Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space Ryetop Beacon Close Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space The Strand Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space Watling Street and Gordon Barracks Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space Woodlands Road Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space Cozenton Park Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space Knights Place Sports Ground Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space Cliffe Woods Medway Renaissance Medway Other Open Space Copperﬁeld open space Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway

5.2.3 Swale

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Library Teynham Library ME9 9QJ Swale Forward Swale Library Faversham Library ME13 8DY Swale Forward Swale Library Boughton Library ME13 9AW Swale Forward Swale Library Queenborough Library ME11 5AY Swale Forward Swale Library Minster-in-Sheppey Library ME12 3NP Swale Forward Swale Library Sittingbourne Library ME10 4AH Swale Forward Swale Community Centre The Faversham Community Cafe ME13 8NU Swale Forward Swale & Resource Centre Community Centre The Care Project ME11 5LX Swale Forward Swale Community Centre Phoenix House ME10 4BX Swale Forward Swale Community Centre Alexander Centre, Faversham ME13 8NY Swale Forward Swale Public Hall Selling Village Hall ME13 9RQ Swale Forward Swale Public Hall Gore Court Cricket Club Hall ME10 1YT Swale Forward Swale Public Hall Boughton Under Blean Village Hall ME13 9AH Swale Forward Swale Public Hall Bapchild & Tonge Village Hal ME9 9NL Swale Forward Swale Public Hall Bredgar Village Hall ME9 8HB Swale Forward Swale Public Hall Upchurch Village Hall ME9 7BG Swale Forward Swale Public Hall Newington Village Hall ME9 7JJ Swale Forward Swale Public Hall Kemsley Village Hall ME10 2SF Swale Forward Swale Public Hall Teynham Village Hall ME9 9TU Swale Forward Swale Public Hall The Wyvern Hall ME10 4NT Swale Forward Swale Public Hall Milsted Village Hall Swale Forward Swale Public Hall Borough Hall, Queenborough Swale Forward Swale Public Hall King George’s Pavilion, Sittingbourne Swale Forward Swale Function Room Art Gallery & Community Theatre (for hire) Sittingbourne Swale Forward Swale College Function Room Woodstock Club ME9 8AG Swale Forward Swale

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Youth Centre Faversham Youth and Community Centre ME13 7LR Swale Forward Swale Youth Centre New House Youth & Sports Centre ME10 2LD Swale Forward Swale Youth Centre Sheerness Youth & Activity Centre ME12 ITS Swale Forward Swale Youth Centre Kemsley Youth House Me10 2SH Swale Forward Swale Church Minster Abbey ME12 2HE Swale Forward Swale Church Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church ME13 7JW Swale Forward Swale Church Faversham Baptist Church ME13 8EH Swale Forward Swale Church St Giles C of E Church Tonge ME9 9AR Swale Forward Swale Church Sittingbourne Baptist Church ME10 4AQ Swale Forward Swale Church Sheppey Evangelical Church ME12 4NB Swale Forward Swale Church United Reformed Church ME10 4AY Swale Forward Swale Church Eastchurch Parish Church ME12 4EJ Swale Forward Swale Church Holy Trinity Queenborough ME11 5ET Swale Forward Swale Church Ichthus Christian Fellowship ME10 4NT Swale Forward Swale Church St Johns Tunstall ME9 8DU Swale Forward Swale Church Minster Road Baptist Church ME12 3JJ Swale Forward Swale Church National Shrine of St Jude ME13 7JW Swale Forward Swale Church St Peters Halfway ME12 3DD Swale Forward Swale Church Faversham Community Church ME13 8EG Swale Forward Swale Church All Saints C of E Church Murston ME9 9NL Swale Forward Swale Church St Mary’s Church ME9 7JU Swale Forward Swale Church Sittingbourne Pentecostal Church ME10 4BL Swale Forward Swale Church Sacred Heart Church RC ME10 1AN Swale Forward Swale Church Sheppey Catholic Parish ME12 1TS Swale Forward Swale Church St Peter and St Pauls Church ME13 8TX Swale Forward Swale Church Sittingbourne Family Church ME10 1YD Swale Forward Swale Church St Laurence C of E Church Bapchild ME9 9NL Swale Forward Swale Church St Michael’s C of E Church ME10 4PB Swale Forward Swale Church Bethel Congregational Church ME12 3QF Swale Forward Swale Church Holy Trinity Milton Regis ME10 2HA Swale Forward Swale Church The Parish Church of St Mary of Charity ME13 8DY Swale Forward Swale Church All Saints Church Iwade ME9 8SE Swale Forward Swale Recreation Site Festival Playing Field, Sheerness Swale Forward Swale Recreation Site Seager Road Sports Ground, Sheerness Swale Forward Swale Recreation Site Sittingbourne Recreation Ground Swale Forward Swale Recreation Site Murston Recreation Ground Swale Forward Swale Recreation Site Milton Recreation Ground Swale Forward Swale Recreation Site Kemsley Recreation Ground Swale Forward Swale Recreation Site Faversham Recreation Ground Swale Forward Swale Public Park Queenborough Park Swale Forward Swale Public Park Grove Park Swale Forward Swale Public Park Beachﬁelds Park, Sheerness Swale Forward Swale Return to Contents Public Park Trinity Gardens, Sheerness Swale Forward Swale

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Public Park Johnson House Gardens Swale Forward Swale Other Open Space King George’s Playing Field, Queenborough Swale Forward Swale Other Open Space Rectory Playing Field Swale Forward Swale Other Open Space King George’s Playing Field Swale Forward Swale Other Open Space King George’s Playing Field Swale Forward Swale Other Open Space Rushenden Hill Swale Forward Swale Other Open Space Queenborough Lines, Sheerness Swale Forward Swale Other Open Space The Fleet, Sheerness Swale Forward Swale Other Open Space Abbey Rise, Minster Swale Forward Swale Other Open Space The Glen, Minster Swale Forward Swale Other Open Space Dicksons Field, Eastchurch Swale Forward Swale Other Open Space The Spinney, Leysdown Swale Forward Swale Return to Contents

