Pennine Lancashire
The Pennine Lancashire partnership is chaired by Nathan Lee, MLA.
Contact the partnership through: nathan.lee@mla.gov.uk
Creative Community Engagement
The three year Creative Community Engagement (CCE) programme was funded by the Arts Council of England, North West, Lancashire County Council, Blackburn with Darwen BC and Regenerate Pennine Lancashire. The CCE programme supported the Local Authority partners across Pennine Lancashire (Burnley, Blackburn with Darwen, Hyndburn, Pendle and Rossendale) to embed culture and creativity into the Housing Market Renewal engagement programmes.
Case Study 01: Working with higher education (604KB) The aim was to engage a range of relevant local higher education institutions, students and lecturers in the regeneration process.
Case Study 02: Artist in residence (628KB) The aim of the residency was to offer creative, accessible, high quality opportunities for residents to participate in learning, social and regeneration activities.
Case Study 03: Embedding creativity into policy and strategy (684KB) A key aim of the Creative Community Engagement programme was to inἀuence strategy and policy development, to ensure embedding of creativity.
Case Study 04: Multi-disciplinary teams (608KB) The aim was to increase the amount and quality of creative community engagement.
Case Study 05: Evaluation (600KB) The aims were to understand, evidence and showcase, as well as support the Creative Community Engagement Manager in monitoring the performance of the programme over a two year period.
Arts Council England Case Studies
The Arts Council have produced the following documents which support culture and sport led regeneration in the North West:
Panopticons and Land (PDF 105 KB) Panopticons are iconic structures situated within the landscape which serve as symbols of the area's regeneration and pride.
Talking Shop (PDF 112KB) Talking Shop is a project which celebrates the region's independent shops and shopkeepers. The social and economic benefits of small businesses are documented via engagement with renowned photographers.
St Peters (PDF 114 KB) Lightweave is a public art project in the St Peter's Health and Leisure Centre in Burnley, made possible through a section 106 condition and a grant from the Arts Council.
Big Art (PDF 136 KB) A partnership project for Channel 4 and the Arts Council, Big Art involves the creation of seven new public artworks - two are based in the North West.
Mapping the Cultural Sector
Jura were commissioned to investigate the nature and extent of cultural infrastructure in the Pennine Lancashire region. The completed reports provide data and information showing the nature and extent of cultural infrastructure, activities and funding in Pennine Lancashire.
They use mapping to identify further potential and priorities for culture to contribute to sustainable housing-led renewal in Pennine Lancashire and provide a common dataset of stakeholders, cultural provision and use, and plans for culture for Pennine Lancashire. The reports are in a format that is of practical use to local economic regeneration planners and can be downloaded via the following links:
Mapping the Cultural Sector in Pennine Lancashire (PDF 3.8 MB)
Mapping the Cultural Sector in Pennine Lancashire Learning Tool (96 KB)
Mapping the Cultural Sector in Pennine Lancashire Appendices (691 KB)
Two further 2009 reports supplement the JURA research:
Research & Mapping of the Creative & Digital Sector in Pennine Lancashire (671 KB), commissioned by Creative Lancashire and undertaken by Burns Collett in association with Winning Pitch and Visual Arts in Pennine Lancashire (PDF 4.18 MB), commissioned by the Arts Council and undertaken by Arts About Manchester.
Another related report is Living and working in East Lancashire (PDF 631 KB).
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