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Culture & Sport in the new
political and financial
landscape
September 2010
The new landscape
The Plates Have
Moved
The world is changing…
• Less resources
– The public sector could be 25% smaller in financial terms by
2014 (taking us back to mid 1990 levels)
– A greater focus required on better productivity
• Localism and big society
– Rolling back the state and removing the ‘middle men’
– Devolution to councils
– Devolution to society
• Sector led improvement
– Accountability to communities not central government
– Strategic partnerships and place based budgeting
– Delivering better outcomes more efficiently
What does it mean for culture and
sport: Less resources
• Reducing costs and increase productivity
• Increasing income through more participation
• More “philanthropy”
• New ways of delivering services?
• Sharing across boundaries (service & administrative)
• A focus on priority outcomes and place based
budgeting
• Commissioning opportunities (health improvement,
prevention & wider educational outcomes)
What does it mean for culture and
sport: Localism and big society
• Less national policy and advocacy
(more focus on local need & aspiration)
• Less Quangos and “middlemen” between
government and communities (focus on schools,
GPs, councils and individuals)
• Greater focus required on place based budgeting
and strategic partnership working
• Greater opportunities for the third sector (if they
have the capacity)
What does it mean for culture and
sport: Sector led improvement
• Greater reliance on local political leadership and
managerial competency
• A greater need to evidence the contribution we make to
local outcomes
• A willingness to pool budgets and work together across
boundaries
• National performance frameworks replaced by local
frameworks
• Less national and regional support
from NDPBs
• A need for innovation and step change and the willingness
to share learning quickly
Opportunities going forward
• Positioning culture and sport in place
based budgeting
• Contributing to delivering better outcomes
efficiently and effectively
• A third and community sector better
positioned and equipped to contribute to a
“bigger society”
The challenges going forward:
More of the same
• Improving data and evidence of impact
– New outcomes framework
• Self improving performance and addressing under performance
– CSIT, peer challenge and review, facility standards, and
accreditation
• Improving Knowledge sharing & leaning
– Local improvement networks
– LG Improvement and Development knowledge and
communications
• Improving leadership and workforce development
– Member academies and Leading Learning Programme
– National competency framework for the sector
The challenges going forward:
New priorities
• An even greater focus on stimulating and
sharing innovation
• Developing new delivery models and working
together
• Supporting capacity building for the third sector
• Better management skills
A Local model for culture & sport improvement
Improving services
Customer
Focus
Improving productivity
Joined Up
Working
High Level
Count
(total spend on
culture and sport in
the area)
Building Social Capital
Innovation
Focused
Themes
e.g. equality, health,
economy
Never miss the opportunity of a
good crisis!
Never miss the opportunity of a
good crisis!
Never miss the opportunity of a
good crisis!
Never miss the opportunity of a
good crisis!
Never miss the opportunity of a
good crisis!
Remember…
Never miss the opportunity
of a good crisis!
Thank you very much
Martyn Allison
[email protected]