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5.3 Community and Other Cultural Activity Indicator Data by Local Area

5.3.1 Kent Thameside

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Social Club The Royal Air Forces Association DA1 1RX Kent Thameside Dartford Social Club Crayford RBL Club Ltd DA1 4PE Kent Thameside Dartford Social Club Intrepid SF Club DA1 1YH Kent Thameside Dartford Social Club Dartford Working Men’s Club DA1 2AU Kent Thameside Dartford Social Club Dartford Social Club DA1 1HP Kent Thameside Dartford Social Club Crayford Social Club DA1 4JA Kent Thameside Dartford Social Club Eynsford Riverside Club DA4 0BE Kent Thameside Dartford Social Club Dartford Conservative Club DA1 2DT Kent Thameside Dartford Social Club Brent School Old Boys Social Club DA2 6BA Kent Thameside Dartford Social Club Farningham Village Club DA4 0DE Kent Thameside Dartford Social Club Southﬂeet Village Club DA13 9NN Kent Thameside Dartford Social Club Greenhithe & Swanscombe Royal British DA9 9EJ Kent Thameside Dartford Legion Social Club Social Club Maypole Social Club DA5 2AH Kent Thameside Dartford Social Club Long Valley Sports and Social Club DA3 7QP Kent Thameside Dartford Social Club Royal Naval Association Club DA11 8HW Kent Thameside Gravesham Social Club Conservative Club DA12 1EW Kent Thameside Gravesham Social Club Istead Rise Community Association DA13 9LB Kent Thameside Gravesham Social Club Royal British Legion Clubs DA12 1NF Kent Thameside Gravesham Social Club AEI Sports and Social Club Da12 5NN Kent Thameside Gravesham Social Club Invicta Club DA12 1AS Kent Thameside Gravesham Social Club Denton and District DA12 2PW Kent Thameside Gravesham Social Club Meopham Country Club DA13 0AT Kent Thameside Gravesham Social Club Higham Working Mens Club Me3 7DD Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Probus Club of Dartford DA1 2HJ Kent Thameside Dartford Community Club Wilmington: Axtane Probus Club DA4 9L Kent Thameside Dartford Community Club Dartford Age Concern DA1 2RZ Kent Thameside Dartford Community Club Darent Valley Ladies Circle Kent Thameside Dartford Community Club Dartford Central Townswomen’s Guild Kent Thameside Dartford Community Club National Women’s Register Dartford Kent Thameside Dartford Community Club Crockenhill Women’s Institute Kent Thameside Dartford Community Club Farningham Women’s Institute Kent Thameside Dartford Community Club Joydens Wood Women’s Institute KENT Kent Thameside Dartford Community Club Wilmington Women’s Institute Kent Thameside Dartford Community Club University of the Third Age - Kent Thameside Dartford Dartford & District Branch Community Club Shear’s Green Co-operative DA11 7HP Kent Thameside Gravesham Return to Contents Women’s Guild (N0 1160)

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Classification Name Postcode Territory LA Community Club St. Aidan’s Ladies DA12 Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Meopham Active Retirement Association (MEPARA) DA13 OAT Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Whinfell Way Senior Citizens Club DA12 4NG Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Gravesend Age Concern DA12 1HJ Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Istead Rise Forget Me Not Club DA13 Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Meopham Age Concen DA13 OJT Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club The Aspdinians Club DA121EW Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Northfleet Forget me not Club DA11 Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Gravesend Active Retirement Association DA11 ODJ Kent Thameside Gravesham (GRAVARA) Community Club St. Faith’s WRVS Darby & Joan Club DA12 5QA Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Northfleet Age Concern DA11 8AE Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Royal Engineers Association DA12 1NF Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Royal British Legion - Meopham, DA13 OJT Kent Thameside Gravesham Cobham & Luddesdowne Branch Community Club Royal Marines Association - DA12 Kent Thameside Gravesham Gravesend Branch Community Club Royal Naval Association DA11 Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Merchant Navy Association DA12 1NF Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Gravesham & Dartford PHAB Club DA11 9EU Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Gravesham Ladies Cameo Club DA12 Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Shorne & Thong Women’s Institute DA12 3EA Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Meopham & Nurstead Women’s Institute DA13 0AT Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Sole Street Women’s Institute DA13 Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Meopham Evening Women’s Institute DA13 0AA Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Northfleet/Perry Street Women’s Institute DA11 Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Meopham Ladies Luncheon Club DA13 Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Soroptimist International Of Gravesend DA12 Kent Thameside Gravesham & District Community Club Cobham & Luddesdowne Women’s Institute DA12 3BZ Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Harvel Women’s Institute DA13 Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Istead Rise Women’s Institute DA13 9JQ Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Rotary Club Of Gravesend DA11 OPA Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Baden-Powell Guild of Great Britain - Kent Thameside Gravesham Gravesham Branch Community Club Northfleet, Swanscombe & Greenhithe DA13 9RA Kent Thameside Gravesham Lions Club Community Club Gravesend Probus Club DA11 ODJ Kent Thameside Gravesham Community Club Association of Retired & Persons over 50 - DA10 OLP Kent Thameside Gravesham Dartford & Gravesend Community Club Southfleet Women’s Institute DA1 3PG Kent Thameside Gravesham Return to Contents

