Agenda item

To consider the adoption of a cultural strategy.

Culture, Heritage and Libraries Committee

(Graham David Packham)

4 September 2017

City of London Cultural Strategy 2018-22

The City of London Corporation’s current cultural strategy was due to expire at the end of 2017. It came into effect during the 2012 Cultural Olympiad but no longer reflected the full extent of the organisation’s activities across arts, culture, heritage and learning or its new and emerging ambitions.

Following a successful tender process, Global Cities Limited were appointed in May 2017 to assist the organisation in developing a new cultural strategy and, working with officers, undertook engagement across the City of London Corporation and key partners to inform the new strategy. It was a collaborative document that set an ambitious vision for the organisation over the next five years.

The draft strategy was approved by the Culture, Heritage and Libraries Committee on 4 September 2017 and the Policy and Resources Committee on 16 November 2017. A number of other Committees and Boards which had an interest in the delivery of arts, culture, heritage and learning had also received and fed into its development.

The draft strategy, including its two-page executive summary was presented for consideration at Appendix A and the Court was recommended to approve its adoption.

Resolved – That the draft City of London Cultural Strategy 2018-22 be approved for adoption.