Professional Documents
Culture Documents
West Suffolk House, Western Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3YU
Morning programme
Arrival and refreshments
Welcome Heidi Bellamy, Director Culture First
Cultural Commissioning Programme - Jessica Harris, Project Manager will present
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the findings from the recent research report, focusing on where the arts and cultural
sector is particularly strong in its ability to deliver public service outcomes, where the
challenges lie for the sector in engaging with commissioning, and some of the ways of
tackling these challenges.
Case study Tony Witton, Arts & Culture Service Manager and Jay Edwins,
Partnerships Manager at Kent County Council, one of the Cultural
Commissioning pilots, on how they are adopting a structured framework for
incorporating arts and culture into the health and well-being services.
Commissioning for Sport and Leisure Mark Allman, Vice-Chair cCLOA and Maria 1110
Reader, Relationship Manager Sport England will share the key learning from the
national project that aimed to equip sport and leisure practitioners with a
sophisticated understanding of local need, help build relationships with
commissioners and re-shape the service offer to deliver priority outcomes.
Case study - Jim McManus, Director of Public Health in Hertfordshire will
contextualise commissioning as a means of place shaping and affecting large scale
culture change. Hell also cover how a countywide approach to commissioning
exercise referral, exercise for older people and those with disabilities will contribute
to the prevention of long-term disease.
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Panel Q & A Your chance to quiz the panel on how our sector can meet the
challenges of delivering public sector outcomes
1230 Lunch and Networking
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In the afternoon there is an option of workshop sessions as detailed below
Commissioning opportunities for physical activity Jill Dickinson, Head of Leisure, Central
Bedfordshire
Find out how Central Bedfordshire is beginning to engage in commissioning, following the
support available through the cCLOA/Sport England project. This session will offer insight into
how best to approach the task, drawing on the Engaging in Commissioning resources. Jill will
reflect on the process, highlight the opportunities identified and share the learning.
How Cambridgeshire Libraries have been commissioning arts activities through devolved
budgeting Lynda Martin, Service development Manager for Cambridgeshire Libraries.
Working through CS3, a consortium of providers, this programme of community-led
commissioning for arts and libraries is transforming the way in which services are planned and
delivered. The model encourages community decision-making, delegates budgetary control,
builds volunteer capacity and transforms libraries into local performance spaces.
Arts on Prescription: a means to a new beginning - Gavin Clayton, Executive Director and Susan
Potter, Research Manager, Arts and Minds will present the origins, research methodology and
findings from their mental health intervention Arts on Prescription, which was independently
analysed by health economists at London School of Economics. Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has
recently cited the scheme, acknowledging the cost savings across health and social care and
suggested that other authorities should give careful consideration to the recommendations.