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Classification Name Postcode Territory LA Community Club Southfleet Active Retirement Association Kent Thameside Gravesham (Southara) Community Club New Ash Green Village Association Ltd DA3 8HH Kent Thameside Dartford Special Interest: Horticulture British Cactus and Succulent Society Kent Thameside Dartford Special Interest: Horticulture Wilmington Horticultural Society KENT Kent Thameside Dartford Special Interest: Horticulture Bexleyheath and District Rose Society Kent Thameside Dartford Special Interest: Animals Kent Beekeepers Association Dartford Branch Kent Thameside Dartford Special Interest: Animals Dartford Cage Bird Society Kent Thameside Dartford Special Interest: Animals Wilmington Dog Obedience Club DA2 7NE Kent Thameside Dartford Special Interest: Animals Joydens Wood Dog Training Obedience Club Kent Thameside Dartford Special Interest: Wildlife Dartford and Gravesham Ramblers Kent Thameside Dartford & Outdoors Special Interest: Wildlife Downstream Rambling Club Kent Thameside Dartford & Outdoors Special Interest: Misc. Fleetdown Bridge Club DA1 2HZ Kent Thameside Dartford & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Littlebrook Sports & Social Club Model Kent Thameside Dartford & Hobby Engineering Section Special Interest: Misc. The Society of Model Shipwrights Kent Thameside Dartford & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Hawley Bingo Club Kent Thameside Dartford & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Dartford & District Stamp Club KENT Kent Thameside Dartford & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. The Parents Consortium BR8 7RJ Kent Thameside Dartford & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Dartford and Swanley Chess Club Kent Thameside Dartford & Hobby Special Interest: Horticulture Meopham Garden Association DA13 OAT Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: Horticulture Gravesend Floral Arrangement Society DA12 Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: Horticulture Istead Rise Gardener’s Club DA13 Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: Horticulture Higham Garden & Allotment Society ME3 Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: Horticulture Southfleet Gardeners Society Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: Horticulture Shorne Flower Arrangers DA12 3EH Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: Horticulture All Saints Floral Art Associaton DA11 Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: Horticulture Kings Farm Corporation Estate Garden Society DA12 7LD Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: Horticulture Meopham Afternoon Flower Arrangers DA13 0AT Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: Horticulture Meopham Evening Flower Arrangers DA13 OAT Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: Animals Kent Beekeepers Association - DA13 Kent Thameside Gravesham Gravesend Branch Special Interest: Animals Echo Dog Training Club DA12 Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: Animals Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - DA11 Kent Thameside Gravesham Return to Contents Gravesend & District Members Group

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Special Interest: Animals RSPB Gravesend Local Group Kent Thameside Gravesham Special Interest: Misc. Gravesend & District Scottish Association DA12 Kent Thameside Gravesham & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Springhead Model Railway Group DA12 2AP Kent Thameside Gravesham & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. North West Kent Miniature Railway Society DA13 OJT Kent Thameside Gravesham & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Gravesend & District Stamp Club DA12 2EU Kent Thameside Gravesham & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Gravesham Military Modelling Society DA12 1LU Kent Thameside Gravesham & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Gravesend Aero Modelling Club ME6 5PB Kent Thameside Gravesham & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Pathﬁnders- St George’s Church DA11 ODT Kent Thameside Gravesham & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Gravesend & Medway Reliant Owners Club DA11 8NS Kent Thameside Gravesham & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. North Kent Vehicle Preservation Group Kent Thameside Gravesham & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Gravesend Model Marine & Engineering Society DA12 4LG Kent Thameside Gravesham & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Gravesend Railway Enthusiasts Society DA11 Kent Thameside Gravesham & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Phoenix Chess Club DA12 1JW Kent Thameside Gravesham & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Gravesend & Darent Valley Campaign Kent Thameside Gravesham & Hobby for Real Ale Special Interest: Misc. Gravesham Baha’is Kent Thameside Gravesham & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Whitehill Readers Book Group Kent Thameside Gravesham & Hobby Religious Organisations The Anglican Catholic Church ; Catholic DA1 2JS Kent Thameside Dartford Mission of St. Mary and St. Eanswythe Religious Organisations Salvation Army Kent Thameside Dartford Religious Organisations Bexleyheath Meeting of the Religious DA6 8JP Kent Thameside Dartford Society of Friends (Quakers) Religious Organisations Wilmington Christian Fellowship DA2 7AQ Kent Thameside Dartford Religious Organisations Eynsford Christian Fellowship (Baptist) Kent Thameside Dartford Religious Organisations Dartford Christian Fellowship (Mick Jagger Centre) Da1 2JZ Kent Thameside Dartford Religious Organisations Jehovah’s Witnesses DA2 6EP Kent Thameside Dartford Religious Organisations St Edmunds Church Living Well DA1 5ND Kent Thameside Dartford Return to Contents Religious Organisations New Barn Christian Fellowship DA3 7AN Kent Thameside Dartford

