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The Cultural Hub is a unique consortium of arts/cultural organisations and schools in Bournemouth and Poole, working together to create inspirational learning opportunities for young people.
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Originally the Cultural Hub programme was a pilot scheme funded by the DCMS, and managed by the Arts Council England, and Museums & Libraries Council, created in three areas in England and running from Sept 2005 to July 2008. Since Sept 2009, the partnership has been self-funded by the partners involved, and through a pooled budget can realise more ambitious and exciting projects than possible alone, and lever in external funds. The programme continues to be facilitated by wave arts education agency, and new schools are invited to join every April.
There are a wide range of multi-artform and themed projects completed, current, and in planning, from creative maths, to book awards, to public art! Each is developed by school and arts/cultural partners together, and so creating the best possible experiences and outcomes for children and young people.
See these documents for further information:
- Cultural Hub Projects overview 2009-11
- Cultural Hub Delivery Plan 2011-12
Please do have a look at the information included here for more details about the Cultural Hub programme, and don't hesitate to get in touch for more details, or to get your school on board.
Partners currently involved in the Cultural Hub partnership:
| Schools |
Arts & Cultural organisations |
| Carter Community College |
Activate Performing Arts |
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Haymoor Middle
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra |
| King's Park Primary |
Bournemouth Libraries |
| Old Town Frist |
Dorset History Centre |
| Poole High School |
Lighthouse, Poole's Centre for the Arts |
| St Luke's Primary |
Pavilion Dance |
| St Mary's Combined |
Poole Museum Service |
| St Peter's Comprehensive |
Poole Libraries |
| The Bishop of Winchester Academy |
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum |
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SoundStorm |
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wave arts education agency (facilitator) |
Further Information:
One of the key elements of the Cultural Hub is that the overall themes and programme of work are jointly-planned and developed by all cultural partners and schools. Projects are varied and could work to enhance the curriculum in school time, give pupils choice in out-of-hours opportunities or build capacity of artists and teachers through professional development. Uniquely, the Cultural Hub is enabling arts organisations to build sustained partnerships with other cultural organisations, creative practitioners and schools in a flexible and responsive way that promotes learning, organisational change and the adoption of new ways of working.
The Cultural Hub delivers against the full range of Every Child Matters outcomes, supported schools in introducing and implementing a creative curriculum, Arts Awards, and enabled a number of schools to achieve their Artsmark Awards.
Key achievements of the Cultural Hub (2005 – 2011):
71 projects completed
30,534 opportunities for children and young people to participate
28,210 people attended performances, exhibitions, or screenings
85% of pupils reported an increase in enjoyment, inspiration and creativity
87% of pupils reported an increase in knowledge and understanding
66% of pupils reported the development of new skills
53% of pupils reported a change in attitudes and values
36% of pupils reported an improvement in behaviour and progression
The three original Cultural Hub pilot programmes (2005-08), were evaluated nationally by Hayton Associates. Download the Summary of the outcomes, or the full Final Evaluation.
Some key characteristics of the Cultural Hub:
- All projects are jointly planned and managed between education and cultural partners to ensure they are meeting the needs of both sectors.
- Specialist artists and cultural workers are recruited to deliver work alongside cultural partners and teaching staff.
- The Cultural Hub provides direct access to specialist skills, knowledge, ideas and experience, within and between education and cultural partners
- The consortium provides advanced access to, and increased awareness of, forthcoming cultural education opportunities
- Partners share teaching and learning resources, including schemes of work, project planning and project resource packs.
- A democratic decision-making process, led by the partners themselves within the broad themes of an annual delivery plan (see below), ensures ownership of the partnership.
- Pooled budgets (with a financial contribution of £3,500 per secondary school), in kind support and a number of partners, means that there is an economy of scale, getting more for your money.
- Good level of critical debate around creative and cultural education
- The partnership is co-ordinated by wave arts education agency, who support project planning, ensure an equity across the partnership and provide specialist support and advice.
The delivery plan sets the broad parameters of work that can be proposed to the Cultural Hub partnership for approval. Work falls under the following strands:
1. Professional Development - Training and professional development opportunities for teachers and other school staff and cultural workers
2. Information and Exchange - To find creative ways of raising the profile and awareness of cultural opportunities amongst children, young people, schools and families
3. Young People Taking the Lead - Autonomous groups of young people established to identify, plan and run their own Hub programme for their peers
4. Young Programmers / Young Curators - Young people take the lead in programming or curating cultural opportunities for their peers
5. Action Research - Cultural learning investigations/enquiries through project delivery, to include work around the Creative Curriculum
6. Progression Routes - Improving coherency of progression routes in the creative industries for children and young people, to include the 14 – 19 Creative and Media Diplomas and Arts Award
7. Family Work / Engaging Parents - Work with parents / carers / families to increase their awareness and understanding of cultural learning
8. Resources - The collection, production and dissemination of high quality cultural learning resources sharing and embedding the practices of the Hub
9. New Hub Work (to include artists residencies) - New partnership work led and run by Cultural Hub partners and others with an emphasis on developing sustainable models
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