Cultural Education in Devon

As the 3rd largest county in England, working at a county level across Devon poses some interesting challenges when it comes to cultural education, with distinct communities and challenging geography and issues around connectivity and infrastructure. Discussion and consultation to date has indicated that a focus around the localities where young people live and the places they engage with should be explored. Key partners are considering what a sub-regional response to the Cultural Education Challenge could look like for Devon, with potential partnerships at more local levels including Barnstaple and North Devon, Exeter and East Devon, Torbay and South Devon and Plymouth and West Devon. Currently they lack the capacity to host and lead a CEP themselves. We are now working with them to explore potential ways forward. For more information on the discussions to establish a Cultural Education Partnership in Devon please contact Liz Hill at liz@daisi.org.uk.

Useful resources

There are some really interesting tools and data sets which are freely available – including the Arts Council’s ‘cultural education data toolkit’ – along with a range of other databases focussed on cost of interventions for children and young people, disadvantage, health and education.

You can take a look at these resources using the links below:

Cultural Education

Arts Council investment

Young people and education

Health and wellbeing

Disadvantage

Cost of interventions