Summits

Having a cultural strategy for the county is important because of the role culture plays in regeneration and in how people feel about living in, working in and visiting the county.

Kent County Council is leading on the development of a Cultural Strategy for Kent. We are working on the principle that the most effective strategy will be partnership-based and built on collaboration, creativity, and consensus.

On 17 February 2009, we held the first Cultural Summit in Kent. The Summit was the first of 3 conferences planned to help us develop the county's Cultural Strategy.

The second Cultural Summit was held on 28 September 2009.

On 19 April 2010 we held the third Cultural Summit which was met with great success and which will help towards forming the Kent Cultural Strategy due to be published in Summer 2010.