Invitation to participate in the West Berkshire Cultural Heritage Strategy 2020-30 consultation survey

West Berkshire Council is developing a Cultural Heritage Strategy for the next 10 years and this is your opportunity to comment by participating in a survey.

Over the next ten years, the vision is to promote and develop our cultural heritage into a sustainable, resilient, thriving, and valuable resource, which makes significant benefits to the economy, improves the health and well-being of communities, and is recognised as a unique asset in its own right. West Berkshire Council wants to ensure that culture and heritage continue to be an important part of everyone’s daily life in West Berkshire, by building on our many strengths, overcoming the challenges of Covid-19 and achieving more through effective partnership working.

Councillor Howard Woollaston said: “Culture and heritage touch everybody’s lives and we are fortunate to have an abundance of arts organisations, events and activities and a wealth of beautiful and historic places and landscapes to enjoy in West Berkshire. This strategy has been developed with a range of local culture and heritage organisations to celebrate and promote what we have- and set some objectives to make it even better over the next ten years.”

To promote and develop our cultural heritage west Berkshire Council has developed five objectives:

1. ensure our cultural and heritage organisations thrive and are as sustainable as possible
2. contribute to the improvement of the health and well-being of all our residents
3. improve access to cultural education, learning and employment
4. protect and promote our unique cultural history, heritage and environment
5. increase domestic and international tourism to generate income, investment and increase economic resilience

You can access more information about the strategy here:
https://info.westberks.gov.uk/draftculturalheritagestrategy

The survey has now closed.