Making it happen
Developing strategy that inspires action
Herefordshire Cultural Partnership has taken a leading role in developing and overseeing cultural strategy for the county since 2015. The updated Herefordshire Cultural Strategy 2025-2030, builds on the first edition (2019) to reflect new cultural developments and inward investment; new national and regional government policy; and a stronger understanding of what culture means in Herefordshire.
Strategic Foundations
Building a strong base for culture to thrive
Herefordshire Cultural Strategy 2025-2030 focuses on the arts and heritage, and includes a wide range of activity: performing arts, literature, music, crafts, visual and digital arts, photography, design, architecture, fashion along with our creative businesses, and the buildings and facilities where we access culture – museums, arts centres, theatres, churches, village halls, cinemas, libraries, archives, galleries. We include too our wonderful natural environment, gastronomy, and the creative activities that take place in our open spaces. It runs with the grain of other county strategic plans including Herefordshire Health & Wellbeing Strategy; Invest Herefordshire; Children and Young People’s Plan etc. Importantly it provides the basis for planning and undertaking ambitious actions to bring about change, and the means for effecting that change through collaborative working, bids for funding, planning and organisation.
Our Key Goals
Listening to children and young people, and connecting them to culture and connectivity
Building and supporting vibrant creative enterprises
The arts and heritage are for everyone
Raising Herefordshire’s national and international profile
Pioneering culturally led approaches to wellbeing