Venue: Hybrid meeting (via Microsoft Teams & The Crescent, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6BH)
Contact: Emma West Email: emma.west@local.gov.uk /
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Welcome, Apologies and Substitutes, Declarations of Interest Minutes: The Chair welcomed Members, officers and guests to the meeting.
Apologies had been received from Cllr Andrew Western.
Cllr Jonathan Simpson, MBE, attended the meeting as a substitute.
No declarations of interest had been received.
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Itinerary for Derbyshire PDF 262 KB Minutes: The Chair thanked Cllr Lewis for hosting the meeting in Derbyshire, on behalf of the Board, and thanked Board Members for attending in person.
The itinerary document contained within the agenda pack was noted. |
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Minutes of the last meeting PDF 259 KB Minutes: The minutes of the meeting held on 16 March 2022 were agreed as an accurate record.
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English National Opera · Verbal update Minutes: The Chair welcomed Dr Harry Brunjes, Chair of the English National Opera (ENO), and invited Cllr Peter Golds, to introduce the item.
Harry introduced himself and provided a verbal update to the Board, setting out the following points:
- ENO Engage existed to open up new possibilities for opera in people’s lives, working with health trusts, schools, community organisations and partners across the country to deliver projects and activities that support wellbeing, learning and skills development through opera.
- Access & Participation - Creating unexpected encounters with opera; breaking down barriers and shifting perceptions. - Learning & Skills - Nurturing and developing creative skills and talents; transforming the way in which individuals learn through and with opera. - Health & Wellbeing - Supporting the wellbeing of people and communities through ambitious collaborations between opera, health and social care.
- ‘ENO Breathe’ wasan award-winning breathing and wellbeing programme developed specifically for people recovering from COVID-19, who were still suffering from breathlessness and associated anxiety. - ‘Finish This’uses specially commissioned operatic works as a creative starting point to inspire students to create and produce their own music through an invitation to respond to, and resolve, unfinished artistic work. A pilot of the programme had been undertaken in Primary and Secondary schools in 2021, and applications were currently open for schools across the country to sign up in 2022. ENO were also running a pilot of the programme in SEND Schools, which began in January 2022. - ‘Sky Arts Access All Arts Week’ was a partnership project between ENO, Sky Arts and other leading artists and arts organisations on nationwide arts week for primary schools between 6-10 June 2022, to help bring the arts to every child in every primary school across the UK and Ireland, celebrating the arts and highlighting the importance of supporting the health and wellbeing of young people. - ‘Relaxed performances’ were ideal for individuals who benefited from a more relaxed environment, including anyone with dementia, learning disabilities, Tourette’s, an autistic spectrum condition, other neurological conditions, sensory disorders, anxiety, bladder and bowel conditions, and those with young children or babies. ENO had run relaxed performances since 2019 and continued to build on this work each season. - ‘Community and School Membership programmes’ had been launched in May 2022. The programmes were open to all state Secondary Schools and all adult community groups and organisations across the country, the membership schemes offered a range of exclusive benefits - including free tickets, pre-show talks, tours and workshops. - ‘Youth Casting’ supported the casting of children and young people in ENO productions, which allowed a meaningful and exciting possibility for schools. ENO Engage ran extensive school workshops and wrap-around activity for schools, allowing productions to be a whole-school learning experience. - ‘Youth ... view the full minutes text for item 4. |
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Leisure centres and rising energy costs PDF 305 KB Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair welcomed Huw Edwards, Chief Executive Officer (Ukactive), Jack Shakespeare, Director of Research, Policy and Communications (Ukactive), and Kirsty Cummings, Chief Executive (Community Leisure UK), and invited Jack to present a series of slides which related to Ukactive energy costs, the presentation slides covered the following points:
- Monitor and report operator/facility impact; - Maintain momentum with coalition to pool live data and insight; - Monitor progress and capture case studies; - Continue to press central government for dialogue; - Further opportunities for collaborative lobbying.
Kirsty introduced herself and provided an update to the Board which related to the work of Community Leisure UK (CLUK), setting out the following points:
Board Members made a number of comments and asked questions which related to the following points:
The Chair asked Board Members to brief the Vice Presidents of the LGA on the issues of leisure centres and rising energy costs, within their own political groups. He agreed to regularly review the important topic and if need be, hold an extraordinary meeting of the Board, prior to the next scheduled meeting in September.
Decision:
· Board Members noted the report.
Action:
· Officers to circulate the presentation slides to Board Members. |
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LGA Culture, Tourism and Sport Annual Conference 2022 PDF 386 KB Minutes: The Chair invited Ian Leete, Senior Adviser, to provide a brief update on the Culture, Tourism and Sport annual conference 2022.
Board Members made a number of comments and asked questions which related to the following points:
Decision:
· Board Members noted the report.
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Culture Commission · Verbal update Minutes: The Chair invited Lauren Lucas, Adviser, to provide a verbal update on the Culture Commission.
Lauren set out the following points:
- Sustainable economic recovery; - Health inequalities; - Social Mobility; and - Place
Board Members made comments which related to the following points:
Decision:
· Board Members noted the verbal update.
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Criteria for allocating national funding PDF 340 KB Minutes: The Chair invited Lauren Lucas, Adviser, to introduce the report which provided information on the methodology and data sets used by the Government and national arms-length bodies to allocate funding to councils.
Board Members made comments which related to the following points:
Decision:
· Board Members noted the report.
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Additional documents: Minutes: The Chair invited Ian Leete, Senior Adviser, to introduce the report which outlined the key outcomes and achievements of the CTS team and Board since the last ‘end of year’ report in May 2021.
Board Members commended the report and made comments which related to the following points:
Decision:
· Board Members noted the report.
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Minutes: The Chair invited Board Members to update the Board on recent activity in relation to their outside body appointments.
Cllr Chris White provided an update in relation to the Tourism Alliance (TA), he set out the following points:
- UK holidays - Paid-for accommodation - Out-of-home leisure - Dining and pubs - Entertainment - The UK attraction market
- Highways chiefs at Kent County Council had said that there could be a need to trigger Operation Brock as many as seven more times this year. - No explicit requirement for local authorities to consult with their Destination Management Organisations in relation to current government funding rounds.
Cllr Richard Henry provided an update in relation to the London Marathon Charitable Trust (LMCT), he set out the following points:
Decision:
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Any other business Minutes:
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Culture and library peer challenges |
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LGA peer challenge |