Provision of an Arts and Culture Support Service

Concepts

• recreation, culture and sport
• arts and culture support service
• dorchester
• successful work
• dorset council's leisure services
• culture support service
• cultural strategic visions
• leisure services
• provision of an arts
• culture support service provider

Location

Description

Dorset Council's Leisure Services are seeking to commission an arts and culture support service provider to further develop the successful work provided over the last six years and to drive forward the cultural strategic visions for Dorset, working with the Dorset Council Officers leading on Cultural services.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 92000000 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services

Indicators

• Contract is suitable for SMEs.
• Contract is suitable for VCOs.

Other Information

This is a five-year contract and will require the supplier to provide infrastructure support to the arts and cultural sector of Dorset, to work with organisations and creatives to stabilise and recover following the pandemic of 2020 and 2021. The supplier will champion the power of economic and social impact of the arts through collaborative partnership working and through development of new funding streams to provide infrastructure support to Dorset's arts organisations and those working in the cultural sector. Through effective leadership, the service will drive the creation of a successful and effective framework such as a Cultural Compact for Dorset and to co-lead with the Council, and the development of a dynamic and productive educational partnership to benefit all young people in Dorset.