Gloucester City Council
Committee : Overview and Scrutiny Cabinet Date : 11th June 2012 13th June 2012 Subject : Cultural Strategy Update - November 2011 – April 2012 Decision type : Executive Ward : All Report by : Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Culture No. Of appendices : None Reference no. : PT15052G (final version 28/5/12)
1.0 Purpose of Report
1.1 To introduce to members the progress that has been made in achieving the Cultural Strategy’s targets over the last six months.
1.2 To update members on any new cultural activities and opportunities that have arisen since the Cultural Strategy was developed in 2007.
1.3 To remind members of the Cultural Strategy Route Map which sets out the seven main strands of the document of which any activities are focused.
2.0 Recommendations
2.1 To note achievements made in delivering the Cultural Strategy over the last six months, November 2011 to April 2012.
2.2 To note some of the significant new cultural activities that have arisen since the creation of the Cultural Strategy in 2007, such as the opening up of Blackfriars, the work building up to the Olympic Torch event on the 24th May and work with local cultural organisations to develop and improve the Gloucester Summer Festival.
3.0 Background
3.1 Members were last updated on progress against the Cultural Strategy action plan some six months ago in a bid to provide an effective feedback mechanism on how well the city was achieving its cultural targets.
3.2 The strategy proposed seven distinct action areas over a ten-year period. The seven areas are:
PT15052G 1 Making sense of the city centre – creating an attractive, legible and vibrant city centre. Rethinking Heritage and Cultural Tourism – improving access, visibility and quality of heritage facilities with a particular emphasis on the water/ maritime history. Raising the stakes for creativity – making provision for the growth in creative industries. Broadening Gloucester’s excellence in sport. Enjoying and supporting diversity. Planning for a ‘transformational’ project. Marketing and promoting Gloucester and its new cultural image.
A full version of the strategy can be viewed on the City Council’s website at www.gloucester.gov.uk
4.0 Progress - Cultural Update November 2011 – April 2012
4.1 Progress over the last six months has been significant and varied. This update is in no way comprehensive but does indicate the extent of cultural activity taking place in our city. Over fifty people were contacted from the City Council and local cultural organisations to request information on what has been achieved in the last six months in relation to the seven strands of the Cultural Strategy.
1. MAKING SENSE OF THE CITY CENTRE
This strand of the Cultural Strategy is all about physical improvements to the city centre and its buildings, as well as the interpretation and animation of the city and its public realm. This strand is also about linking up various areas of the city including the Docks and city centre and providing public art of iconic status in the Docks which leave a strong impression on visitors and residents.
A range of exhibitions have taken place in the Cathedral including the important Open West exhibition held in March 2012 which has until this year been held in Cheltenham.
Work to the Folk Museum's new build education building has been completed and now welcoming schools as well as community and commercial groups to use its learning and meeting facilities. The Ed Shed has even had a wedding reception! The building was launched to the public in November 2011.
Gloucester Quays new state-of-the-art cinema and leisure quarter development has now received planning permission. The scheme will see a modern, digital cinema experience move into the Quays alongside a range of restaurants, bars and leisure facilities, including a gym, and will help to substantially raise Gloucester’s evening economy offer.
The city’s first night time market has been set for the 4th July.
A submission of a bid to the Portas Pilots has been made and results will come out in May for shop front improvements and night markets.
PT15052G 2 The City Council has now signed the lease for Blackfriars from English Heritage, which will see the Cultural Services Group operate the venue as an attraction, entertainment, wedding and education venue. A medieval feast has already taken place as well as history talks, theatre performances and a wedding in May 2012.
The Sula Lightship moved forward with plans to become the Gloucester Buddhist Centre due for opening in May 2012.
The Eastgate Chamber transformation was completed in March and is now ready for tours once more.
A community excavation at Greyfriars undertaken in March 2012 which was a condition of the recent planning consent was undertaken by volunteers in partnership with Gloucester City Centre Community Partnership and Cotswold Archaeology.
