The living places programme

Culture and sport are integral to the success of communities. The next 15 years will see the largest programme of house building in the UK for a generation. The living places partners see this as a huge opportunity to use culture as a major tool for galvanising community engagement and creating a sense of identity and pride. If new housing is supported by the right cultural infrastructure we can build communities that are empowered, confident, cohesive and visionary.

living places emphasises the use of culture and sport to support local distinctiveness and quality of place and promotes the advantage of cultural bodies working together to support local services for communities and individuals.

We have three objectives:

1. To provide those people who are shaping communities with information, advice and support on the use of culture and sport to create better places.
2. To align investment from the sporting and cultural sector with sustainable communities funding across organisational boundaries so it works harder for people.
3. To empower communities to make culture and sporting activity and infrastructure a part of their lives.