Decision details

Approval of the new South Holland Cultural Strategy and support the Cultural Framework for the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership

1)    That the South Holland Cultural Strategy (attached at Appendix B) be adopted.

2)    That delegation be given to the Assistant Director for Economic Growth, in consultation with the Leader, Cllr Nick Worth, to make minor amendments to the South Holland Cultural Strategy.

3)    That the Executive Summary as a Cultural Framework for the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership (attached at Appendix A) be supported.

·       A formally adopted Cultural Strategy and agreement of priority actions would provide South Holland District Council with the cultural principles to be reflected in each place. In addition, the Cultural Framework would support funding applications, increase engagement with art and culture and facilitate greater connectivity with Art and Cultural organisations. The adoption of a similar document by Boston Borough Council and East Lindsey District Council had already helped the SELCP to gain Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation status and it was this funding that had supported the writing of the South Holland Cultural Strategy.

·       The ambition of the Framework and associated NPO status supported a wider cultural and place- based approach to regeneration and linked culture with community engagement to support our Partnership objectives, reflecting the principles of the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership Growth and Prosperity Plan

Arts Council England had provided the funding to create the Cultural Strategy, therefore it was a requirement of the funding to produce the strategic document, as had been the case in Boston Borough Council and East Lindsey District Council