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Culture, community and civil renewal

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Introduction

This project examined the role that heritage and cultural policy can play in developing social capital, bridging diverse cultural communities and encouraging active citizenship – especially in poor, disadvantaged communities. The project gathered evidence of the impact of arts, heritage and cultural activity on civil renewal, identify research gaps, examined best practice and provides a road map for how cultural and heritage policy can best contribute to civil renewal.

The final publication, From Access to Participation: Culture, Participation and Civil Renewal , was launched by David Lammy, Minister for Cuture, in March 2006. Liz Forgan, Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund, also gave a speech at the launch event which can be read here.

ippr are grateful for the invaluable input and support of Arts & Business, English Heritage, Heritage Lottery Fund, Nationwide, NMDC and Platform for Art, London Underground without whom our work would not be possible.

Files

Read the civil renewal briefing paper for summary of the main findings.

Read a paper commissioned as part of this project, written by Geoff Mulgan, Director of the Young Foundation, entitled Culture, Creativity and Community.

Read Cultural Participation, Social Capital and Civil Renewal in the United Kingdom: Statistical Evidence from National and International Survey Data

Publications

From Access to Participation Cultural policy and civil renewalFrom Access to Participation
Cultural policy and civil renewal

In this book, Emily Keaney sets out to explore patterns of cultural participation in the UK, looking at the contribution that participation in arts and heritage activity makes to our civic life, and suggests ways in which this contribution could be increased. She focuses particularly on the worst-off communities, because they generally participate least and yet could gain most from participation.

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