What is the Basingstoke Cultural Forum
The Cultural Forum is an integrated network and
collective voice for the individuals and organisations that comprise the
cultural sector of Basingstoke and Deane. Its purpose is to advocate and
champion cultural activity on a local, regional and national level.
Values
The cultural forum will reflect the diversity of the
borough’s community through inclusive, quality activity which helps to ensure
equity and access for everyone.
Aims
The Cultural Forum aims to:
· act as a conduit
for cultural activity and information in the borough, co-ordinating and
supporting initiatives as appropriate
· inform and advise the Local
Strategic Partnership (LSP) and Borough Council on cultural
issues
· influence the Community Strategy, the implementation of its
action plan and the realisation of broader borough goals
· help
demonstrate the effects and impact of cultural activity on community well
being
Objectives of the Cultural Forum The Cultural Forum will achieve
its aims by:
· Nominating up to 2
representatives from the sector to the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP)
meetings.
· Regularly circulating an e-mail network list of cultural projects
to forum participants
· Disseminating information from the LSP to
cultural forum participants
· Inviting a representative from other
Network Partners to our events to talk about key issues relating to the
community strategy priority themes
· Providing a simple ‘who’s who?’
directory for cultural forum participants
· Planning and implementing
other projects as appropriate
· Holding 4 forum representative meetings a year
· Keeping our aims and objectives flexible, focused and
achievable