Culture Matters - Thanet District Council’s Cultural Strategy

Why produce a cultural strategy?

Thanet District Council recognises the important role that culture plays in our community.

We also recognise that, in the past, culture has been an area of weakness in the Council’s service delivery. We are a listening council and are responding to the views of the community with the development of this Cultural Strategy.

The strategy will support our broader objectives, which have already been set out in our Corporate Plan. These include Thanet’s Economy, Beautiful Thanet and Healthy Communities. Culture has a major role to play in achieving each of these themes within the plan.

We are committed to improving the cultural offer in our District and this strategy will look at how this aim can be achieved. It sets out specific actions that the Council, with the help of its partners, will need to achieve over the next four years.

Next: Main consultation findings

Back: Why is culture important?

• What is culture?
• Why is culture important?
• Why produce a cultural strategy?
• Main consultation findings

Context

• Local context
• Cultural context

Vision

• Vision and Overarching Themes
• Underlying Principles
• Action Plan
• Evaluating delivery of the Cultural Strategy
• Cultural aspirations

• Appendix 1: Developing the strategy
• Appendix 2: Key Stakeholders - consultees