Case studies

Each district in West Yorkshire has benefited from a year of culture, concluding with Bradford as UK City of Culture in 2025. Plans for 2026 and onwards have been co-designed with districts and wider stakeholders including arms-length bodies.

Citizens for Culture demonstrates how cultural policy can be reshaped when citizens are placed at the heart of decision‑making. In the West of England, a diverse group of residents came together through a region‑wide Citizens’ Assembly to rethink how culture is experienced, valued and governed.

Portsmouth City Council’s ‘Ancient Sudan’ exhibition at the Portsmouth Museum and Art Gallery, shone light on one of the largest empires in the ancient world, as well as ongoing efforts to protect cultural heritage during protracted conflict.

In 2023, Hackney Council implemented a reorganisation of its library service to upskill and empower staff, and provide local people with a new community hub, where they could benefit from a wider range of services.

New Town Culture is a curatorial project within the Culture and Heritage Service that integrates arts and culture into Children’s and Adults Social Care.

The ‘Make It Here’ programme aims to build and support a diverse and skilled crew pipeline to service London’s largest new film studios.

Futures Theatre is an expert at delivering bespoke, participatory training for social workers employed in local authorities.

A collaboration between in Darlington resulted in young people sharing their talents on a national stage on 21 June 2022.

Collaborating with Children’s Services in the LGA Family Hubs Peer Review, Dorset Library Service began to explore how we could develop our contribution to the Best Start in Life* and Dorset Council’s: Our Children, Young People’s and Families Plan 2020-2023.

Art UK’s unprecedented photography and digitisation project has resulted in the UK’s collection of over 14,000 public sculptures and monuments being freely available to view and search online for the first time ever.