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CULTURAL COMMISSIONING PROGRAMME Impact • Arts & cultural organisations better able to engage with public sector commissioning • Public service commissioners more aware of potential for arts & cultural organisations to deliver outcomes What is commissioning? Process that public bodies use to: • assess needs of people in area/demog group • design services to meet those needs • select an appropriate service to meet needs. The Commissioning Cycle Analysis of Needs Review of quality & impact on needs Market Development Delivery of services Procurement of services to meet needs CCP Research phase • Looked at evidence that arts, museums & libraries deliver social value • Analysed where interests of arts, museums & libraries and commissioner align • Identified evidence base for demonstrating outcomes Value delivered by arts, museums, libraries Engaging with seldom-heard voices Place and inclusion Life skills Safe way to explore difference Pride & identity Reintegration into society Encourage sustained participation Route into employment Regeneration Community cohesion Route into education Personal communication tool Social bonding Cognitive & creative skills Identity Addressing stigma Social skills (confidence, teamwork etc.) Reduced social isolation Mental health recovery Physical health Effective working in preventative agenda Addresses inclusivity and difference Use of existing community assets Health and well-being 6 Voluntary sector income – grants and contracts (billions) – grants Challenges for Commissioners • Need to balance immediate and acute needs with longer term strategy – as budgets shrink, tendency to retrench and focus on statutory duties • Preventative approaches are difficult to evidence • Voice of arts and cultural sector in public policy weak – does not support commissioners interested in innovation • Commissioning approaches and priorities vary – can place limits on shared learning Challenges for Cultural organisations • Social outcomes, particularly where change takes place over time – hard to show direct attribution. • Health commissioners expect statistically evidenced impacts, often based on large-scale clinical trials • Concern of mission creep • Realigning business model • Capacity to deliver in a commissioning environment CCP workstreams Arts & Cultural organisations Policy makers & influencers Public Service Commissioners Learning programme – A&Cs commission ready Commissioning partners – pilots, shared learning National conferences & events – good practice, awareness raising High level round tables – engagement at strategic / policy level Local networks / relationship brokerage: A&Cs, commissioners, others Social impact seminars Social impact seminars Beacons Programme - support to 3 A&C infrastructure orgs: reach & legacy Policy /pub affairs input Case studies Online resources: Evidence library, information, guidance CCP Learning Programme Arts & cultural organisations Public service commissioners P1: Awareness-raising, knowledge, skills development P2: Developing impact of arts & cultural activities on public service outcomes P3: Building relationships between arts and cultural organisations and commissioners Create Gloucestershire • Network of arts & cultural orgs • Approached county council with 3 year plan – secured pooled budget • Funded co-ordinator role • Invited arts & cultural orgs to provide creative responses to needs identified by council (c) Joe Magee, commissioned by Create Gloucestershire Results • 54 members / £800k from commissions & philanthropy • Commissioners: NHS/CCG, LAs • Arts programmes in range of spaces, involving people with different needs • Evidence base developing eg fewer GP appointments by people with depression (c) Joe Magee, commissioned by Create Gloucestershire • Some groups shaping own programmes / some individuals signposted to mainstream provision CULTURAL COMMISSIONING PROGRAMME Stay informed: www.ncvo.org/CCProg [email protected]