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Religious Organisations The Salvation Army DA12 1DX Kent Thameside Gravesham Religious Organisations Mother’s Union - St. Aidan’s Branch DA12 4AR Kent Thameside Gravesham Religious Organisations Mother’s Union - St John the Baptist, DA13 OAA Kent Thameside Gravesham Meopham with St. Mildred’s Nurstead Religious Organisations Women’s Fellowship - Dover Road United DA119PU Kent Thameside Gravesham Reformed Church Northﬂeet Religious Organisations Full Gospel Church - Crusaders DA11 9NB Kent Thameside Gravesham Religious Organisations Sisterhood - Milton Road Methodist Church DA12 Kent Thameside Gravesham Religious Organisations Torch Trust for the Blind - Gravesend DA12 1BA Kent Thameside Gravesham Fellowship Group Religious Organisations St Edmund King and Martyr Kent Thameside Gravesham Religious Organisations Soroptimist International of Gravesend DA12 1NW Kent Thameside Gravesham and District Youth Club / Group Sure Start Dartford DA1 2AU Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group Dartford Sea Cadet Corps DA1 1LA Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets DA1 2RU Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group Dartford Cambria Sea Scouts DA2 6JZ Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group Dartford Brownies DA2 6JZ Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group Dartford Guides DA2 6JZ Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group Bean Brownies Bean Youth Kent Thameside Dartford Centre Youth Club / Group Darenth Brownies Darenth Kent Thameside Dartford Village hall Youth Club / Group Greenhithe Brownies Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group Horns Cross Brownies Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group Stone Guides Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group Wilmington Cub Pack Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group Ash Green Scout Pack Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group Stone (Dartford) Birch Cub Pack Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group Dartford West Rangers Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group Sea Rangers Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group 5th Dartford Scouts Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group Insomnia Youth Group Kent Thameside Dartford Youth Club / Group Sea Cadets - Gravesend unit T.S. DA122JJ Kent Thameside Gravesham Youth Club / Group The MEAPA DA12 5JT Kent Thameside Gravesham Youth Club / Group Christian Youth Fellowship Association - DA11 0DJ Kent Thameside Gravesham St George’s Church Youth Club / Group COOL Club - St George’s Church DA11 ODT Kent Thameside Gravesham Youth Club / Group VSU Gravesend DA11 8AJ Kent Thameside Gravesham Youth Club / Group 402 Squadron (Gravesend) Air Training Corps DA11 0QQ Kent Thameside Gravesham Return to Contents

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5.3.2 Medway

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Social Club Wainscott Institute ME2 4LB Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Rochester Social Club ME1 1NH Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Army,Navy & Air Force Social Club ME7 5HB Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Rainham Mark Social Club ME8 6YX Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Cuxton Social Club ME2 1EZ Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Newtown Social Club ME2 1BA Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Hoo Village Institute ME3 9AA Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Sturdee Social and Bowling Club ME7 2HN Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Temple Farm Working Mens Club ME2 2HB Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Walderslade Working Men’s Club and Institute ME5 0PA Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Strood Conservative Club ME2 2BU Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Palmerston Road Working Men’s Club ME4 5SJ Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Rainham (Kent) Social Club ME8 7PJ Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Sturdee Sports and Social Club ME3 9LT Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club The Village Club (Cliffe) ME3 7PT Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Brompton Conservative Club ME7 5AA Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Brasenose Conservative Club & Institute ME7 4LU Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Ivy Leaf Club ME4 6AG Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Featherby Rd Sports & Social Club ME8 6DQ Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Earl Estate Community Association ME2 2XR Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Wigmore & District Smallholders Club ME8 0JG Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Chatham Suburban Club ME4 6HA Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Warren Wood Social Club ME1 2XA Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club The Royal Air Forces Association ME4 4SL Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Cliffe Men’s Social Club ME3 7SS Medway Renaissance Medway Social Club Rochwood Staff Club ME1 3QS Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club NAAFI ME4 4UG Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Gillingham Labour Club ME8 6JU Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club The Walnut Tree Club Ltd ME7 1NX Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club The Royal British Legion Clubs ME7 2EJ Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Strood & Frindsbury Workmen’s Club ME2 4SS Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Cliffe Woods Social Club ME3 8JF Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Strand Social & Sports Club & Institute Ltd ME7 1TD Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Lloyds of London Social Club ME8 6AN Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Melville & Brompton Community Centre ME4 4XH Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Medway Pensioners’ Pop-In ME4 6AT Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Wigmore Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild ME8 0PN Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Twydall Senior Citizens’ Club ME8 Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Medway Trefoil Guild ME4 4SL Medway Renaissance Medway Return to Contents

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Community Club Hampstead Over 55s Leisure Club ME7 3QG Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Royal Naval Association ME2 Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Wigmore Community and Medway Renaissance Medway Residents Association Community Club M.O.T.H Memorable Order of Tin Hats ME6 5JR Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Strood Division Trefoil Club ME2 4TR Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Medway Deaf Club ME7 4NT Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Association of Men and Kentish Men ME2 Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Old Roffensian Society ME1 1TE Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Medway U3A, University of the Third Age ME15 Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Rotary Club of Gillingham ME9 7AY Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Association of WRENS (Chatham Branch) ME7 Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Royal Tank Regiment Association ME4 Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Berengrave Park Ladies Association ME8 Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club WRVS Darby and Joan Club, Wigmore ME8 Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Parkwood Leisure Club ME8 9PP Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Rochester and District Probus Club ME1 1QD Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Rotary Club of Medway ME7 2AP Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Strood Wives Club ME2 3EP Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Kent Active Retirement Fellowship, ME2 4HE Medway Renaissance Medway North Kent Branch Community Club Gillingham Pandora Club Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Chatham Veterans Club ME4 4SL Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Cuxton Women’s Institute Cuxton Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Fort Pitt Old Girls Association ME4 6TS Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Rainham (afternoon) Women’s Institute ME8 7PR Medway Renaissance Medway Community Club Rochester Veterans’ Club Medway Renaissance Medway Special Interest: Horticulture Rainham Flower Club Upchurch Medway Renaissance Medway Village Hall Special Interest: Horticulture Strood Horticultural Society ME2 Medway Renaissance Medway Special Interest: Horticulture Higham Garden and Allotment Society ME3 Medway Renaissance Medway Special Interest: Horticulture Bredhurst Garden Club ME7 Medway Renaissance Medway Special Interest: Horticulture British Cactus and Succulent Society Medway Renaissance Medway Special Interest: Horticulture Alpine Garden Society Bluebell Medway Renaissance Medway Village Hall Special Interest: Horticulture Halling Garden Society Halling Medway Renaissance Medway Special Interest: Horticulture Kent County Agricultural Society Medway Renaissance Medway Special Interest: Horticulture Rochester Flower Club Medway Renaissance Medway

