Decision details

For Cabinet to agree a mandate for the Cheltenham Culture Board to be the group that is accountable for the development of a Cultural Strategy of Cheltenham and the delivery there in.

RESOLVED THAT

1.    the council works with the Cheltenham Culture Board to develop a cultural strategy in line with the mandate attached at appendix 2 for future adoption by the council. The draft strategy will be brought to Cabinet for agreement.

2.    the procurement of external support be carried out for the development of the cultural strategy in line with the attached brief at appendix 3 noting that the award of the contract will be carried out by the Executive Director for People and Change in accordance with the council’s scheme of delegation of functions.

3.    £35k be committed as an initial commitment towards funding the cultural strategy for Cheltenham.