The way forward - 'What Next?' workshops - WORKSHOP 3

The way forward - 'What Next?' workshops

The Cultural Enquiry has identified the need for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole to concentrate both on a neighbourhood and grassroots approach to culture, along with a scaled-up culture-led city-making approach. This third way – a Whole Place Approach to Culture - marries the importance of micro-scale, locally embedded and community-facing activities; to one which thinks and acts big. The Enquiry has helped shape three main themes and some potential priority actions for Bournemouth,Christchurch and Poole going forwards:
WORKSHOP 3 - QUALITY OF PLACE

This theme is about how culture and creativity can contribute to the quality of place in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole – that set of sometimes hard to define things that make places great places to live, work and visit.

An explanation of terms can be found in the glossary at the end of this document.
BCP Council has

1. BCP Council has positioned culture at the heart of BCP Council’s Corporate Plan[i] – the whole idea of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole as a place needs to be articulated through culture.
Which three things should the BCP Cultural Collective prioritise next?

Integrate culture into health and care practice, linking to the Dorset-wide One Health Accelerator[ii] launched in 2019. Pilot social and cultural prescribing[iii], promoting volunteer programmes, art therapy and other activities focussed on helping people live longer, healthier and more active lives. Build space for culture into new developments through the planning process, creating multi-purpose destinations and creating environments that are more human-friendly. Act as environmental pioneers and concentrate cultural infrastructure at neighbourhood level, transport hubs and as nodes in cycle and walking networks to change people's behaviour in the current car-dependent system. Use new spaces and make more of existing spaces (including libraries) in order to revitalise our town centres, and tie in to the Dorset Smart Place initiative[iv]. Focus on enabling more participation at neighbourhood level to improve people’s every day access to a creative and cultural life. Bid for UK City of Culture[v] and/or UNESCO City of Media Arts status and/or World Heritage status for our natural and coastal environment. Partner with UK Core Cities[vi] and international cities to tour new creative programmes and revitalise our current cultural content.
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Glossary of terms

[i] BCP Council’s Corporate Plan sets out the council’s long-term priorities, high-level actions and commitments to equality and diversity. It is underpinned by a four-year council-wide delivery plan.

[ii] One Health refers to the interrelation between human, animal and environmental health and the way in which industry, academia and government tackle problems related to it. The Dorset One Health Accelerator will provide resources for local, regional, national and international projects in this area.

[iii] Social and cultural prescribing – sometimes referred to as community referral – means a way in which GPs, nurses and other primary care professionals refer people to a range of local, non-clinical services. It seeks to address people’s needs in a holistic way and supports individuals to take greater control of their own health.

[iv] The Dorset Smart Place Consortium aims to dliver a pioneering programme of outputs including gigabit connectivity, internet of things, public wifi and 5G connectivity across the region, a data platform 'City Brain' and a city style 'App Store'

[v] UK City of Culture is aimed at creating significant social and economic benefits to an area and lasts for the period of one year. The UNESCO Creative Cities Network promotes cooperation with and among cities that have identified creativity as a strategic factor for sustainable urban development.

[vi] UK Core Cities are eleven cities across the UK whose mission is to unlock the full potential of our great cities to create a stronger, fairer economy and society by putting citizens at the heart of everything they do. They believe solutions to some of our biggest challenges lie in the hands of local people and communities.
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