Local Cultural Education Partnerships

Culture Bridge North East will be setting up local ‘cultural education partnerships’ across the region to ensure access to and participation in the arts for all children and young people, and make best use of the resources available from 2015 to 2018..

Culture Bridge North East is therefore looking for committed partners to progress and deliver on the challenge locally. Representatives are required from Music Education Hubs, schools, arts and cultural organisations, local authorities, higher education institutions, voluntary and community organisations and funders to improve the alignment of cultural education for young people.

Culture Bridge North East will be announcing more information about ‘cultural education partnerships’ soon, keep checking the website for details.

This work will be carried out by the Area Managers on the Culture Bridge team and will be developed/designed and shaped by local partners. If you would like further information or be involved in a Local Cultural Education Partnership please email the appropriate Area Manager:

Tees Valley and Durham: Eileen Atkins

Sunderland, South Tyneside, Newcastle and Gateshead: Helen Green

North Tyneside and Northumberland: Mel Carter

Cultural Education Challenge

Arts Council England has launched the Cultural Education Challenge – a call for arts and cultural organisations and the education sector to come together to offer a consistent arts and cultural education for all.

The Cultural Education Challenge is a call for schools, arts and cultural organisations, local authorities and higher education institutions to work together to achieve this ambitious aim.

We know that life-long patterns of participation and advantage are determined from early years. If children don’t get involved in cultural activities in their early years, they won’t develop life-long habits of enjoying, and of being inspired by art and culture. Access to cultural education and opportunities to progress and improve still varies considerably across the country.

The Arts Council England Bridge organisation for the North East region is Culture Bridge North East who is managed by Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. Culture Bridge North East will coordinate the activity to meet the challenge in the North East through a range of programmes and initiatives, including Artsmark and local ‘cultural education partnerships’.