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Special Interest: Horticulture Rochester Allotments and Gardens Association Medway Renaissance Medway Special Interest: Misc. Mid-Kent Astronomical Society Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Chatham and District Model Railway Club ME4 Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Medway and North Kent Phillumenist Club Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Royal Aeronautical Society (Medway) ME1 2XX Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Medway Aircraft Preservation Society ME5 9SD Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Paddle Steamer Preservation Society SE1 Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. British Shell Collectors Club Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Medway Fossil and Mineral Society ME5 9UQ Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Medway Magical Society Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Medway Motor Yacht Club ME1 3HS Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Rainham and Wigmore Bridge Club ME8 Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Medway Scrabble Club Chatham Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Medway Chess Club Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. British Society of Dowsers Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Medway Geographical Society ME7 5TJ Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Anmesty International (Medway) ME1 1LS Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Rochester Readers Association ME1 1LU Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Rochester Dickens Fellowship Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Hospital Radio Medway ME7 5NY Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Medway Amateur Receiving & Transmitting ME5 Medway Renaissance Medway & Hobby Society (MARTS) Religious Organisations Jehovah’s Witness ME1 1XP Medway Renaissance Medway Return to Contents Religious Organisations Quakers Religious Society of Friends ME1 1LS Medway Renaissance Medway

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Religious Organisations The Salvation Army ME4 4BS Medway Renaissance Medway Religious Organisations Association of Jewish Friendship Clubs Medway Renaissance Medway Religious Organisations Kent Liberal Jewish Community (ME4 4NP) Medway Renaissance Medway Religious Organisations Strood Gospel Mission Church 55+ Voices ME2 3BY Medway Renaissance Medway Religious Organisations Strood Gospel Mission Church Campaigners ME2 3BQ Medway Renaissance Medway Religious Organisations NXTEP ME4 4DT Medway Renaissance Medway Religious Organisations Ahmadiya Muslim Association ME7 1BY Medway Renaissance Medway Religious Organisations Friends of Rochester Cathedral Rochester Medway Renaissance Medway Religious Organisations Friends of St Mary Magdalene ME7 1YL Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group Strood Boys Brigade Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group 1039 (Gillingham) Sqaudron Air Training Corps Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group Kent Army Cadet Force ME5 7RT Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group Chatham Marines Cadet Unit ME4 4UG Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group Medway Outdoor Education Gillingham Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group Woodlands Centre After School Club ME7 2BX Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group Youth and Community Service ME7 2BX Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group Carousel Nursery ME5 8BD Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group Medway Day Opportunity Services ME4 6AG Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group Sea Cadet Corps Medway Towns Unit ME4 4TT Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group 41st Medway Scout Group ME5 9HG Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group Scout Association ME7 5HR Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group The Information Shop for Young People ME7 5HR Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group Gillingham Youth for Christ ME7 4RP Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group Kent Youth Association ME7 5HR Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group Kent Council for Voluntary Youth Services ME7 5HR Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group Air Training Corps ME2 4JY Medway Renaissance Medway Youth Club / Group Kent Youth Association Me7 5HR Medway Renaissance Medway

5.3.3 Swale

Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Social Club Sheerness Conservative Club ME12 1AB Swale Forward Swale Social Club Faversham Club ME13 8NX Swale Forward Swale Social Club RAOB Social Club ME13 8PW Swale Forward Swale Social Club Masonic Hall ME10 1EB Swale Forward Swale Social Club Conservative Club ME10 4EW Swale Forward Swale Social Club Sheppey RAOB Club ME12 1LQ Swale Forward Swale Social Club Sheerness East Working ME12 3BZ Swale Forward Swale Men’s Club & Institute Ltd Social Club Corrigans Sports and Social Club ME12 4RE Swale Forward Swale Social Club Eastchurch Club and Institute Ltd Me12 4BN Swale Forward Swale Social Club Victoria Working Men’s Club ME12 1TP Swale Forward Swale Return to Contents Social Club Milton Regis Conservative Club Me10 2JZ Swale Forward Swale

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Community Club Civil Service Retirement Fellowship - Swale Forward Swale Sittingbourne Community Club Faversham Active Retirement Association Swale Forward Swale (FAVARA) Community Club Faversham Over 60’s Club Swale Forward Swale Community Club Faversham Townswomen’s Guild Swale Forward Swale Community Club Lower Halstow Mothers’ Union ME9 7ET Swale Forward Swale Community Club Minster College Senior Fellowship ME12 Swale Forward Swale Community Club Minster Darby and Joan Club ME12 Swale Forward Swale Community Club Murston Mothers’ Union Swale Forward Swale Community Club National Federation of Royal Mail Swale Forward Swale and BT Pensioners Community Club Ospringe Deanery Mothers’ Union ME13 7PS Swale Forward Swale Community Club Regimental Association of the Queen’s Swale Forward Swale Own Buffs (PWRR) - Sittingbourne Branch Community Club Royal Air Forces Association - Faversham ME13 7PD Swale Forward Swale Community Club Royal British Legion - Faversham Swale Forward Swale Community Club Royal British Legion - Queenborough Swale Forward Swale Community Club Royal British Legion - Sheerness Swale Forward Swale Community Club Royal British Legion - Sittingbourne Swale Forward Swale Community Club Royal British Legion - Teynham and Lynsted Swale Forward Swale Community Club Royal Naval Association - Sheppey Swale Forward Swale Community Club Saint Michael’s Mothers’ Union Swale Forward Swale Community Club Sheppey Active Retirement Association ME12 1RD Swale Forward Swale (SHEPARA) Community Club Sheppey Quiz League Swale Forward Swale Community Club Sittingbourne Active Retirement Association Swale Forward Swale (SIARA) Community Club Sittingbourne and District Probus Club ME10 1EB Swale Forward Swale Community Club Sittingbourne and Milton Active Retirement ME10 4NT Swale Forward Swale Association (SAMARA) Community Club Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s Families ME13 8TB Swale Forward Swale Association Community Club Teynham Mothers’ Union ME9 9TU Swale Forward Swale Community Club Unison - Retired Members Section, ME10 3HT Swale Forward Swale Swale Branch Community Club Sittingbourne Fifty-Five Plus Fellowship Swale Forward Swale Community Club Townswomen’s Guild Swale Forward Swale Community Club Sittingbourne ex-WAAF Social Club Swale Forward Swale Community Club Ivy Leaf Club Swale Forward Swale Community Club Mecca Social Club Swale Forward Swale Community Club Salvation Army Golden Leaf Club Swale Forward Swale Return to Contents Community Club Sittingbourne and Milton Old Folks Fellowship Swale Forward Swale

