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A New Direction supports Local Cultural Education Partnerships in London
Local Cultural Education Partnerships (LCEPs) are cross-sector, strategic partnerships that work together to unite and improve cultural education for children and young people in their local area.
While all LCEPs are working together towards the same goal - making a long-term and sustainable impact on cultural education in their areas - each LCEP is very different. They are all locally driven and rooted in the specific challenges and opportunities of their place.
Cultural Education Partnerships generally seek to have representation from relevant stakeholders in their place which may include: the local authority, cultural organisations, education settings (schools, Early Years settings, Further Education, Higher Education), Music Education Hubs and the youth sector. Some partnerships will also involve representatives from local employers, commercial creative industries and organisations with specialisms including health and planning where there might be an overlap in aims.
The exact structure of and stakeholders represented in each Cultural Education Partnership varies; both structure and representation are locally relevant and based on the cultural education landscape in each place.
If you are not currently involved in a Cultural Education Partnership but are interested in developing one, joining our Connected Network is a good starting point.
You can also find some examples of the different structures and approaches used by Cultural Education Partnerships in this report on the Cultural Education Partnership Pilot Study, and through resources in the Discover and Build section of our Powerful Partnerships Library.
If there is a specific Cultural Education Partnership you are interested in finding out more about, please get in touch.
A New Direction can offer support for Cultural Education Partnerships in a number of different ways. We’re keen to offer support that is right for your programme and situation, so please do get in touch with us to talk about how we might best be able to help.
We can offer the following to all Cultural Education Partnerships in London:
A New Direction also support some Cultural Education Partnerships through Challenge London, our partnership investment programme.
If you are not currently involved in a Cultural Education Partnership but are interested in developing one, joining our Connected Network is a good starting point.
Cultural Education Partnerships are forming across England in response to the national, Arts Council driven Cultural Education Challenge. The Cultural Education Challenge calls for art and cultural organisations, educational institutions and local authorities to come together to drive a joined-up art and cultural offer locally, to share resources and bring about a more coherent and visible delivery of high-quality cultural education for all children and young people.
By 2020, the Arts Council aims to establish at least 50 Cultural Education Partnerships nationally, to improve the alignment of cultural education for young people, in places where this is most needed. They will be modelled on the three successful pilots of local Cultural Education Partnerships in Great Yarmouth, Bristol and Barking & Dagenham.
A New Direction supports Local Cultural Education Partnerships (LCEPs) across London. Below you can find out more about some of the partnerships which have been established across London.
In London, Cultural Education Partnerships often work at a borough level, although they can also focus on a smaller or larger geographical area. For example, some partnerships may operate in a specific ward within a borough or work across a number of boroughs.
Please note: we do not yet have pages for every LCEP in London as many of the partnerships are newly established. We are working towards bringing you more information as their work develops.
Inspiring Futures: a partnership driven by shared schools and local authority improvement priorities
Bringing together educational and cultural assets & expertise
Creative Bexley will unite a range of partners to develop a creative offer for children & young people in the borough
A legacy of Brent’s year as London Borough of Culture in 2020
Camden Spark works to ensure that all children and young people can benefit from a cultural education and have access to the fantastic creative assets of Camden and London
Culture Mile Learning brings together organisations across the City and beyond to work together on an unprecedented scale to build a world-class learning destination
A Local Cultural Education Partnership has been formed in Croydon, building on the work of the Creative Croydon programme
Providing a high-quality universal cultural offer for all children and young people in Ealing
An alliance of cultural organisations and East London Council representatives which aims to maximise the impact of cultural education across East London
The Hammersmith and Fulham LCEP aims to build a borough-wide consensus for the value of the arts in schools
Working with partners across the borough to challenge long-entrenched disparities in educational achievement
11 by 11 is a commitment to offer 11 free outstanding cultural experiences to all children and young people in Islington by Year 11
The Lambeth LCEP aims to ensure all children and young people in Lambeth benefit from a coherent, inclusive and dynamic arts and cultural offer
Making Sense is a new Local Cultural Education Partnership for Southwark developed in response to Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter
Using London Borough of Culture 2019 as a catalyst, we will create a model of high-quality and innovative arts provision at the heart of young people’s learning
Creative Wandsworth is an emerging Cultural Education Partnership which aims to empower young creatives, support schools and other youth organisations, and pilot creative projects
If there is a specific Cultural Education Partnership you are interested in finding out more about, please get in touch.