Culture and Leisure

We aim to promote the Department’s strategic priorities and the cultural agenda throughout the East of England.

Our key areas of work include:

• Advocacy about the importance of cultural activities in community planning, regeneration, social inclusion, health, learning and skills.
• Promoting the contribution that culture and sporting activity can make to improving the quality of children’s and young people’s lives and increasing participation.
• Providing policy guidance and advice to Living East– the Regional Cultural Consortium for the East of England.
• Communicating the DCMS agenda to the regional cultural agencies, which the Department funds, and encouraging their involvement with the Government Office for the East, the East of England Development Agency, Living East and the Regional Assembly - as well as with local authorities and the wider community.
• Helping to maximise the contribution of the cultural sectors to the Government’s agenda in the region.
• Contributing to the assessments of cultural project bids for European funding.

The RCD Team works in partnership with:

• The regional cultural agencies for the East. These are:
• Arts Council England, East
• Sport England, East
• East of England Tourist Board
• East of England Museum, Library and Archive Council
• Screen East
• English Heritage
• Living East
• The East of England Development Agency
• Local authorities in the region
• Other Government Departments within the Government Office for the East of England