Impacts

A vital aspect of our advocacy work is seeing the fit between mainstream priorities and cultural activity.

Local Impact

Creative Places matches 4 of Sheffield’s Cultural Strategy’s 7 priorities:

Cultural Communities
Cultural Inclusivity
Cultural Image
Cultural Partnership

National Impact

Creative Places also contributes to the Academy for Sustainable Communities’ 8 indicators for a sustainable community:

Active, inclusive and safe
Well run
Environmentally sensitive
Well designed and built
Well connected
Thriving
Well served

DCMS / LGA Cultural Pathfinder

A CD of the Evaluation of the DCMS / LGA Cultural Pathfinders was distributed to all local authorities to assist with ways in which culture could contribute to Local Strategic Partnership targets. We were particularly pleased to note that the report acknowledges that:

"Cultural planning approaches highlight the benefits of holistic, cross-disciplinary working in achieving social impacts."