Agenda Item No. 8

 

 

THE VALE OF GLAMORGAN COUNCIL

 

LEARNING AND CULTURE SCRUTINY COMMITTEE: 23 APRIL 2018

 

REFERENCE FROM CABINET: 5 MARCH 2018

 

C251              ARTS AND CULTURE STRATEGY: AN ASPIRATIONAL AND CULTURALLY VIBRANT VALE 2018-2022 (LC) (SCRUTINY COMMITTEE - LEARNING AND CULTURE) -       

 

Endorsement was sought of the draft Arts and Culture Strategy: An Aspirational and Culturally Vibrant Vale 2018 - 2022.

 

The existing Vale Arts Strategy was implemented in 2014. It set out a vision for the Council up to and including 2017, with a focus on access and participation, support for the local economy and environment, and excellence.

 

In January 2017, the Learning and Skills Directorate conducted a public survey as part of its review of the existing arts strategy, seeking engagement with the wider community on their views and experiences of the Arts in the Vale of Glamorgan, to inform the development of a new strategy. The consultation report was attached at Appendix 2 to the report.

 

The new strategy attached at Appendix 1 to the report set out a delivery plan for increasing arts activity in the Vale of Glamorgan and developing new opportunities to create a 21st century arts programme, centered around the Council’s four well-being outcomes outlined in the Corporate Plan 2016-2020:

 

•           An Inclusive and Safe Vale

•           An Environmentally Responsible and Prosperous Vale

•           An Aspirational and Culturally Vibrant Vale

•           An Active and Healthy Vale

 

This was a matter for Executive decision

 

Cabinet, having considered the report and all the issues and implications contained therein

 

RESOLVED –

 

(1)       T H A T the draft Arts and Culture Strategy: An Aspirational and Culturally Vibrant Vale 2018 – 2022 attached at Appendix 1 to the report be endorsed as a basis for consultation with the Learning and Culture Scrutiny Committee.

 

(2)       T H A T the proposal to review the provision of Arts Central with a further report to be brought back to Cabinet prior to 31 December, 2018 be endorsed.

 

(3)       T H A T the proposed fee structure for hiring floor space at Arts Central, on an interim basis and with effect from 1 April, 2018 and to be reviewed as part of resolution 2 above, be approved in line with the below:

 

•           Community Group/Individual fee of £13.50/hr or £120.00/day

•           Commercial Group fee of £22.00/hr or £200/day

 

Reasons for decisions

 

(1)       To endorse that the draft Arts and Culture Strategy be sent to the Learning and Culture Scrutiny Committee for consultation.

 

(2)       To ensure the future use of the floor space in Arts Central was effective and efficient and aligned with the Council’s corporate objectives.

 

(3)       The implementation of fees was recommended in order to support the strategic objectives of the Income Generation and Commercial Opportunities Strategy 2018-2020:

 

•           To aim to achieve full cost recovery where it was appropriate to do so and to develop a standard approach to the application of concessions.

•           To support consistency across the Council in its approach to income generation and commercial opportunities including setting, collecting and reviewing fees and charges.

 

 

 

 

Attached as Appendix – Report to Cabinet – 5 MARCH 2018