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Evidence submitted in response to this Consultation

Purpose of the consultation

The Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee considered how publicly funded bodies can use culture to tackle poverty and social exclusion in Wales.

The people of Wales were invited to submit responses to the following questions;

  • How effective has the Welsh Government been in improving participation in and access to culture for people in poverty?
  • How effective have the efforts of Welsh Government sponsored bodies (namely the Arts Council, National Museum, National Library and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales) and local government been in using culture to tackle poverty?
  • What impact has the Welsh Government’s Fusion programme had on using culture to tackle poverty?
  • How effective have the Fusion pioneer programmes been in stimulating local collaboration?

Contributors had until 14 December 2018 to make their submissions.

Background

The Committee was interested in how the publicly funded bodies can use culture to tackle the effects of poverty and social exclusion. 

One of the ways in which the Welsh Government had approached this issue was through a programme of activities in which national organisations work together with local authority and community leaders to, amongst other priorities, “introduce new ways of reducing barriers and access to the national cultural institutions, and to create new frameworks for local engagement and delivery”. The Welsh Government has called this programme Fusion.

It was designed to support Communities First clusters in linking with cultural organisations. The programme was co-ordinated by the Museums, Archives and Libraries division of the Welsh Government.

The Welsh Government had also used its sponsorship of national bodies to direct them to use their government funding to reduce poverty and tackle social exclusion.  For instance, the current remit letters of the Arts Council, National Library, the National Museum and the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments in Wales all make reference to these organisations continuing to contribute to the Fusion programme.

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Contact details

Should you wish to speak to someone regarding this consultation, please use the below contact details:

Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee
Welsh Parliament
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1SN

Email: Contact@senedd.wales
Telephone: 0300 200 6565