RGuide Organisation Details

RGuide Organisation Info
Name:	South East England Cultural Consortium (SEECC)
Address:	DCMS Unit GOSE, Bridge House 1 Walnut Tree Close Guildford, Surrey GU1 4GA Click here to view map
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Contact:	Dan Chadwick
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Categories:	Funding, Arts, Sport

Role

To champion the whole spectrum of cultural and creative interests in the region - including tourism and sport;To forge links across this spectrum; andTo create a common vision expressed in a cultural strategy. The Consortium carries out research, strategic development and advocacy for the cultural sector and aims to add value to the work of those developing cultural strategies at a local level.

Board Members

Consortia members are nominated by regional arts, museums, heritage, tourism and sporting bodies, libraries and archive interests, the Regional Development Agency, and local government. They are encouraged to seek other members from the creative industries, national lottery distributors, countryside, recreation and educational interests, and the voluntary sector. There are up to 25 places for members. At the moment there are 16... Sir David Watson (chair), University of Brighton; Stephen Phillips (vice chair) - broadcaster and arts consultant; Mary Baldwin - Southern Arts Board member and elected member for Buckinghamshire County Council and Aylesbury Vale district Council; Professor Fred Bullock - London and South East Region Library Service; Richard Childs - West Sussex County Archive; Rafiq Chohan - member, South East Regional Sports Board, Slough Borough Council; Cheryl Hall - actor; Jon Hartley - elected member, Reading Borough Council; Heather Hawker - Surrey History Trust; Martyn Heighton - Mary Rose Trust, South East Museums Agency; Mary McAnally - Meridian Broadcasting, SEEDA Board member; Kirsty McLeod - author and historian; Magdalene Odundo - ceramic artist; Ann Risman - South East Regional Sports Board; Barry Shaw - Architect and town planner; Roger Thomas - broadcaster Marilyn Scott - The Galleries, RAISE representative.

Regional Links

The Consortium is working closely with GOSE and SEEDA to develop its strategy for the development of cultural activity. It wants to ensure there is a relationship between SEEDA?s Regional Economic Strategy and the Consortium?s Regional Cultural Strategy.

Senior Executive

Chair of the Cultural Consortium is Sir David Watson, Director, University of Brighton (appointed by the Secretary of State at the DCMS).

History

Established in 2000, the group is one of eight regional cultural consortia set up by the then Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Chris Smith.