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The Future of Cultural Devolution in the UK
Culture Commons and 30 organisations from across the UK have just published a major four-nations report. It sets out a series of policy recommendations that will help the UK's creative, cultural and heritage ecosystem make the most of devolution in the coming months and years.
Culture-led capital projects: catalysing local decision making in place
Dr Cara Courage, Dr Lucrezia Gigante, Professor Catherine Richardson
This paper examines how culture-led capital development projects are creating new opportunities for local cultural decision making in the UK. Through an analysis of two live case studies – Docking Station (Medway, Kent) and Harmony Works (Sheffield, South Yorkshire) – we examine how capital development projects function as important nodes within creative, cultural and heritage ecosystems, as well as their potential to enhance the voice of local people within them. We make several tentative recommendations for future policy support mechanisms that could ensure the flourishing of future such projects.
Discussion Paper
The view from local governments in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland on local cultural decision making
Culture Commons
This Insight Paper summarises discussions from high level roundtables with local government officers and arm’s length external organisations (ALEOS) across Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Insight Paper
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Professor Ben Walmsley
Dean at University of Leeds
Director of Centre for Cultural Value
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