A submission has been made to the Heritage Lottery Townscape Heritage Initiative for a bid of £1.2 million for works proposed in Southgate Street.
The launch of the Kimbrose Area Grant Scheme in April 2012 offers £60K of funding to tenants and residents within the scheme area for improvements and reinstatement of architectural features.
Nineteen properties have benefited from improvements with the aid of facelift grants in Southgate and Barton Streets.
New heritage interpretation boards have been installed within Gloucester Park by the Tudor Cottage, and by St. Johns Spire in St. Lucy’s Garden.
The request for nominations for the forthcoming Civic Awards 2012 has been launched with the City Council once again joining forces with the Civic Trust, The Citizen , the GHURC and Marketing Gloucester to reward those involved in achieving high standards of architecture and design as the city undergoes its biggest ever regeneration. The award ceremony is to be held at Blackfriars Priory on the evening of Wednesday 18th July 2012.
2. RETHINKING HERITAGE AND CULTURAL TOURISM
The second strand of the Cultural Strategy looks to improving access, visibility and the quality of heritage facilities and attractions in the City. There is a real appetite for heritage and cultural tourism, not only from visitors but also our residents. To address this interest a range of initiatives and projects have been developed that not only put Gloucester on the map but increase residents’ pride in their city.
The Cathedral has been working with the City Council towards the Medieval Mystery Plays in November 2012 and April 2013 and a big event in the city planned for June 2013 including a performance from Rick Wakeman at Kingsholm.
PT15052G 3 Longlevens Junior school hosted a popular 'Museum in the School' looking at the history of Gloucester. The Museums Service provided objects and guidance for the exhibition feeding into the final exhibition and the classroom lessons that worked towards it.
Abbeymead Primary school started their own exhibition project partnering the Museums Service and Gloucester Rugby Club. The project will culminate in the Year 4 classes creating an exciting rugby exhibition for the City Museum's community exhibition gallery during the summer.
The Museums Service has continued to be approached by outside organisations and groups such as the Old Spot Rare Breeds Society, organisers of a hat festival and BME heritage group, looking at working in partnership to host exhibitions and associated events.
A Victorian Christmas Market took place at Gloucester Quays in November 2011 and attracted more than 80,000 people to the city, plus more than 60 coach groups from all across the UK. It will return to Gloucester Quays and the Docks from November 22 – 25 2012. The Museums Service also played a role in this event with children’s activities.
Gloucester Quays launched its first ever Garden Party event which attracted more than 60,000 people to Gloucester over the Easter Weekend and added a much needed boost to tourism at the beginning of the visitor season.
The Museums Service has taken part in city wide events such as the Easter Garden Party at the Quays, that have highlighted the heritage of Gloucester to wide audiences.
Marketing Gloucester Ltd and Gloucester Quays pulled together a Quays Marketing Group (including city attractions and businesses such as the Waterways Museum, Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, English Holiday Cruises, Gloucester Antiques Centre and Gloucester Civic Trust) to deliver a Group Travel Hospitality Day, which saw more than 60 group travel operators and coach companies visit the city for a familiarisation day to encourage them to include the city in their tour itineraries.
November 2011 saw the launch of ‘History on your Doorstep’ in which residents are to be given the skills and knowledge to investigate the archaeological heritage of Kingsholm. This is a collaboration funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund involving the County Council, Gloucester Museums, the Kingsholm and Wotton Neighbourhood Partnership and Gloucester Rugby Club.
In 2011 English Holiday Cruises filled every one of its cabins aboard the Edward Elgar Riverboat Hotel on every holiday cruise for its longest season ever, 30 weeks. It attracted visitors from every part of the British Isles, North America and Europe. The passenger feedback they received was excellent, and they retained
PT15052G 4 their 4 star rosette award by Visitbritain and secured a number of mentions in the press.
