Sustainable culture, sustainable communities is the cultural framework and toolkit for Thames Gateway North Kent. It is designed to help integrate culture into the regeneration and growth of TGNK.

The Framework provides:

• a rationale for investing in culture within the regeneration and growth programme
• an assessment of the existing local cultural sector
• a vision and guiding principles to guide future cultural development
• a set of recommendations for strategic planning.

It is aimed at:

• government departments and other agencies overseeing the creation of sustainable communities in TGNK
• regeneration, community and cultural funding bodies
• local regeneration partnerships and local authorities, particularly heads of culture, planning and policy.

The full Framework is available here with appendices here

The Toolkit provides practical tools to help:

• develop cultural projects
• decide whether they deserve support
• maximise their prospects of gaining funding.

It is aimed at people who are:

• responsible for policy and planning for growth sites, including those in regional and sub-regional agencies and in local authorities and local regeneration partnerships
• in leadership or managerial roles in cultural organisations in TGNK
• involved in planning, promoting or delivering cultural projects, both within and outside the cultural sector.

The full Toolkit is available here.

The executive summary of Sustainable culture, sustainable communities is available here

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