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In this section, we include the regional cultural strategy In Search of Chunky Dunsters (2001, PDF or RTF format) and a range of documents, reports and other publications for you to access. New items are added on a regular basis.

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100 Things you didn't know about culture in the south west
Packed with amazing facts about our amazing region – it is a must for anyone involved in cultural advocacy

2012 Games
For all the latest regional information on the cultural elements of the London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games

2020 Vision: Culture and Creative Futures for the South West
Colin Mercer explores some of the factors likely to impact on cultural futures in the South West

A better place to be
A better place to be is the new and updated regional cultural strategy. It builds on In Search of Chunky Dunsters, which was produced in 2001.

Annual Report and Accounts
Culture South West's Annual Report and Accounts 2004 - 2005

Board Meetings
Minutes of Culture South West's Board

Brunel 200 South West: an audit of the potential for a regional celebrations in 2006
Executive Summary and Full Report

Corporate Plan 2005 - 2008
Setting out our strategic direction and priority activities for what will be our first full three year period as an executive Non Departmental Public Body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and a company limited by guarantee

Creative Industries

Creative Industries - Sector Strategy (non-media)
This document lays out the South West RDA’s vision for the sector’s economic development over the next three years across the region as a whole

Creative Industries: key questions on regional impact (South West)
In the Autumn of 2004, the regional cultural consortiums were asked by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to provide a 'snapshot' of the Creative Industries in each English region, to help inform future policy decisions.

Creative Industry Collaborations
This work brings together key partners in the South West to develop a better collective understanding of (and vision for) the economic potential of the creative industries in the region and to agree shared priorities for future action.

Cultural Sector Leadership Initiative
Culture South West has been working with the cultural agencies in the region to establish a joint leadership development programme.

Culture and Community Planning
Conference report and DCMS consultation

Culture and the Regional Spatial Strategy for the South West
A report by Professor Martin Elson, Oxford Brookes University

Culture Matters
Published in September 2007 Culture Matters is written for community leaders and decision makers, including elected members and uses case studies to demonstrate how culture is improving the quality of life for people in the region.

Culture Works
Documentation and reports from the Culture South West conference programme.

DCMS
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) news on the review of regional cultural arrangements.

Demographic Ageing
This piece of research (commissioned by Culture South West in 2006) demonstrates the importance of cultural activity to the lives of older people in South West England.

Demystifying the regional agencies in the south west
A simple introduction to the functions of a range of organisations working at a regional level in the south west of England - published by the Arts Council England, South West

Finding the Dots
Culture South West's research e-bulletins

Freedom of Information Publication Scheme
Summary of Information available to the public

From Rhyme to Reason: culture and South West prosperity
An exhibition in 2003/2004 highlighted some of the richness and diversity of the region's cultural life.

In Search of Chunky Dunsters
The previous Cultural Strategy for the South West

It's a Culture Thing
Information about the week long celebration of culture in July/August 2003.

Joining the Dots
An audit and analysis of existing research data on the cultural sector in the South West, 2003 by Colin Mercer

Joining up: 2004 Culture South West Report
Joining up: 2004 - Culture South West's first formal annual report

Made to Measure
Made to Measure or Off the Peg? Improving Business Advice to Creative Industries SMEs in the SW Region

Mists, Myths and Aspirations
A cultural sector guide to the South West of England Regional Development Agency.

Newsletter - Dot 2 Dot
Culture South West Newsletters

On-line Communications Survey

People, Places and Spaces
The Cultural Infrastructure Development Strategy for the South West...People, Places and Spaces is about the collective identification of cultural infrastructure needs and investment at a regional and sub regional level over the next 20 years.

Regional Cultural Research
Research reports commissioned by culture South West and partners

Regional Mapping and Economic Impact Study of the Creative Industries in the South West
A mapping and economic impact study of the creative industries sector in the South West, commissioned by Culture South West and the South West RDA

Research Group for the Cultural Sector
Terms of Reference, research programme and notes of meetings

Resourcing Culture in the South West (July 2004)
What is the extent of central government and lottery investment in the region's cultural sector? A report by Kingshurst Consultancy Group

South West Cultural Sector Workforce Skills Group
Terms of Reference and notes of meetings

Tenders
Cultural Sector tenders in the region

Volunteering in the Cultural and Environmental Sectors
Over the past few months, representatives from the region’s volunteering organisations and the cultural and environmental sectors have come together to work on a project recognising the value of volunteering and exploring new ways of working together.