Summarises the findings from the evaluation of the Cultural Hubs programme. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) together with Arts Council England and MLA have jointly developed three Cultural Hubs in Telford, Durham, and Bournemouth & Poole. The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) also supported the development of the initiative.
The aim of Cultural Hubs is to explore a model for delivering a workable cultural offer for children and young people, at the heart of which is effective partnership working and joint planning between the cultural and education sectors.The Hub objectives are to:

1. Facilitate joint planning between cultural organisations and schools, using partnership models based on local needs and capacity, which will enable them to try out ways of delivering a coherent cultural offer to all children and young people
2. Increase the number and variety of cultural experiences for children and young people in participating schools
3. Increase the number of continuing professional development opportunities for participating teachers and cultural practitioners
4. Increase learning in, through and about the arts and culture

The report examines the activities planned and delivered by the Hubs during the academic year September 2005 to July 2006. Results have been compared to the results of the baseline study published in March 2006, which can be downloaded from http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/publications/publication_detail.php?rid=0&sid=&browse=recent&id=515

http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/documents/publications/phpt1P1Oq.doc