Gloucester Museums (Folk and City) are even more involved in city events thanks to the new Cultural Services structure. The Civil War Living History Day was very successful. The English Civil War Society would like to come back next year and make the day a regular feature on the Gloucester calendar. The event took place at the Folk Museum and included a march through the city and a re- enactment in Gloucester Docks.
Due to its popularity, there has been a reprint of the heritage postcards of historic pubs in the city centre.
Gloucester Museums are currently planning The Great Gloucester Story event in partnership with BBC Learning. It will be a city wide celebration of local history with events and activities at the Museums, Gloucester Guildhall, St Michaels Tower and the Quays. Visitors will be able to research their history and find out more about the city they live in.
The Tourist Information Centre won silver for Tourist Information Centre of the Year at the South West Tourism Awards 2011/2012.
The Tourist Information Centre achieved a gold award in the Green Tourism Business Scheme - only four other TICs are accredited at this level.
The City’s Residents Weekend (right), organised by Marketing Gloucester took place in February 2012 encouraging local residents to find out more about what’s available on their doorstep.
There was a new focus on Christmas events at the Cathedral. The Christmas lights switch on event took place in November culminating in a carol service at the Cathedral. Some of the lanterns from the procession were on display in the Cloisters for a period afterwards. Carols On The Hour brought in 1,200 people into the Cathedral
Easter radio broadcasts from the Cathedral took place on Easter Sunday – broadcast of the dawn service on BBC Radio 4 and a live broadcast of Evensong on BBC Radio 3.
Gloucester Guildhall hosted the 19th annual Cajun and Zydeco Festival in January, attracting an audience from all over the country into the City for the weekend.
Gloucester Guildhall has hosted a number of popular shows, including; Shaun Ryder, The Beat, InMe and Juan Zelada.
PT15052G 5 3. RAISING THE STAKES FOR CREATIVITY
Raising the Stakes for Creativity is about increasing opportunities for participating in arts including increasing activity in our schools and developing creative industry workspace in the city. The Cultural Strategy also recommended the development of a new music hub and suggested that Gloucester develops an image of being cool in contrast to Cheltenham’s Regency representation.
The Big Art Competition at the Cathedral involved all ages of the community. Over 100 people sent in work and the winners are on display on hoardings outside the Cathedral for next 18 months. In addition all entered work will be displayed at the end of the month over the Jubilee celebrations.
The stonemasons saw some of the south aisle for the first time when scaffolding came down for the first time in 10 years! It is now in the last phase and the last 3 gargoyles are being carved in the Cathedral yard at Gloucester. The Cathedral stonemason drew up designs for the rugby club commemorative piece celebrating the use of the same stone used on the Cathedral.
The dedicated community exhibition gallery at the City Museum has continued to provide a platform for schools, local artists and voluntary groups and organisations to showcase their work.
The diverse events programme at the Museum has continued to include a wide range of arts pursuits from choral and other live music, dance and drama. December was a particularly busy month with choirs from throughout the county providing a day long carol concert and two Mummers plays being performed in the Folk Museum building and gardens.
There has been a submission of an ERDF bid in April 2012 to increase business incubation support for businesses in innovative industries (the results expected in May). If successful this could bring Blackfriars Inn back to use as an innovation centre.
The Guildhall has been working regularly with the Kings School recently and is the venue for Performing Arts exams and their end of term show this year. Mike Craddock from Kings School is delighted to be working with the venue and showing students how to work in a professional venue.
Shakespeare Productions for the BBC spent three weeks filming in the Cathedral in January for their Shakespeare season as part of the Cultural Olympiad. The screening dates are yet to be announced but are expected to be June or July.
Create Gloucestershire reviewed its vision, which includes acknowledgement of Gloucester as a priority area geographically (as Arts Council England does not revenue fund any organisations in the city, except Gloucestershire Music).
Gloucestershire Dance, Artshape and Gloucestershire Music Makers have raised the funds to programme a range of inclusive performance and tasters in a tent for Summer In Gloucester; also to run a Carnival course for families – in particular catering for families with disabled children.
