Aims

• To bring creative people from across the Ribble Valley together and increase cross-cultural activity.
• Increase opportunities and potential for creative business within the Ribble Valley.
• Increase people’s awareness of the depth of creativity that is already present in Ribble Valley and the surrounding area through better links with local and regional media.
• Increase the profile of creative organizations (galleries, community arts agencies, venues etc) within the Ribble Valley.
• Build up a database and create a website for Ribble Valley artists and creative groups using this space as a place that people can share news about “what’s on” and other arts news.

Objectives

• Contribute to an arts strategy to identify need within the Ribble Valley’s arts industry and its community and look at developing an action plan to combat any issues which may arise.
• Develop evidence based action plans to meet regional and national participation targets
• Identify opportunities to develop actions to improve participation in creative activies including development of projects, bids for funding and evaluation of outcomes
• Engage with all sectors of our local community to enable them to explore their creative skills
• Ensure that the interests of the “hard to reach” groups are included in the development plans with particular emphasis on younger people.
• Foster the involvement of a wide range of agencies for support/mentoring opportunities