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Under the Care Act, 2014, promoting a person’s wellbeing may include opportunities to take part in recreation and support with personal relationships, depending on the person’s needs, goals and wishes. The following case studies demonstrate how people with a learning disability and autistic people can be supported to develop friendships.

Feedback report: 7 - 9 November 2023

Employers must therefore consider their legal obligations under the Equality Act 2010, and how they can best support staff.

Paul Bristow, Director, Strategic Partnerships and Place Policy at Arts Council England explores what a coherent approach to funding and governance would look like at a local, national and regional level. What mechanisms would enable this? How could this support the delivery of a legitimate local cultural strategy?

Val Birchall, immediate past chair of the Chief Cultural and Leisure Officers Association (CLOA), explores how we need a 'national rethink' about how we support and grow cultural provision as an essential component of place-led working.

Dr Henry Kippin, CEO of North of Tyne Combined Authority, and Professor Katy Shaw, Director of Partnerships: Northumbria University, discuss the context of culture and devolution in the North East.

Councillor Liz Green, Chair of the LGA's Culture, Tourism and Sport Board, Sir Nicholas Serota, Chair of Arts Council England and Lord Neil Mendoza provided a foreword for the launch of the think piece series.

Michael Kenny, Owen Garling and Steph Coulter from the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, Cambridge, share their thoughts on what the case for cultural infrastructure might look like.