PT15052G 6 The City Events Team are co-ordinating the city’s Jubilee celebrations which includes celebrations at the City and Folk Museums, Guildhall and a two day event in Gloucester Park.
The City Council is working with local cultural organisations and residents to develop and improve the Summer In Gloucester Festival. A funding bid has been successful by Gloucestershire Dance to improve access to and animate the Gloucester Carnival with other partners including GAINE, Artshape and Gloucestershire Music Makers.
There is a strong events programme in the city during 2012 with the Olympic Torch event, Summer in Gloucester, Jubilee celebrations, a food festival, history festival and Christmas celebrations.
The school exhibitions continued in The Concourse at Gloucester Guildhall, with several new schools coming on board, including Milestone Special School.
4. CONSOLIDATING GLOUCESTER’S REPUTATION FOR SPORTING EXCELLENCE AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY This element of the Cultural Strategy requires the right balance between developing world class provision of sporting facilities and achievement with access for all. Gloucester has the lowest participation rates in sport in the County and therefore, increasing participation is important.
Oxstalls Tennis Centre was awarded Tennis Club of the Year by the Lawn Tennis Association at the O2 Arena during the final of the International Grand Prix Tournament of the Year.
GL1 and Oxstalls Tennis Centre hold both National and Regional events and have hosted the following in the last six months:
Nov England Badminton Senior Tournament British League Water Polo Dec National Synchronised Swimming Championships Jan American Wrestling Feb Samurai Martial Arts Tournament March Glos Archery County Senior Tournament British Synchronised Swimming Championship April Swimathon and Sport Relief Mile Swim National Futsal League Tournament
Aspire Sports and Cultural Trust received a grant of £85,000 from the LTA to provide four floodlit Clay Outdoor Courts at Oxstalls Tennis Centre to replace the four hard courts currently provided. Aspire and Gloucester City Council together provided the remaining 25% counter funding.
31st March at GL1/15th April at Oxstalls Tennis Centre Open Days were held to start the Olympic Year of 2012. Over 25 sporting / community clubs / organisations who took part provided free activities alongside those provided by Aspire.
PT15052G 7 April saw the launch of the Leisure Activity Passports for adults and juniors by Aspire, promoting Healthy and Active Lifestyles by rewarding regular use with discounted and free use of facilities and activities in this Olympic Year.
Through competitive procurement the following contracts have been agreed and financed by Aspire:
Refurbishment of the Health Spa Facilities at GL1 opening, 14th May 2012 Synthetic Ice Rink at GL1 opened 28th April 2012 Children’s Soft Play Facilities at Oxstalls Tennis Centre, to be agreed
Gloucester City Council has secured £100,000 Sport England funding to help transform the Blackbridge Athletics Track on Podsmead Road. The track will be fully refurbished and will include an 8 lane home straight.
Financed by the City Council:
Total refurbishment of the Synthetic football/hockey pitch at Oxstalls Tennis Centre
Aspire approved the British Heart Foundation as its “National Charity” and is proud to partner with Gloucester City Council enabling Gloucester to become a “Heart City”.
Estcourt Close Sports Hall (ex Gloucester Academy – Bishops College Site). Aspire has been given an extension on its current management contract to keep the Sports Hall open to the community until 31st March 2013.
Aspire has approved a formal partnership with Gloucestershire Health Trainers to create healthy lifestyles and physical activity opportunities for ‘at risk’ groups.
The Economic Development team has been assisting Gloucester Football Club to re-establish themselves in the city by providing funding and business advice with their plans to develop a community hub in Hempsted.
A group of partners have come together to work better together on sport and well being in the city. The group (Gloucester’s Olympic Legacy Programme: (City Vision Delivery Group) is hosting a city wide Knock Out programme across the city in summer 2012 to celebrate the Games with a finale being hosted in Gloucester Park on 29th July as part of the summer festival. It is also distributing £15k of small grants for communities to build their own legacy.
