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The Cultural Improvement Partnership East Midlands vision is to increase the impact and value of cultural services to the communities of the East Midlands by facilitating continuous improvement, efficiency, effective delivery and shared service provision.
The way we do this is to support local government to support its own self-improvement journey. We will do this by developing capacity of local government, supporting more effective partnership working between local government and regional cultural agencies, raising awareness and sharing best practice, supporting continuous improvement in culture and sport services and developing effective community leadership and advocacy. We also continue to make the case for culture and sport to be mainstreamed into the activities of local authorities.
CIPEM is hosted by the East Midlands Improvement and Efficiency Partnership (EMIEP) and supported by Nottinghamshire County Council, Government Office for the East Midlands (GOEM), Sport England, Arts Council England (ACE) and Museums, Libraries & Archives (MLA). A copy of the terms of reference for the Advisory Board can be found here. A copy of CIPEM's current work programme can be found here.
Culture and Sport in Local Government
Culture and sport are important and valued services provided by local government and their partners for their communities. These services help to define who we are, what we want to do and what we aspire to be. Local authorities spend £3.2 billion on culture and sport every year across the country. From leisure centres to libraries, art galleries to the local sports development officer, museums to arts development officers there are a whole range of services and built facilities which support our communities to participate in their area.
