Decision details

Part 3, Schedule 3 - Responsibility for Executive Functions delegated to Officers paragraph 4.3 (1) - the Corporate Director has delegated authority to discharge executive functions within their respective service areas (Part 3.38). All delegations are subject to consultation where considered appropriate in the circumstances (paragraph 4.3 (4(ii) - Part 3.39). The Corporate Director Ewan Green has delegated operational matters relating to this work to the Head of Regeneration.

The Council has secured grant funding of £15,000 from Arts Council England to support work to prepare a Creative and Cultural Strategy and Implementation Plan for Tendring. Black Radley has been selected and appointed (subject to contract) via a competitive process in line with established procurement protocols, to undertake this work. The primary focus of this commission is to develop a five year Strategy and costed Implementation Plan that specifically targets business growth and job creation within the broad range of economic activity that collectively defines the Creative and Cultural Sector. The Creative and Cultural Strategy will integrate with other plans and strategies of the Council, and with those of public sector partners, specifically where these focus on resolving issues of social and economic deprivation. The Strategy will enrich the creative and cultural offer of the district, and increase the opportunities for informal participation amongst residents and visitors alike.

Outsourcing this work to a contractor was considered the most appropriate course of action, given the need for a sector specific specialist to prepare the required strategy and implementation plan. Work will be managed against an agreed programme comprising four distinct (and sequential) modules. This phased approach will enable the Client Team to manage risk and to control expenditure. For the most part the required resources to cover the cost of this work has been secured via grant funding awarded by Arts Council England. In addition a small balance of circa £2,000 will be met by funding identified in the budgets held by the Council's Regeneration, Inward Investment and Growth Service. Consultants will be contracted using the Council's Standard Form of Contract for the Provision of Services.