Movement workshops continue to run at Gloucester Guildhall, including Tango, Jive and Zumba.
5. ENJOYING AND SUPPORTING DIVERSITY
Gloucester is the second most diverse city in the South West after Bristol. In light of this, the consultants developing the Cultural Strategy in 2007 found that the city had a reasonable number of community groups representing different faiths, cultures, genders, generations and areas of personal interest.
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A key element of this strand of the strategy was to increase community consultation and programmes for diversity. It also suggested using sport as a way of achieving this through international sporting fixtures and maximising any opportunities that the 2012 Olympics may offer.
Hidden Lives is a heritage Lottery funded project which has been set up by a partnership between Gloucestershire Archives, the University of Gloucestershire and the Gloucester Theatre Company based at the Picturedrome Theatre. The aim is for the project to be supported and managed entirely by the local community. A website has been created as a place where people connected with the area can share their memories about life and work in this unique part of Gloucester.
The many diverse events held in the Cathedral and continuing to encourage community involvement. E.g. Outreach work with local schools with the musicians and choristers and schoolchildren coming in to give concerts in the Nave as a result.
The Folk and City Museums continue to welcome thousands of school children each year who take part in their education sessions. The Museums Service has also increased the number of people that it reaches through its outreach programme attracting new audiences by taking the Museum out to them.
The Museum Service is continuing to engage with the diverse community on its doorstep and is continuing to support the work of the local Islamic awareness and community group by partnering with the local mosque to offer Discovering Islam sessions for schools and preparing to host the communities Ramadan Awareness meal in the summer.
The City Museum has created a partnership with Fairgame Theatre to support their Young Roots project based around the History of Eastgate Street. The project is using the performing arts to look at the different communities that have shaped the heritage of that area of the city.
The Museums Service continues to offer a rewarding volunteer experience to people from all walks of life and of all ages. Our oldest volunteer is in her 80s and the youngest was 16. They are now extending our offer from curatorial and research opportunities to the public galleries and city wide events. The Service won an award for providing excellent work experience opportunities.
The Gloucestershire Gay Pride Ball took place in November at the New Inn with approximately 50 supporters attending the black tie ball.
Cafe Nerva at the City Museum is being used as an extra art gallery space, bringing the cultural and art remit of the Museum's offer firmly into its commercial ventures. The first exhibition involved work with a mental health organisation has attracted positive comments and enjoyed a successful launch event.
PT15052G 9 Safer Gloucester has supported the new Youth Peace Project, founded by youth worker Delroy Ellis to encourage young people from all cultures to turn away from gang culture and aspire to achieve.
Safer Gloucester has provided a drama presentation ‘Skin Deep’ in some youth venues to encourage young people from all cultures to turn away from gang culture and violent extremism.
Safer Gloucester has initiated and developed programmes for parents about alcohol awareness with local Police teams and voluntary agencies.
Safer Gloucester hosted further ‘All Community Together’ (ACT) NOW events for active community members and youth clubs to appreciate how major crime incidents impact community tensions.
Safer Gloucester hosted ‘Are we prepared’ inviting members of the community to work through a scenario of an event that had the potential for disrupting our community cohesion. The events are used to find ways of strengthening communication between residents and public agencies and to see how messages can be relayed in any emergency situation.
Safer Gloucester provided theatre performances in secondary schools in Gloucester to promote awareness of abuse in teenage relationships.
The Tourist Information Centre worked with St James CofE Primary School in drawing pictures that best represent Gloucester.
The Forgiveness Project took place at the Cathedral in November. The F Word: Images of Forgiveness exhibition was a thought provoking collection of arresting images and personal narratives exploring forgiveness in the face of atrocity. First launched in London in 2004, it has since been displayed in over 300 venues worldwide.
