The North East Cultural Partnership (NECP) has published a refreshed Case for Culture document. As the region works to recover from the pandemic and addresses the challenges of the economy, NECP wants to ensure that the North East Case for Culture can realise its full potential. Following extensive consultations with the sector, they now present the five refreshed priorities for the North East Culture Partnership. These include a focus on internationalism. International Newcastle is a member of the NECP’s international working group and will support this activity.
Five priorities for the North East
- Equality, Equity and Audiences: NECP will continue to make the case for greater equity, diversity and opportunities for our audiences, including working-class communities and people with protected characteristics.
- Economy: We need to harness the opportunities of devolution and Levelling Up funding and encourage Poverty Proofing of cultural buildings to ensure they can engage with families and children. We recognise that the sector is still grappling with the impacts of Covid and is now experiencing a cost of living and energy crisis.
- Cultural Workforce & Skills: NECP will work on the idea of ‘Making the North East the best place to be a cultural worker’ and develop initiatives to improve the terms and conditions for those working in the arts and heritage sectors.
- Climate Emergency: NECP supports the NetZeroNE initiative and the opportunity for arts and heritage organisations to raise awareness of the Climate Emergency and improve their buildings and carbon impacts.
- North East Partnerships and International Links: NECP will bring together the sub-regional culture groups to share and collaborate – particularly on children and young people, equity, and health. NECP will work with others to showcase the region’s cultural excellence and innovation.
Specifically on international links and partnerships, NECP will:
- work with regional Destination Development Partnerships to promote our distinctive cultural tourism offer to national and international tourism markets
- build on our partnership with West Sweden and encourage others in making North East international connections
- work with our Universities to demonstrate the impact of their international partnerships and student exchanges, and will explore new international networks and links for culture in the region
Further information and links
- North East Case for Culture website and link to sign up for the NECP newsletter
- Click on the links to follow on social media: twitter, facebook, instagram