Civic Fabric
Skills, Sustainability and Strong Futures for Culture
Tuesday 19 June, 2018
Herefordshire's first national culture conference, hosted by Herefordshire's a Great Place and supported by the Elmley Foundation, was held at The Left Bank in Hereford on 19 June, 2018. Almost 200 people who work across arts, heritage and culture came together to discuss skills, sustainability and how working together can help build a strong future for culture.
This digital download has been created by the Great Place team to share the Civic Fabric 2018 presentations, filmed keynote talks, and further resources that will help people working in the cultural sector dig deeper into themes discussed on the day.
Community Ownership
Unlocking the power of community
"Across the country, communities are using important local buildings and spaces to transform the areas where they live. Community ownership creates genuine community control, strengthens the local economy, supports community-led regeneration and transforms local services.
"This is a chance to learn about community asset transfer and the opportunity it offers, the foundations to successfully run community buildings and hear about those communities who have been there and done it like the Hero Project in Coalville and Wem Town Hall in Shropshire."
- Meena Bharadwa, Development Manager, Locality
Meena has over 18 years of experience working with communities and specialising in work around asset-based community development. Whilst working for Locality, Meena has led on work with Shropshire and Derby Councils on their Community Managed Libraries programmes; supporting local communities to develop partnerships and business plans to retain and develop their local libraries as sustainable community hubs.
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