The Loss of Innocence exhibition took place at the Cathedral in January 2012 with a range of paintings and drawings done by children in Gaza following the 2 day Israeli military operation called ‘Operation Cast Lead’ in early 2009.
The City Vision consultation was a three month exercise to gauge people’s opinions on the city, what they liked, didn’t like and what they wanted improving. The consultation has had over 1150 detailed responses and hundreds more informal responses at community days etc. The City Vision Team made it their mission to visit every ward and to engage with every community in the city which saw them visit Gay Pride, Jamaican Independence Day and spend three lunch times at Gloucestershire College to name but a few. This led to 17% of respondents being from BME communities, 10% from disability, 8% were gay, lesbian or transgender and 22% were young people making it Gloucester’s most diverse and representative consultation ever.
There has been a lot of interest in the Vocality project from the Afro Caribbean community of Barton Street. Funding has been received to train staff and direct delivery with nurseries, children’s centres, young and pregnant groups, Dad’s groups etc. The focus is on supporting well being, child development - language,
PT15052G 10 co-ordination, creative thinking, critical thinking, physical and emotional intelligence and developing communication skills through music and singing through creative environments where music play can thrive.
Gloucestershire Music Makers have funded a project called Key Changes which is working with young people who are in challenging circumstances and is funded by Children in Need. There is a team of music mentors who are delivering this project for one to one work with young people who are aged 11 and 18 years old.
Gloucestershire Music Makers is a key partner with Gloucester Music Service and they have just had news that their bid that they put together for the Arts Council as the new Music Education Hub of the county has been successful.
6. PLANNING FOR A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECT
The Cultural Strategy suggests that the transformational project should be of international importance and be based on a strong public and private partnership. At the time of developing the Cultural Strategy in 2007, it was not clear what this project should be, only that it should put Gloucester on the map.
Major development works have taken place on the Blackfriars North and East Ranges that has opened up the site as a visitor attraction and venue for meetings, performances and weddings. The City Council has sined the lease with English Heritage with bookings and interest in the site beyond expectations.
7. MARKETING AND PROMOTING GLOUCESTER AND ITS NEW CULTURAL IMAGE
The consultants involved in helping to create the City’s Cultural Strategy felt that Gloucester should make more of what already existed in the city and that the cultural message should be woven into Gloucester’s marketing collateral.
In tandem with this, residents should feel involved in their city through regular communications and public events. They also advised that Gloucester’s brand should be significantly improved. This is one of the purposes in the creation of Marketing Gloucester Limited who have worked in consultation with partners to develop a brand for the city. The success of the Guildhall through its ability to gain coverage in national media is also responsible for improving the city’s image at a national and regional level.
The City Museum and the Folk Museum are now working more closely with the TIC and the Guildhall to offer a more ‘joined up’ cultural experience.
The Economic Development team has produced a range of business sector brochures to target inward investors in specific growth business sectors of Retail and Leisure, ICT, Finance and Business Services and Aerospace and Advanced Engineering.
PT15052G 11 The Economic Development team has been raising Gloucester’s profile as a centre for business by encouraging national agencies to hold their business events here. Recent successes include 2 UK Trade and Industry events taking place in Gloucester for the first time.
The Lamprey Pie story has had international media coverage including the Detroit national papers and the national Canadian news. The Folk Museum has featured in all press and was also included in the BBC national coverage, the Daily Telegraph and local news.
The Tourist Information Centre planned well in advance the sales of official London 2012 Olympic merchandise becoming the central outlet for official stock.
The Believe in Gloucester campaign was launched by Marketing Gloucester in February 2012.
The Tourist Information Centre participated in English Tourism Week which included discounted publications and promotion of a new county-wide tourism calendar.
The tenth official Gloucester International Blues Festival is taking place in 21st – 29th July. Marketing Gloucester is working with new venues to broaden the appeal of the festival.
Arkenford carried out research on the coach market for Gloucester which has been published just recently.
