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Section 6 - Heritage and Artsand in the amount of funding that it isattracting. The project is managed byLandscape and Arts Network Services(LANS), a non-profit making company.HCC is involved in the Profile strand OPENproject, a countywide project to look at thefuture use of open space. Three otherDistricts are also involved. A range of HCCofficers are involved, including the PlanningOfficer, School Access Team, as theproject may have implications for the futureuse of school grounds. As with all GHPprojects an artist is part of the officerplanning team from the beginning.HCC also contributed financially to theExposure strand of GHP. This year hasseen the first GHP Bursaries forHertfordshire artists awarded..GHP was originally intended to be a £1million project over three years but thelatest balance sheet suggests this figurewill be at least £2.5 million and possiblymore if other current projections happen.Challenges• To continue the level of activity andsuccess• To effectively advocate GHP’sachievements to date.• To secure GHP’s future by developingan exit strategy.Creativity for LifeCreative Partnerships (CP) is a DFES/DCMS initiative managed by Arts CouncilEngland. 36 CPs were set up in areas ofeconomic deprivation and social isolationwith the aim of building partnershipsbetween schools and creative facilitators.The programme will close in 2010. As partof the programme’s legacy, theGovernment is keen to roll out the CPmodel to non-CP areas including theEastern region. HCC and the Arts Councilare exploring how this could be done inHertford shire.The Hertfordshire pilot in Stevenage plansto work with 13 Stevenage schools and achildren’s centre and will run over fiveterms. Schools will work in clusters of threeor four and range of artists, artsorganisations and other creativeprofessionals such as designers. TheHertfordshire projects will focus on literacyand verbal communication, while in Essexprojects will concentrate on numeracy.There will be opportunities to roll out provedmodels of working from Essex toHertfordshire and vice versa. The project’slonger-term aim is to disseminate thebenefits from the Stevenage project toschools across the county.Creativity for Life most closely links with theEnjoyment and Achievement Outcome ofthe ECM agenda but could also link to theother five outcomes i.e. a young personwho has a positive experience of learning ismore likely to go onto further training andemployment which links to outcome 5,‘achieving economic wellbeing’.Challenges• Run a successful pilot in Stevenage• Secure funding to support an expansionof the programme and its approachUV NightclubUV Nightclub is an integrated nightclub fordisabled and able-bodied young people.Based on the Funky Flamingo Club run byCross Border Arts in Cambridgeshire, thefirst UV Nightclub took place in Hertford.100 young people turned up and the eventwas a great success, much appreciated bythe management of The Marquee whowould now like to support more suchevents.The project was initiated, funded andmanaged by a partnership of HCC and27
Section 6 - Heritage and ArtsDistrict officers. The partnership is currentlyworking on a funding application which willallow the project to develop over the nextthree years. It is envisioned that the clubswill eventually be planned and run by aworking group of young people. In themeantime, day-to-day management of thenightclubs, and the arts projects that runalongside the club, is being undertaken byActOne Artsbase, a Hertfordshire basedintegrated theatre company.UV is another notable countywidepartnership, which although unrelated insubject, is an indirect result of the jointapproach developed through Green Heart.Challenges• Achieve integration of the young people.• Make it a real night club, like any other,so the disabled young people helpinitiate and enjoy a mainstream project• Secure three-year lottery funding.Other projectsTheatreisTheatreis is the new regional BeaconCompany for Theatre for Young People,currently based in Bishop’s Stortford. Thecompany was formed from SNAP TheatreCompany. Theatreis will be working acrossthe region, but due to support from HCCwill be developing many of its projects inHertfordshire to the benefit of young peoplein the County. In addition, it will be workingin partnership with a range of national andinternational partners many of whom willhelp mentor some of the smaller performingarts organisations in Hertfordshire.Theatreis is one of the partners in theHidden Histories Abolition of Slaveryproject. They will manage the creativecontent, including writers in residence andperforming arts work-shops.Enjoy! Tourism leafletsThe CADO and County Cultural Officerhave worked closely together on a numberof projects including researching andwriting ‘Enjoy!: a cultural strategy forHertfordshire’. The Enjoy! branding hasnow been adopted by the tourism officers inthe county and a range of booklets arebeing produced, supported by funding fromEEDA. These have included market townsand a general one on the county. Othersplanned in the series include public art inHertfordshire, museums, arts inHertfordshire and one linked to the HiddenHistories project. The public art booklet willalso complement the information held onHertsDirectChallenges/plans• Turnover of Arts Development Officers.There are some excellent arts officers inthe districts who tend to be passionateabout what they do and are generallyvery creative on little resource. Turnoverof staff is often high and this can makelong term planning difficult. Most officerswork alone, but may work alongside orbe part of a variety of teams includingcommunity planning, leisure orculture/heritage. Arts officers areincreasingly good at partnershipworking. They also work to see how thearts can support their authority’sstrategic priorities.• Resource vulnerability due to nonstatutorynature of the arts. The CADO’sbudget has to cover training andexpenses. However, HCC is currentlycontributing to the partnership with theArts Council (currently going into GreenHeart); supporting theatreis and will besupporting financially, and in kind, theCreativity for Life project.• ‘Arts @ Strategic Centre’ is the selfassessmentmodel developed for thearts. Arts Council England, East wouldlike to roll it out with a small number ofauthorities in this region. Hertfordshirehas volunteered to take part and ifsuccessful, the CADO will be involved.• ‘Regional Commentaries’ weredeveloped by DCMS. This selfassessmentis voluntary and onlyaffects top tier councils. This presentssome problems with culture inHertfordshire as the districts makepossibly more cultural provision thanHCC. HCC has offered to take part andthe will be judged against a nationalbenchmark with six themes.28
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