Community Development, Arts, and the Impact of COVID-19
In September 2021, a virtual panel discussion titled "Placemaking, culture, and Covid. Insights from our Industry Champions" took place, addressing the future of 'Creative Places' in the UK. Organised in collaboration with the Centre for Cultural Value (CCV) as part of a 'Creative Places' campaign, the event was a significant gathering of Industry Champions from various creative industries and cultural sectors across the UK.
The panel was not related to the policy briefs on Education, Skills, Talent, Internationalisation, Arts, Culture and Heritage, or Geography of the Creative Industries. Instead, it focused on three questions devised with input from the PEC, the CCV, and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The questions centred around local, regional, national, or UK-wide interventions, community support, and the role of the creative community in attracting and retaining a creative workforce.
The discussion outlined key points for grant giving organizations, the creative and cultural sectors, the UK Government, local authorities, and the PEC’s research agenda. Trevor MacFarlane, the Director of Culture Commons and the lead on policy for the Centre for Cultural Value's research into the impacts of Covid-19 on the cultural sector for the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC), presented the panel's findings in a paper titled "Placemaking, culture and Covid. Insights from our Industry Champions". The paper is available at the given link.
The panel also explored various policy briefs, including "Television production, international trade and pressures to consolidate", "Transitioning to Sustainable Production across the UK Theatre Sector", "Audiences and Workforce in Arts, Culture and Heritage", "Creative industries innovation in seaside resorts and country towns", and "International Trade and the UK Creative Industries".
Moreover, the brief "Three ways to support growth in the creative industries" proposed three ways to foster growth in the creative sectors, while the brief "Authors' Earnings in the UK" set out areas for possible policy action regarding authors' earnings.
The panel's participants were individuals with deep knowledge of industry practice and a desire to inform academic research that leads to better policies for the creative industries. The event served as a valuable platform for discussing the future of 'Creative Places' and the role they play in local development and sustainability, although the specific findings and policy recommendations from the panel discussion are not available in the current search data.
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