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This is the website for the South West Observatory Culture Module with data, information and analysis about culture, the arts, sport and heritage from South West England.

The Culture Module is provided by a partnership led by the South West Cultural Agencies Network (made up from representatives from Arts Council England, English Heritage, Creative England, Sport England and South West Local Authorities Cultural Partnership).

Please let us know if you have any thoughts on how we could improve our site and email if you have any specific culture, media and sport related questions that you need answers to.

Culture Module Updates
Culture Module Briefing
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FINDING THE DOTS - See April's edition of Finding the Dots, the Cultural bulletin with useful policy and research updates. Access the latest.
NEW BRIEFING PAPER - Culture and Archives briefing paper, intended to provide the reader with an introduction to the topic of culture and archives. Download now.
Latest Briefing CULTURE AND CRIME - The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to the topic of ‘culture and crime’, and to present an overview of practice-based connections between these two policy areas. Download it now.
ECONOMIC VALUES FOR THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES -This paper presents a brief explanation of different economic data currently cited for the creative
industries. The purpose of the synopsis is to help users of this data better navigate and understand
the latest published figures. Download it now.
CULTURE & HEALTH BRIEFING - introduces the topic of ‘culture and health’ and presents an overview of strategic and project-based connections between these two policy areas, with a particular focus on South West England. The paper is an exploratory rather than comprehensive discussion of the subject and the reader is sign-posted to further reading
material for a more in-depth understanding. Download a copy.
CULTURAL TOURISM BRIEFING - provides an introduction to the concepts of ‘cultural tourism’ and ‘cultural heritage’ and presents an overview of the state of cultural tourism. The focus of the paper is on South West England, but briefly extends to the UK and Europe. Given the many different ways in which ‘cultural tourism’ is understood by academics, policy-makers and those working in the tourist industry, the paper is more of an overview than a comprehensive discussion of the subject, and the reader is sign-posted to further reading material. Download a copy now.

South West Observatory Update

NEW Health and Wellbeing: Implementing the Act - See new presentations from our latest event looking at the implications of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. See more. 

NEW SWO responds to claimant count statistics consultation. See more.

Welfare Reform: Challenges, Impacts, Evidence - See the presentations and resources from our latest event, looking at the challenges of welfare reform. See more.

Forecasting, Planning and Admissions: Getting Pupil Numbers Right - Access all the presentations from our pupil numbers forecasting event, looking at the policy context, funding education and lifelong learning plus the role of the Community Infrastructure Levy. See more.

Job Centre Plus Statistics - Read SWO's response to the consultation on changes to Job Centre Plus vacancies statistics. See more.

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