Mark Allman looks back over his time as Chair of CLOA.
Chair’s Opinion
CLOA AGM and Members Meeting 2017
This annual event featured a range of high profile key note speakers and offered delegates an opportunity to reflect on the contribution culture and leisure makes towards wellbeing. Presentations and papers from the Annual […]
Culture, Tourism & Sport Conference
This national conference looked beyond our sector and debate how devolution, changes to local government funding and wider public service reform, could open up new delivery and investment models for […]
The role of Local Authorities in leading Place-making
CLOA, working with Local Government Association (LGA), have compiled a suite of case studies that shares best practice and aims to help Local Authority senior decision makers understand their role in driving […]
Archives and local government
I was delighted to host the Chief Cultural & Leisure Officers Association (cCLOA) Executive meeting at The National Archives last September. It was the third time we’ve welcomed cCLOA, and […]
What Next? national event
CLOA Vice-Chair, Polly Hamilton lead a session on Placemaking at the national What next? event. Location: Camden Centre, London Date: Monday 17 October 2016
CLOA AGM & Members Meeting 2016
This annual event was themed around Placemaking and also featured the recently launched Sport England strategy. Presentations for all our key note speakers and papers from the Annual General Meeting are available for […]
Response to Ambition for Public Libraries in England 2016-2021
The Libraries Taskforce recently published their draft vision Libraries Deliver: an Ambition for Libraries in England 2016-2021. The document reflects on the evolving role of libraries in light of changing public […]
Pitch Grading Framework will raise playing surface standards ‘from the Ground Up’
Geoff Webb, CEO of the Institute of Groundsmen came to talk to the cCLOA Executive in September 2015 and shared his initial thoughts for a pitch grading framework to benchmark […]
Everyone an artist, everyone a scientist, culture at the heart of every community
Fun Palaces are about bringing arts and sciences, crafts and technologies together, making all culture accessible to all people – primarily by handing over curation of cultural engagement to the […]
