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Decision details
Cultural Development Fund
Decision Maker: Charity Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Decisions:
The Cultural Regeneration Manager presented a report to seek support from the Foreshore Trust to utilise the £75,000 of public art funding (£25,000 p.a.) already within the Foreshore Trust budget as match for the recently submitted Cultural Development Fund bid.
A consortium bid, formed of cultural sector and local authority partners across East Sussex, to the Department for Culture, Media and Sports and Arts Council England was submitted on 19th October 2018. The fund has the potential to make a significant contribution to our cultural regeneration ambitions, through supporting key cultural sector partners and council-led activity.
The aim of the fund is to use culture and creative activity to unlock economic growth and productivity, and to make places attractive places to live in, work and visit.
The bid led by Hastings Borough Council will establish a Creative Enterprise Zone across the towns of coastal East Sussex from Hastings to Newhaven, with the vision of creating a single coastal ecology for the creative sector. The grant value amounts to £4.5m, with £1,005,000 for Hastings.
The Committee discussed the report and a question was raised regarding ring-fencing of this year’s £25,000 allocation of match funding. The Chief Accountant responded that the Trust is currently forecasting to spend it this year but if it isn’t spent it will increase the transfer to the reserves to be spent in future years.
It is noted that, although the report states that the wards affected will be Castle and Old Town, there will be an impact across all wards from this project if successful.
Councillor Batsford proposed a motion to approve the recommendations in the report, seconded by Councillor Rogers.
RESOLVED (unanimously) that:Should the cultural development fund be successful, agree that £25,000 per year of Foreshore Trust public art funding be recognised as match funding for the cultural development fund programme.
Reasons for the recommendation:
The cultural development fund bid was submitted on 19 October 2018, with unsecured match funding identified. Due to the tight turnaround of the bidding timeline, this report is seeking retrospective permission to utilise the £75,000 already agreed public art Foreshore Trust budget (£25,000 per year for three years) as match to support the project.
The Foreshore Trust has already agreed to support investment in public art and the authority to develop proposals for delivery of public art, and the cultural development fund programme would enhance that investment and delivery for the benefit of residents and visitors.
Report author: Hannah Brookshaw
Publication date: 11/04/2019
Date of decision: 10/12/2018
Decided at meeting: 10/12/2018 - Charity Committee
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