The Visit Cotswolds 2012 Guide was published in November 2011 featuring a section on Gloucester.
City Vision was designed to not only be a 10 year strategy document for the city but also to sell what the City has to offer. It’s full of images that celebrate the city ad it is hoped will aid inward investment.
Gloucester Guildhall’s Facebook page now has over 2000 “likes” and the Twitter page has over 2000 “followers”.
Gloucester Guildhall’s Cinema Focus Group continues to prove popular and is helping to shape our cinema programme going forward to ensure there is something for everyone.
At Gloucester Guildhall, due to an increased focus on cinema marketing, the cinema has seen a marked improvement in interest and visitor figures, with over 6000 cinema tickets sold over the 6 months, including 19 sell-out screenings.
Gloucester Guildhall hosted its first ‘The Made’ Craft Fair on 7th April. This is an enterprise by young people leaving university hoping to set up creative businesses in the city.
PT15052G 12 5.0 Future Work
5.1 Members will receive the next cultural update in November 2012 which will update them on progress made during the period May 2012 to October 2012.
5.2 Over the next six months the Cultural Services and Tourism Group will focus on achieving cost savings for the Museums Service, delivering the 2012 events programme including Jubilee and the Summer Festival with partners and building the profile of Blackfriars.
5.3 At a broader level MGL will deliver two high profile brand building events for the City in the form of the Food Festival with Gloucester Quays in July and the Gloucester History Festival in September.
6.0 Conclusions
6.1 The progress made during the last six months has been significant and has certainly contributed to both putting Gloucester on the map and contributing to the city’s regeneration.
6.2 The Museums has seen major progress during this period by increasing income into the two museums through improved retail and catering operations as well as through hires including weddings and parties.
6.3 The City Council has developed strong relationships with cultural organisations and residents to reinvigorate and improve the Summer In Gloucester Festival, particularly around the Carnival activities. Successes made this year will be built upon for the future with a large bid made to the Arts Council for next year’s festival.
7.0 Financial Implications
7.1 None at this stage. The Council is not committed to any additional expenditure. Future projects may have financial implications for the council which will be investigated individually.
8.0 Legal Implications
8.1 None.
9.0 Risk Management Implications (Authors to complete) Identify all key risks (scoring 8 and above) for the recommendation including the impact and likelihood of the risk occurring and what measures will be taken to mitigate the risk.
9.1 None at this stage. Appropriate risk management will be undertaken for each city council project as they arise.
10.0 People Impact Assessment (PIA): Please ensure you complete this section even if a PIA is not required.
PT15052G 13 Is a PIA required? Yes No Explanation: This is not a new policy X or action. It is purely a document which has collated various actions across the City which may or may not have been carried out by the City Council. Has an initial PIA screening Yes No Explanation: been completed? NA
Has a full PIA been Yes No Explanation: completed? NA
Is the PIA available? Yes No Explanation: NA
Has the PIA identified any Yes* No negative impacts on any NA protected characteristic or community cohesion? *Please ensure PIA is available
Any Further Relevant Information:
As part of the People Impact Assessments the Cultural Strategy will need to be reviewed shortly in terms of best practice. A full review will take place at the point and an overarching PIA will be produced.
The Cultural Strategy encompasses all areas of our community. A key strand of the strategy is ‘enjoying and supporting diversity’ – action point 5.
11.0 Other Corporate Implications (this may include Community Safety, Environmental, Staffing, Trade Union)
1. Community Safety – There remains a perception by some that the city is not a safe place in the evening – work still needs to be achieved in promoting the city as a safe place to visit to enjoy cultural activities in the evening and night-time.
2. Environmental – Environmental implications will be addressed within individual projects within the action plan.
3. Staffing – Work on the operation of the Blackfriars site will become part of the role of the existing staff at the Guildhall.
4. Trade Union - N/A
Background Papers :
Published Papers :
Person to Contact : Vicki Rowan Tel: 396179 E-mail: [email protected]
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