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Special Interest: Horticulture Borden and District Horticultural Society Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Horticulture Brogdale Horticultural Trust ME13 8XZ Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Horticulture Faversham Horticultural Society Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Horticulture Faversham Flower Club Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Horticulture Hernhill Horticultural Society Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Horticulture Lower Halstow Gardening Club Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Horticulture Painter’s Forstal Gardeners’ Club Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Horticulture Sheppey Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Horticulture Sheppey Floral Art Society ME12 1YJ Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Horticulture Sittingbourne Gardeners and Flower (ME9 8HR) Swale Forward Swale Arrangers Society Special Interest: Horticulture Swale in Bloom Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Horticulture Teynham and Lynsted Horticultural Society Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Horticulture Sheppey Horticultural Society Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Horticulture Selling Gardeners Association. ME13 9RQ Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Horticulture Sittingbourne Allotment Holders and Swale Forward Swale Gardeners Society Special Interest: Horticulture Sheldwich, Badlesmere and Leaveland Swale Forward Swale Horticultural Society Special Interest: Animals Kent Budgerigar Society ME9 0RS Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Animals Faversham Animal Welfare Society Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Animals Isle of Sheppey Cage Bird Society Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Animals Kent Beekeepers Association - Swale Forward Swale Swale Branch of Mid Kent Special Interest: Animals Sittingbourne Racing Pigeon Club Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Animals Southern Border Collie Club Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Animals Kent Goat Club Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Animals Greenways Kennels ME12 4HW Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Animals Sittingbourne & District Bird Keepers Society Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Misc. CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) - Swale Branch Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Faversham Military Modelling Group Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Hospital Radio Swale ME10 4DT Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Scrabble Club Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Sittingbourne Bridge Club Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Sittingbourne Chess Club ME10 1EB Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Swale Philatelic Society and Postcard Group ME10 4AH Swale Forward Swale Return to Contents & Hobby

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Special Interest: Misc. Swale Ringcraft Training Club Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Swale Search and Recovery Club Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Swale Vehicle Enthusiasts Club Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Swale Amateur Radio Club ME10 3EL Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Sealed Knot Society (ME13 9TR) Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Sheppey Miniature and Engineering Society (ME12 1YL) Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Sittingbourne Swallows Majorettes (ME10 1LB) Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Mid Kent Astronomical Society Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Swale Computer Club Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. UK Paper Leisure Club ME10 4DE Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Friends of Faversham Celebrity Book Festival (ME13 7BJ) Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. & Hobby Sheppey Summer Carnival Association Swale Forward Swale Special Interest: Misc. Teynham Carnival Association ME13 8DG Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Special Interest: Misc. Sheppey Entertainment Association ME12 2NX Swale Forward Swale & Hobby Religious Organisations Campaigners Swale Forward Swale Religious Organisations Churches Together in Sittingbourne Swale Forward Swale Religious Organisations Faversham Gospel Mission Lifeline Swale Forward Swale Religious Organisations Salvation Army - Sittingbourne Corps ME10 3JX Swale Forward Swale Religious Organisations Salvation Army Golden Leaf Club ME10 3JX Swale Forward Swale Religious Organisations Sheerness Christian Spiritualist Society Swale Forward Swale Religious Organisations The Salvation Army ME12 1UH Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Beachﬁelds Skate Park, Sheerness Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Warden Bay Skate Park (rear of Village Hall) Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Unit 1 Skate Park ME1 3QX Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Sheerness County Youth Club ME12 1TP Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Sheppey Inter-Agency Project various Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Davington After School Club ME13 7EQ Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group 2230 (Sittingbourne) Sqn, ATC Swale Forward Swale Return to Contents Youth Club / Group Beavers - Faversham Swale Forward Swale

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Classiﬁcation Name Postcode Territory LA Youth Club / Group Beavers - Sheppey Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Beavers - Sittingbourne Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Cub Scouts - Sheppey Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Cub Scouts - Sittingbourne Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Duke of Edinburgh’s Award - Faversham Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Duke of Edinburgh’s Award - Sittingbourne ME10 2LP Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Faversham Division Guides and Brownies Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Faversham Sea Cadets - Unit 139 ME13 7DF Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Girls’ Brigade - 1st Minster Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Girls’ Brigade - 1st Sittingbourne Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Guide Association Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Iwade Lamplighters Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Murston After School Homework Club ME10 Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Sapphire Batonettes ME12 3EB Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Scouts - Sheppey Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Scouts - Sittingbourne Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Sheppey Division Guides Association Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Sheppey Sea Cadet Corps ME12 2BX Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Swale Association of Youth Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Volunteer Reading Help ME13 7NU Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Swale Youth Development Fund ME10 3HT Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Venture Scouts - Faversham Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Venture Scouts - Sittingbourne and Sheppey Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Scout Fellowship - Sittingbourne Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group 1242 (Faversham) Squadron ATC Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group 1st Sheppey Scout Group Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group 2nd Sheppey Scout Group Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Swale Community Against Drugs Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Mid Kent Link Scheme ME9 0BN Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Swanstree Junior Badminton Club Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Sittingbourne and Milton Sea Cadet Unit Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group St Johns Ambulance Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Reality Check Youth Group for 11 - 17 year olds Sittingbourne Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group NRGise for 5 - 10 year olds Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Sheppey Sea Cadet Corps Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group 2316 Sheppey Squadron Air Training Corps Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Vibe Swale Forward Swale Youth Club / Group Bushenden Young Peoples Action Group Swale Forward Swale Return to Contents

