Cultural Strategy
Welcome to the Torbay Cultural Strategy webpage!
Latest news...
Cultural volunteering
Volunteering is a great way of getting involved in culture (which we take in the broadest sense to include the visual and performing arts, built and natural environment, heritage, libraries, media, museums, play, sport, tourism and informal leisure pursuits). Torbay Community Development Trust has been commissioned by TDA and Torbay Culture Board to undertake a scoping study to develop a joined-up and sustainable cultural volunteering ‘offer’ in the Bay. If you work with volunteers, or you volunteer yourself, and you’d like to take part in the research, please contact Nicola Frost: . The study has now started and should be completed by the end of October, with the findings shared at a public event - so watch this space!
The third Torbay Culture Forum takes place on Tuesday 20 October from 10 am to 4 pm at the Riviera International Centre, Torquay.
Culture: Learning well is organised in partnership with RIO, Play Torbay and the Youth Cultural Partnership, Torbay and will explore creative and cultural learning, in both formal and informal settings. There’ll be project presentations, information on key changes to children and young people’s service delivery in the Bay, opportunities to make new contacts, generate ideas, plan exciting work... and meet Kate Farmery, the new Executive Director, Torbay Culture Board. This post, funded by Arts Council England and hosted by the TDA, provides executive leadership and direction for the implementation of Enjoy, talk, do, be... and its rolling three year delivery plan.
Book your FREE place at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/culture-learning-well-a-meeting-of-the-torbay-culture-forum-tickets-18229043560.
Previous Torbay Culture Forum events
Culture: Working Well took place at The Grand Hotel, Torquay in July. Organised in partnership with the Torbay Community Development Trust, the event focused on funding, partnership working and income diversification. Materials from the event are available below:
Outline Schedule Culture Working Well
Culture Working Well Session Descriptors
Culture Working Well Presenter Biographies
Culture Working Well Resources Pages
Workshop Presentation: Presenting Your Case – Big Lottery Fund
Culture: Living Well, the inaugural Torbay Culture Forum event, took place in Brixham in March with culture, health & wellbeing the key topic. Materials from the event are available below:
Outline Schedule Culture Living Well
Culture Living Well Speakers Biographies
Culture Living Well Resources Pages
Torbay Culture Forum - Dr Derek Greatorex Presentation
Torbay Culture Board
The Torbay Culture Board is a group of independent individuals with a real interest in and commitment to the cultural sector and its contribution to all aspects of life in the Bay. The Board’s role is to oversee effective partnership delivery of Enjoy, Talk, Do Be: A cultural strategy for Torbay and its communities 2014 - 2024, and – working with Executive Director, Kate Farmery – to provide the necessary energy, vision, time and expertise to keep the momentum going, making absolutely certain the strategy is realised to the highest possible standard, for everyone living, working and spending time in Torbay. Members were selected – through an open call and rigorous selection process – by a panel comprising representatives from Torbay Council, Arts Council England, TDA and the cultural sector and are:
- Jade Campbell (role share with Ruth Ben-Tovim)
- Mark Green
- Peter Heppa
- Richard Maddock
- Roger Mann
- Annoshka Samarasya Bradshaw Santos (role share with Tanny Stobart)
- Tanny Stobart (role share with Annoshka Samarasya Bradshaw Santos)
- Ruth Ben-Tovim (role share with Jade Campbell)
- Kathryn Willens
- Paul Woolnough (Chair)
The Board meets monthly and there’ll be another recruitment process for the remaining places in the autumn.
Enjoy, talk, do, be
You'll find all the Cultural Strategy documents here:
- Torbay Cultural Strategy - PDF
- Torbay Cultural Strategy Summary - PDF
- Supporting Context and Evidence Report - Word / PDF
- Three Year Delivery Plan - Word / PDF
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To request any of the documents on this page in an alternative format or language, please phone 01803 208369 or contact Sally Bennett on