In this blog, Val Birchall reflects on the Local Government Association’s Smith Square Debate, Rewiring the Cultural System to Deliver Place-Based Outcomes. Drawing on the discussion, Val explores how culture, local leadership and place-based approaches can work together to tackle complex challenges and create better outcomes for communities across the UK. Introduction There has been … Continue reading “Circles of Competence – How a New National Cultural Framework Balances the Nationally Coherent With the Locally Differentiated”
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Art Without Architecture – The Accidental System for Supporting Cultural Development and Why It Needs Addressing
Val Birchall reflects on how fragmented cultural funding and governance are undermining place-based cultural development, and argues that local government reorganisation and devolution present a rare opportunity to create a more coherent cultural ecosystem. While Local Government tackles another reorganisation, the promise of devolution and the increasing challenge of funding discretionary services, the government has … Continue reading “Art Without Architecture – The Accidental System for Supporting Cultural Development and Why It Needs Addressing”
Culture at the Crux of Place-Based Thinking: Positioning Locally Driven Cultural Development Within a New National Policy Framework
Val Birchall reflects on becoming a LPIP Fellow and the work she has planned for her fellowship. About Me As a Place Fellow at the LPIP, I am excited to be joining a team of practitioners at the intersection of policy and place. I bring over two decades of experience shaping and delivering local cultural … Continue reading “Culture at the Crux of Place-Based Thinking: Positioning Locally Driven Cultural Development Within a New National Policy Framework”