Bournemouth and Poole Cultural Hub

Bournemouth and Poole's Cultural Hub is a consortium of cultural organisations and schools working together to create inspirational learning opportunities for young people
The purpose of the hub is to:
- Increase the number and variety of cultural experiences available to students in participating schools and beyond
- Develop a new model of partnership working between cultural organisations and schools
- Increase the number of arts, cultural and education Continuing Professional Development opportunities for participating teachers and arts/ cultural organisation staff
- Explore the impact of cultural activities on educational outcomes
- Learn more about the practicalities of delivering and developing cultural activities with children and young people
Arts and cultural partners in the Bournemouth and Poole Cultural Hub include: Activate Performing Arts; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Libraries; Dorset History Centre; Dance South West; Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts; Poole Museum Service; Poole Libraries; Russell-Cotes Arts Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth; The Study Gallery of Modern Art, Poole; and fourteen schools in Bournemouth and Poole

Launched in September 2005, the Bournemouth and Poole Cultural Hub was one of three pilot schemes running for three years until September 2008

In 2005, Estelle Morris, then Arts Minister, announced the creation of three cultural hubs - in Durham, Telford and Wrekin, and Bournemouth & Poole. These hubs would draw schools and specialist arts colleges together with local arts and cultural organisations to plan and deliver a comprehensive programme of arts and cultural activities for children and young people, including drama, music, the visual arts, and museums, libraries or archives education
Each hub consists of three to four arts organisations, two to three museums/ libraries/ archives, and between six and twenty local schools
Bournemouth and Poole’s Cultural Hub receives annual funding from Arts Council England plus an increasing contribution from each school involved. The hub is managed locally by a Steering Group involving Arts Council England, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, the relevant Local Education Authority and the Specialist Schools Trust
The Bournemouth and Poole Cultural Hub is facilitated by the local arts education agency, wave

Since July 2005 more than 25 local schools, arts organisations, museums, libraries and archives have worked as part of the partnership
The Hub created 8,525 chances for pupils to be involved in cultural activities in its first year

Rob Smith, wave - arts education

Tel: 01202 633510

Access practical advice and guidance in relation to living places programmes and the benefits.

living places has drawn together a number of case studies demonstrating successful programmes and the benefits.