Are you an organisation with a remit for Young People, Learning & Skills, Creative Industries, Culture or the Arts in the South East region?

We would like your ideas and views!

Arts Council England has developed a national strategy for Children, Young People & the Arts. In the South East region, they have developed a regional strategy which includes a proposal to establish 'creative learning hubs' to serve four sub regions from 2008. These hubs would grow out of the present day Arts Council England ‘Creative Partnerships’, www.creative-partnerships.com, an initiative funded by DCMS and DfES, which brings schools, artists and cultural providers together. In the South East region, Creative Partnerships are located in Kent, Slough, Southampton/Isle of Wight and Hastings/East Sussex. ‘Hubs’ could mean that the benefits of the Creative Partnerships might be felt in a wider geography and policy arena.

Kindle has been commissioned to investigate the concept of ‘hubs’ and how they might be established. Please give us your views and ideas by logging onto our Hubs Consultation area below. After you log in, you can choose to either fill in the questionnaire online or print off a copy of the pdf document and post it to us. This pdf appears on the top right corner of the screen after you login. Answering the questions can be done in around 20 minutes.

If you have been involved in the specific DfES funded CPD pilots running in Kent and Oxfordshire/Milton Keynes with Creative Partnerships, please additionally log onto the Pilot Observation area. This questionnaire is appropriate only for pilot participant organisations, and those that aspired to participate in the Kent and MKOB areas. After you log in, you can choose to either fill in the questionnaire online or print off a copy of the pdf document and post it to us. This pdf appears on the top right corner of the screen after you login. Answering the questions can be done in around 15 minutes.

View or download a pdf copy of the whole regional strategy for Children, Young People & the Arts from Arts Council England, South East. To view pdfs you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader (download the latest version).

Thank you for your time and interest.