Please use this page to let other people know what you have been doing to make Culture Count. Your experiences will help and motivate others! And the more people we involve the more our new MSPs will be aware that Culture Counts.
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We are not done! Culture still counts and we will be keeping communication channels open with the new Culture Minister.
We will keep you informed about our plans.
The Scottish Government commissioned an independent evaluation of Big Noise.
Big Noise is an orchestra programme that aims to use music making to foster confidence, teamwork, pride and aspiration in the children taking part – and across their wider community. It is based on the methods of Venezuela’s “El Sistema” movement and is run by the charity Sistema Scotland.
And here is a link to the results.
http://makeabignoise.org.uk/research
More evidence of the positive impact of the arts!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-12817709
Interesting analysis of the parties’ positions on tourism
The Stage News refers to the figures just released by the Department for Communities and Local Government which show that Local Authorities’ spend on culture fell by more than £200 million in 2010/11. Read the full report here: http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/33507/local-government-culture-funding-cut-by
Higher Education has a key role to play in supporting cultural and creative industries development and at Edinburgh Napier University we aim to play our part via the recently launched Institute for Creative Industries (see http;//www.napier.ac.uk/creativeindustries and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-1528778