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6.1 Data Sources Medway and Kent Thameside, due to the flagship Chatham Historic Dockyard and Cobham Park The analysis examined lottery funding awards under the projects respectively. Arts, Sport and Heritage themes to organisations within each of TGNK’s local areas. The period examined was The presentation of Dartford and Gravesham together the first ten years of the lottery’s operation, from 1994 to as Kent Thameside masks further, marked under- 2004. All data was obtained from the online database investment. Extremely little Heritage lottery funding has www.lottery.culture.gov.uk. been awarded in Dartford, although this is masked by the higher level of Heritage lottery funding awarded in It was not possible to gauge a measure of investment in Gravesham (principally via Cobham Park, which is on Community and Other Cultural provision using indicators the far side of Gravesham from the Dartford border). of lottery funding. However, with the advent of the Big Extremely little Arts lottery funding has been awarded in Lottery Fund, and the Heritage Lottery Fund’s ongoing Gravesham, although this is to a certain extent masked encouragement of applications from community groups by the higher level (but still below South East and UK and organisations, it may be possible to track this in levels) of Arts lottery funding awarded in Dartford. the future. Several significant lottery awards have been made in TGNK since 2004; however these have not been 6.2 Overview sufficient to overturn the long-term trend of relative under-investment. Over 1994 to 2004 the level of “Culture” lottery funding awarded to TGNK – expressed as the total value of awards under the Art, Sport and Heritage themes, per head of population – was significantly lower than the levels for the South East and the UK.

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Figure 30: Level of lottery funding awarded over 1994 – 2004, per head of population

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6.3 Arts

Within TGNK, Arts lottery funding has generally been lower, between 1994 and 2004, than Sport and Heritage lottery funding. However, Arts is one of the few areas where Kent Thameside has received more investment than other local areas. The pattern of investment in Kent Thameside, which has received 64% of Arts lottery funding in TGNK, is rather different to that of Medway, where just less than 50% of the value of grants invested in Kent Thameside has been shared out over twice as many recipients. The single largest beneficiary of Arts lottery funding in any area was the Mick Jagger Centre in Kent Thameside. Swale received the lowest amount of Arts lottery funding overall, and the smallest number of individual awards. Figures 31 to 34 Figures 31 to 34 Figure 31: Number of Arts lottery awards made Kent Total ThamesideKent Medway Swale TGNKTotal Arts theme Thameside25 Medway44 Swale17 TGNK86 AHeritagerts them themee 2125 4044 2017 8 726 SportHeritage theme theme 2512 4030 2025 8072 SportTotal theme 2562 114 30 2562 238 80 Total 62 114 62 238 Figure 32: Value of Arts lottery funding awarded Figure 32: Value of Arts lottery funding awarded FigureValue 32:of Awards Value of Arts lottery funding awarded Value of Awards Kent Total ThamesideKent Medway Swale TGNKTotal Arts theme Thameside£2.0 Medway£0.8 Swale£0.3 TGNK£3.1 AHeritagerts them themee ££6.42.0 £16.1£0.8 £ £1.80.3 £24.4£3.1 HeritageSport theme theme £6.4£1.0 £16.1 £4.1 £2.2 £1.8 £24.4 £7.4 SportTotal theme £9.4£1.0 £21.0 £4.1 £2.2£4.3 £34.9 £7.4 Total £9.4 £21.0 £4.3 £34.9 Figure 33: Summary of Arts lottery awards and funding Figure 33: Summary of Arts lottery awards and funding Kent Total ThamesideKent Medway Swale TGNKTotal Number of Arts lottery Thameside25 Medway 44 Swale 17TGNK 86 Number of Arts lottery 29%25 51% 44 20% 17 100% 86 Value of Arts lottery awards 29%2 51% 0.8 20% 0.3 100% 3.1 Return to Contents Value of Arts lottery awards 65%2 26% 0.8 10% 0.3 100% 3.1 65% 26% 10% 100% 78

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Kent Total Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Arts theme 25 44 17 86 Heritage theme 12 40 20 72 1. Mapping Sport theme2. Arts Mapping 3. Sport 25 Mapping 304. Heritage 25 80 5. Community and 6. Lottery Funding MethodologyTotal 62 114Mappi 62ng 238 Other Cultural Awards Mapping Figure 32: Value of Arts lottery funding awarded

Value of Awards Kent Total Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Arts theme £2.0 £0.8 £0.3 £3.1 Heritage theme £6.4 £16.1 £1.8 £24.4 Sport theme £1.0 £4.1 £2.2 £7.4 Total £9.4 £21.0 £4.3 £34.9

Figure 33: Summary of Arts lottery awards and funding Figure 33: Summary of Arts lottery awards and funding

Kent Total Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Number of Arts lottery 25 44 17 86 29% 51% 20% 100% Value of Arts lottery awards 2 0.8 0.3 3.1 65% 26% 10% 100%

