A so-called ‘Billy Elliot’ effect where careers in the creative industries are “regarded as a form of failure” remains a barrier to culture thriving in the North, according to a new report.
The ‘Case for Culture’ report published today by Northern MPs, cultural leaders and metro mayors says the region’s culture must be embedded – and not ignored – in the Government’s levelling up White Paper setting out how opportunity will be spread around the country.
They say Northern culture can play a key role in delivering the Government’s post-Covid priorities “as an enabler to levelling up including net zero and climate change, domestic and international tourism, retail and hospitality, high street regeneration and digital integration”.
The Northern Culture All-Party Parliamentary Group’s 10-point action plan includes measures to promote the next generation of creatives in the North with an improved curriculum as well as an offering of new apprenticeship schemes.
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