In recent years culture, arts and sport have been widely used to drive regeneration, build cohesive communities and change the way that places are perceived. Major cultural projects have been used successfully […]
The transfer of public health from the NHS to local government and Public Health England (PHE) was one of the most significant extensions of local government powers and duties in […]
Arts Council England (ACE) is the lead development agency for the Arts, Museums and Libraries. Arts Council England supports a range of activities from theatre to digital art, reading to […]
It has long been recognised that culture and sport have an important role to play in preventing young people becoming involved in crime and anti-social behaviour. In response to this […]
This annual event focused on the challenges facing future government in terms of embedding sport and physical activity across health and education, the Olympic legacy at Lee Valley Park, how Visit England & ACE […]
Back in October 2012 I represented CLOA at The UK’s first Public Parks Summit. The country was still inspired by the Olympics where our green spaces had been the […]
Keynote speakers at LGA/ cCLOA culture, tourism and sport conference included: Rt Hon Maria Miller, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Sir Peter Bazalgette, Chair of Arts Council England, Nick Bitel, […]
Iain Varah, Chair & Mark Allman, Vice- Chair of CLOA reflect on the future role of local authority sports and leisure services and the principle issues facing local government.
These are the personal views of Yinnon Ezra, Specialist Advisor for Libraries, and not those of DCMS. The year at DCMS has really flown by! What follows are some thoughts about […]
2012…well what a year that was, and I didn’t think it could get any better, but it just has!! In public service, you work all your life trying to make […]
