Corporate Strategy
Medium Term Corporate Strategy to 2009 Improving Life in Leicestershire
Culture and Leisure
We recognise the benefits of culture and leisure to our economy, our physical health
and wellbeing. We want to develop and promote the County’s cultural heritage, with the help of
national and regional funding bodies, and through a partnership approach ensure the provision of a wide
range of activities to maximise what Leicestershire has to offer.
We also recognise the valuable role of sport and will lead the fight for extra funding
for the many and diverse sports clubs which exist in Leicestershire. We support the integration of County
Council services into a new Sports Partnership for Leicestershire and Rutland in order to make sport
more accessible and to promote participation.
We will:
- progress the County Council Cultural Strategy Action Plan to 2008;
- continue to provide a range of services including museums, archives, libraries and country
parks, plus support for the arts, which are integral to the successful implementation of the Strategy;
- encourage people to participate in a wide range of cultural, sporting and leisure pursuits;
- integrate the Council’s sports services into a new County Sports Partnership; and
- continue to implement our programme of library improvements including 20 new or substantially
refurbished libraries, improved and extended opening hours and enhanced access to ICT facilities and
public information services.
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HIGH PRIORITIES
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WE WILL ACHIEVE
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Improve access to and quality of libraries
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Comply with 8 public library standards by 2008. 20 new or substantially improved libraries. Increased library opening hours
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Enhance the County’s museums and tourist sites
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New fashion and interactive gallery for Snibston. Complete programme to revitalise Bosworth Battlefield. Secure funding for next phase of the Ashby Canal.
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Other
Local Area Agreement Priority
Improve the take up and enjoyment of culture and leisure by vulnerable children
and young people.
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