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

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.

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.

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?

Nicky Marsh, Joseph Owen and Daniel Ashton from Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities, University of Southampton, explore the role of cultural data and how we can use it to improve our local area.

Ben Walmsley and Anna Kime from the Centre for Cultural Value explore people-centred evaluation in the cultural sector.

Shivani H Menon, Senior Researcher at UK Onward, explores how we can grow local philanthropy.

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.