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About the Dumfries and Galloway Cultural Partnership
Culture Radar worked with Dumfries and Galloway Council and the Dumfries and Galloway Cultural Partnership Steering Group to research a delivery model for the region-wide Cultural Partnership to adopt.
The role of the Cultural Partnership will be to coordinate and oversee delivery of the Cultural Strategy for Dumfries and Galloway 2022 - 2030, and drive the initial three-year action plan delivering the Strategy’s ambitions.
It is envisaged that membership of the Cultural Partnership will include Dumfries and Galloway Council, culture and heritage sector representatives and non-cultural partners.
Supported by:
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- South of Scotland Enterprise
- Creative Scotland Recovery Fund for Cultural Organisations
About the Cultural Strategy for Dumfries and Galloway
The Cultural Strategy for Dumfries and Galloway was approved by the Council’s Communities Committee in March 2022, with a key recommendation to establish a Cultural Partnership.
The strategy was developed in 2019 by Dumfries and Galloway Council. The Council worked closely with regional reference groups including culture sector representatives, and non-culture sector stakeholders through the Dumfries and Galloway Community Learning and Development Partnership. The strategy builds on extensive engagement conducted with these groups.
Cultural Action Planning in Dumfries and Galloway
Online round tables - 6 - 13 June 2023
Culture Radar hosted a series of online round table meetings to discuss the Cultural Strategy for Dumfries and Galloway, and to gather views and consider priorities for the Cultural Partnership in its first three years. Findings from the sessions will feed directly into the Cultural Partnership's action plan, which will be announced later in the year.
About the
Dumfries and Galloway Cultural Partnership
Steering Group
A Dumfries and Galloway Cultural Partnership Steering Group has been assembled by Dumfries and Galloway Council to oversee and advise on the work being carried out by Culture Radar, and to liaise with sector stakeholders. It includes:
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
- South of Scotland Enterprise
- Dumfries and Galloway Museums and Heritage Network
- DG Unlimited
- Matt Baker, National Partnership for Culture
Our definition of culture, creativity and heritage in Dumfries and Galloway:
The Dumfries and Galloway Cultural Strategy’s definition of culture, creativity and heritage is deliberately broad. It encompasses (but is not limited to) individuals, organisations and voluntary groups working in and around:
- Archives and local history
- Built and natural heritage attractions (including castles, country houses, gardens, nature reserves, ancient sites, industrial sites, country parks, forests and coastline)
- Crafts
- Dance
- Festivals and events
- Libraries
- Literature and language (inc. storytelling, fiction, poetry and Scots and Gaelic)
- Museums and gallery collections
- Music and song
- Photography
- Screen
- Textiles and fashion
- Theatre (including play and script writing)
- Traditional culture (local traditions, crafts, events, music and song)
- Visual arts
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