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  • Access to culture for young people (2)

    • Reference: 2020/1229
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    Wealthier families are often able to provide extra-curricular access to cultural experiences for their children, but with UNISON estimating that, between April 2010 and April 2016, £387m was cut from youth service spending across the UK, children from less well off backgrounds are increasingly unable to access the same opportunities. How will your Borough of Culture help to create opportunities for young people where they live?

  • Access to culture for young people (3)

    • Reference: 2020/1230
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    There are excellent examples of grassroots projects in London, such as the Black Ticket Project which provides free or discounted tickets to young black Londoners to attend a diverse range of plays and shows, including but not just the West End. Part of their mission is supporting these young people to feel confident and welcome in these spaces where they may not have been before. How do your projects reach out to young people who may not immediately think that this kind of thing is ‘for them’?

  • A new home for the Migration Museum

    • Reference: 2020/1235
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 19 March 2020
    The lauded Migration Museum requires a new venue as its previous temporary home at London Fire Brigade's old HQ on Albert Embankment is being redeveloped. Will you ask your officers to meet the operators of the Migration Museum to inform its search for a new site?

  • Jacksons Lane Theatre, Highgate

    • Reference: 2020/0613
    • Question by: Joanne McCartney
    • Meeting date: 24 February 2020
    Jacksons Lane Theatre and Creative Space in Highgate offers a wide range of activities for children and young people across the borough of Haringey and beyond. How have you and how do you plan to support this organisation further?

  • Access to culture for young people

    • Reference: 2020/0147
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 16 January 2020
    Proud black Londoner Bernandine Evaristo has credited her recent, groundbreaking Booker Prize win with access to local cultural experiences as a teenager. Are today’s young black Londoners just as able to access these kinds of services and, if not, why not?

  • Model City London

    • Reference: 2019/20663
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 14 November 2019
    Please provide an update on the Model City London programme.

  • Museum of London Memories Scheme

    • Reference: 2019/17692
    • Question by: Joanne McCartney
    • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
    Can you update me on the progress of your Memories Scheme at the Museum of London? How many Londoners have engaged with the programme to date?

  • Memories Schemes

    • Reference: 2019/17693
    • Question by: Joanne McCartney
    • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
    How are you encouraging other organisations to set up Memories schemes? This follows the good work of the Sporting Memories Foundation and the “Brand Memories” programme at the Museum of Brands.

  • Our London Programme Beneficiaries

    • Reference: 2019/17552
    • Question by: Jennette Arnold OBE
    • Meeting date: 12 September 2019
    How many young people benefited from the Our London programme this summer?

  • Intimate Theatre

    • Reference: 2019/14576
    • Question by: Joanne McCartney
    • Meeting date: 18 July 2019
    Further to MQ 2018/2866, what recent steps have you taken to help save the Intimate Theatre in Enfield?