Culture
“The cultural and creative economy is what makes Bristol unique. It is the city’s beating heart bringing life into all of our communities.
It isn’t what we do – it is who we are.”
The One City Culture Board was formally launched at the June 2020 City Gathering. It has been set up in recognition of the need for a connected approach to protecting and delivering the cultural capital that we hold in Bristol. Our culture underpins everything that we do as a city and will be a key enabler in our work to meet the One City 2050 vision.
The role of Culture Board is to be a supporting Board, working with all the existing One City Thematic Boards to ensure Bristol’s cultural and creative sector is a key driver in delivering the aims of the One City Approach and the One City Plan goals.
We celebrate Bristol’s stories and our uniquely diverse and vibrant city, with the many different voices that make up our population. Our arts, culture and creative sectors reflect this landscape and encourage more opportunities, spaces and programmes to help the industry now as well as developing future generations of local talent.
Members
The Co-Chairs of the Culture Board are:
- Bristol City Council, Councillor Ani Stafford – Townsend
- Design West, Anna Charlotte Rutherford
Culture Board members* are currently:
- Aardman Animations, Emma Hardie
- Ashton Gate Limited, Jenny Hutchinson / Justine Kebby
-
Brave Bold Drama
, Gill Simmons
- Bristol City Centre Business Improvement District (BID), Vicky Lee
- Bristol DIY Arts Network, Matthew Austin
- Bristol Hippodrome, Ben Phillips
-
Compass Presents (Compass Film CIC),
Tara Sachdeva
- Knowle West Media Centre and Filwood Community Centre, Martha King / Makala Cheung
- Rising Arts Agency, Jess Bunyan / Euella Jackson
- Spike Island, Kate Ward
- SS Great Britain Trust, Andrew James Edwards
- St George’s Bristol, Samir Savant / Trish Brown
- St Pauls Carnival, LaToyah McAllister-Jones
- Strike Communications, Catherine Frankpitt
- Team Love, Thomas Paine
- The Invisible Circus C.I.C. / ArtspaceLifespace / The Loco Klub, Wim Penhaul
- Tobacco Factory Theatres, Heidi Vaughan
- University of Bristol, Esther Dermott
- University of the West of England, Lynn Barlow
- WECIL, Lucie Martin-Jones
Reserved Places:
- Culture – Bristol City Council, Philip Walker
- Cultural and Creative Economy – West England Combined Authority, Sarah James
* Members were selected in December 2024
Agendas and Minutes
09 October – Agenda and Minutes
10 July 2024 – Agenda and Minutes
17 April 2024 – Agenda and Minutes
17 January 2024 – Agenda and Minutes
19 October 2023 – Agenda
05 December 2022 – Agenda
29 September 2022 – Agenda and Minutes
05 July 2022 – Agenda and Minutes
11 May 2022 – Agenda
03 November 2021 – Agenda and Minutes
22 September 2021 – Agenda and Minutes
30 June 2021 – Agenda and Minutes
19 May 2021 – Agenda and Minutes
7th April 2021 – Agenda and Minutes
24 February 2021 – Agenda and Minutes
13 January 2021 – Agenda and Minutes
07 December 2020 – Agenda and Minutes
22 October 2020 – Minutes
15 September 2020 – Minutes
Terms of Reference
In June 2022 the terms of reference were revised and agreed by the members. The Terms of Reference were amended in June 2024 to reflect the updated Co-chair arrangements:
