Kent Cultural Strategy Action Plan

The Kent Cultural Strategy Action Plan brings together new partnerships working across disciplines. 

It addresses the need to boost the Visitor Economy with 15 initiatives including collaborations between key partners such as Turner Contemporary, Canterbury City Council’s Marlowe Theatre, Creative Foundation, and the new Kent History and Library Centre. Vehicles for promotion include the Dickens bicentenary in 2012, the 2012 Games and the Year of the Visual Artist in 2014.

The action plan will increase opportunities for young people to find routes into work including nine projects creating new apprentice and intern opportunities.  

To grow the cultural sector in Kent the action plan commits to four new business advisory initiatives and four initiatives to develop new workspaces in Kent using existing buildings. 

A legacy for the 2012 Games is to be achieved through twelve projects building on the national Cultural Olympiad programme, the BBC Live Site, the Lone Twin Boat project and the Kent Cultural Baton.

There are a range of projects planned to increase participation and to tackle health inequalities through cultural interventions to tackle some of the priorities identified by Central Government and the Strategy for Public Health in Kent.

The action plan partners have been inspired by other contributions and momentum is now building. The action plan remains “open for business” and will become more ambitious. 

KCS Action Plan Phase 2 (PDF, 273k)

Thank you to all who have contributed actions to the document. If you have not yet contributed an action and would like to then this would be welcomed. Please email us on arts@kent.gov.uk and we will contact you to discuss.