Description:

What is the goal?

Plan:  steps towards achieving the goal

Evaluation of Outcome:  How will we know if the goal is achieved? 

Timing: When will the goal be achieved?

Resource needed:

Partners: People we will work with to achieve the goal

A district-wide awareness of the 2009-2012 arts strategy

Distribute the summary document across the district

Give face-to-face presentations

Promote the strategy via the council's website and email

Attend meetings / discussions with community groups

A minimum of 10 presentations will be given

Details of enquiries/requests for advice & information will be recorded

Good quality applications for grants will be received

Hits on the Council arts web pages will increase

March 2010, and then on-going

Officer time

Hard-copy strategy documents

Town and Parish Councils

Arts groups and organisations

Increased access to the arts across the district, especially in East Folkestone and the rural areas

Raise awareness of the Outreach Grant Fund

Discuss/advise/approve Outreach Grant Fund applications

Commission quality arts projects in East Folkestone & rural Shepway

Project evaluation: community involvement will be assessed and feedback will be sought from participants  

A summary of projects funded will be published in Shepway Today and on the council's website

There will be a minimum of 4 new projects involving the community delivered across the district

The Outreach Fund will be fully allocated

On-going

Outreach Fund: £12k

Officer time

Arts groups, organisations and individuals across all art forms

Other councils

Other grant providers

Any other local partners who want to work with the arts in the district

Support to local artists, creative industries and arts facilitators

Give advice & assistance when requested (e.g. with project ideas, funding bids etc)

Allocate funding support via the Seed Fund

Signpost to relevant arts/business groups & organisations as appropriate

Initiate/support an arts network

Financial support given will be monitored

Project evaluation will evidence proper use of funds

The Seed Fund will be fully allocated

Summary of projects supported will be published in Shepway Today and Council website

Networking event: attendance numbers, feedback and further development

On-going

Seed Fund: £5k

Officer time

Arts groups/orgs across all art forms

Individual artists and creatives (all art forms)

Universities, colleges, schools, youth groups

Share and circulate local/ national arts information

Collate information on events, commissions, training opportunities, funding etc

Publish monthly e-newsletter "Art Beat"

Create a web-based database of arts practitioners & suppliers

12 monthly e-newsletters collated and published

Web-based database will be initially set up; visits (web hits) will be monitored

March 09 & on-going

Officer time

Limited budget support for web database

Local and national artists, arts groups/orgs

Other councils

Performance venues

Support partners delivering high quality festivals & events

Give advice/support to organisers of festivals and events including, but not limited to:

Folkestone Book Festival

Charivari Day

Multi-Cultural Festival

Quarterhouse community programme and festivals

Events in the coastal park and amphitheatre

Preparations for Triennial 2012

Participants' feedback will be recorded where possible

Coverage in local newspapers will be monitored

Where SDC funding is provided, organisers will provide full evaluation

3 SDC-funded events at the amphitheatre

10 events at the Leas Bandstand 

Hosting of a minimum of 3 community-led events in the coastal park

On-going

£25k grant to QHouse  festivals

£9k grant to Strange Cargo

Officer time

£10k events budget

Creative Foundation

Strange Cargo,

FTC Management Ltd

Community and arts groups

Town and parish councils

Successful partnership working with East Kent Local Authority Arts Partnership (EKLAAP)  

Continued development of the performing arts network "PANeK"

Continued development of the live literature network / liaison with East Kent Live Lit coordinator

Devise & co-ordinate the Leap Folkestone (Cultural Olympiad) project, with project plan and final performance

PANeK aims & outcomes met & achieved

EKLAAP's aims & objectives met

Leap Folkestone project undertaken; evaluation and feedback obtained, DVD produced

March 2010

£5k to EKLAAP partnership

Officer time

Ashford Borough Council, Canterbury City Council, Thanet District Council

Cathy Westbrook/Future Dream Media

Peggy Riley

Shepway Find Your Talent

Local schools

Support external partners on a variety of on-going projects  

Communicate regularly with relevant partners

Develop initiatives

Promote initiatives

Successful and measurable projects (FYT evaluating according to National Indicators)

Visitor numbers/vouchers counted

50% of empty shops used in Shared Windows scheme

On-going

Officer time

Shepway FYT

Visit Kent, Discover Folkestone, Hythe & Romney Marsh (DFHRM)

Commercial property agents & owners