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6.4 Sport

Between 1994 and 2004, the value of Sport lottery funding awarded in TGNK was £7.3m, compared to £3.1m for Arts and £24.4m for Heritage. The number of Sports awards made has been evenly spread across TGNK, with Kent Thameside and Swale each receiving 31% of the total number awarded, and Medway receiving 38%. This does not, however, equate to an even spread of the value of awards. In this respect, Medway leads compared to the other local areas, having received a total of £4.1m of funding (56% of all funding distributed in TGNK). While Kent Thameside received the highest amount of funding for Arts, it received less than both Medway and Swale for Sports. Figures 35 to 38 Figure 35: Number of Sport lottery awards made Figures 35 to 38 Kent Total Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Arts theme Kent25 44 17Total 86 Heritage theme Thameside12 Medway 40 Swale 20TGNK 72 SArtspor themet theme 2525 3 440 2 175 8 860 HeritageTotal theme 6212 114 40 2062 238 72 Sport theme 25 30 25 80 FigureTotal 36: Value of Sport lottery funding62 awarded 114 62 238 Value of Awards Figure 36: Value of Sport lottery funding awarded Figure 36: Value of Sport lottery fundingKent awarded Total Value of Awards Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Arts theme £2.0Kent £0.8 £0.3Total £3.1 Heritage theme Thameside£6.4 Medway £16.1 Swale £1.8 £24.4TGNK SArtspor themet theme £2.0£1.0 £0.8£4.1 £ £0.32.2 £ £3.17.4 TotalHeritage theme £9.4£6.4 £21.0 £16.1 £4.3 £1.8 £34.9£24.4 Sport theme £1.0 £4.1 £2.2 £7.4 Total £9.4 £21.0 £4.3 £34.9 Figure 37: Summary of Sport lottery awards and funding

Figure 37: Summary of Sport lottery awards and funding Kent Total Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Number of Sport lottery Kent25 30 25Total 80 Thameside31% Medway 38% Swale 31%TGNK 100% Number of Sport lottery 25 30 25 80

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Kent Total Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Arts theme 25 44 17 86 Heritage theme 12 40 20 72 1. Mapping 2. Arts Mapping 3. Sport Mapping 4. Heritage 5. Community and 6. Lottery Funding Sport theme 25 30 25 80 Methodology Mapping Other Cultural Awards Total 62 114 62 238 Mapping

Figure 36: Value of Sport lottery funding awarded Value of Awards Kent Total Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Arts theme £2.0 £0.8 £0.3 £3.1 Heritage theme £6.4 £16.1 £1.8 £24.4 Sport theme £1.0 £4.1 £2.2 £7.4 Total £9.4 £21.0 £4.3 £34.9

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Kent Total Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Number of Sport lottery 25 30 25 80 31% 38% 31% 100% Value of Sport lottery awards £1.0 £4.1 £2.2 £7.3 14% 56% 30% 100%

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6.5 Heritage

Between 1994 and 2004, Heritage received the highest value of lottery funding (compared to arts and sports) in TGNK, with a total of £24.4m invested across TGNK. This was three times as much as Sports funding, and eight times as much as that for Arts, though Heritage accounted for the lowest number of individual grants of the three themes.

The spread of funding across TGNK is very much focused on Medway (specifically, Chatham Historic Dockyard), which received the majority of total funding. Kent Thameside received more funding for Heritage than for Arts and Sports combined, and this trend is being continued with the investment in Cobham Park. Swale, despite receiving a higher number of awards than Kent Thameside, nonetheless received the lowest level of investment for Heritage, with just £1.8m in ten years. Figures 39 to 42 Figure 39: Number of Heritage lottery awards made Figures 39 to 42 Kent Total ThamesideKent Medway Swale TGNKTotal Arts theme Thameside25 Medway 44 Swale 17TGNK 86 ArtsHer itthemeage theme 2512 4440 2 170 8672 HSporterita gthemee theme 2512 4 300 2 250 7 802 SportTotal theme 2562 11430 25 62 238 80 Total 62 114 62 238 Figure 40: Value of Heritage lottery funding awarded Figure 40: Value of Heritage lottery funding awarded Figure 40: Value of Heritage lotteryKent funding awarded Total ThamesideKent Medway Swale TGNKTotal Arts theme Thameside£2.0 Medway £0.8 Swale £0.3TGNK £3.1 ArtsHer itthemeage theme £2.0£6.4 £ £0.816.1 £0.3£1.8 £ £3.124.4 HSporterita gthemee theme ££1.06.4 £ £4.116.1 £2.2£1.8 £2 £7.44.4 SportTotal theme £9.4£1.0 £21.0 £4.1 £2.2 £4.3 £34.9 £7.4 Total £9.4 £21.0 £4.3 £34.9 Figure 41: Summary of Heritage lottery awards and funding Figure 41: Summary of Heritage lottery awards and funding Kent Total

Return to Contents ThamesideKent Medway Swale TGNKTotal Number of Heritage lottery Thameside12 Medway 40 Swale 20TGNK 72 Numberawards of Heritage lottery 12 40 20 72 awards 17% 56% 28% 100% Value of Heritage lottery £6.417% £16.1 56% 28% £1.8 £24.4 100% 82 Valueawards of Heritage lottery £6.4 £16.1 £1.8 £24.4 awards 26% 66% 7% 100% 26% 66% 7% 100%

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Kent Total Thameside Medway Swale TGNK 1. Mapping Arts theme 2. Arts Mapping 325. Sport Mapping 444. 17 Heritage 86 5. Community and 6. Lottery Funding MethodologyHeritage theme 12 40 20Mapping72 Other Cultural Awards Sport theme 25 30 25 80 Mapping Total 62 114 62 238

Figure 40: Value of Heritage lottery funding awarded Kent Total Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Arts theme £2.0 £0.8 £0.3 £3.1 Heritage theme £6.4 £16.1 £1.8 £24.4 Sport theme £1.0 £4.1 £2.2 £7.4 Total £9.4 £21.0 £4.3 £34.9

FigureFigure 41: 41: Summary Summary of of Heritage Heritage lottery lottery awards awards and and funding funding

Kent Total Thameside Medway Swale TGNK Number of Heritage lottery 12 40 20 72 awards 17% 56% 28% 100% Value of Heritage lottery £6.4 £16.1 £1.8 £24.4 awards 26% 66% 7% 100%

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Figure 42: Distribution of value of Heritage lottery funding

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