The importance of culture, leisure and sport in addressing issues such as social inclusion, health and crime is becoming increasingly apparent. Government Offices work with a range of regional and local partners to identify where links can be made with other government programmes at local level..
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We aim to promote the Department’s strategic priorities and the cultural agenda for the South East throughout the region.
Our key areas of work include:
- promoting the contribution that culture and sporting activity can make to improving the quality of everyone's lives through improving health to strengthening communities by;
- encouraging the inclusion of culture and sporting National Indicators in Local Area Agreements to encourage take up of cultural and sporting activities
- developing the LAA toolkit to assist Local Authorities in embedding culture and sport into the Local Area Agreements
- communicating the DCMS agenda to the regional cultural agencies, which the Department funds, and encouraging their involvement with the Government Office for the South East, the South East England Development Agency and Culture South East - as well as with local authorities and the wider community
- helping to maximise the contribution of the cultural sectors to the Government’s agenda in the region through organising the regional twinning visits
- supporting the national and regional efficiency and improvement agendas
- co-ordinating the regional commentaries for each Local Authority
The Culture and Volunteering Team works in partnership with:
- The regional cultural agencies for the South East. These are:
- Arts Council England, South East
- Sport England
- Tourism South East South East
- Museums, Libraries and Archives South East
- Screen South
- English Heritage
- Culture South East
- the Culture Team at the South East England Development Agency
- local authorities in the region
- other Government Departments within the Government Office for the South East
