A Culture Strategy for Scotland consultation: easy read version

Section 3. Ambitions, aims and actions

This plan sets out ideas about how to support culture in Scotland.

The Scottish Government wants to help everyone with an interest in culture to get involved.

Changing through Culture

Ambition

Culture and creativity in Scotland helps everyone to have a better life.

Question 3.

Do you think the ambition in Changing through Culture is a good idea?
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Question 4.

Do you have any comments about this ambition? What do you like or not like?
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Aims

The Scottish Government wants to:

• think about culture when they make new rules and laws
  
• see culture as a way of helping people
  
• think about how culture can help people with their health and wellbeing, education and reduce inequality.

Actions

The Culture Plan will do this by

• Hiring someone to work as a Culture Leader at the Scottish Government. Their job will be to help everyone think about culture.
  

• Bringing together people, including people who work at universities and colleges to talk about how we can show that culture is a good thing and that the plan is helping to support culture for everyone.
  

• Getting different partners to all work together to promote culture in lots of different areas across local and national government.
  

Question 5.

Do you have any comments on these aims and actions? What do you like or not like?
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Culture for Everyone

Ambition

Culture includes every community and is for everyone.

Question 6.

Do you think the ambition in Culture for Everyone is a good idea?
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Question 7.

Do you have any comments on the ambition? What do you like or not like?
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Aims

The Scottish Government wants culture to be for everyone.

The Culture Plan will make sure:

• that all types of culture are included – even things that are new.
  
• new opportunities are created for people to take part in culture.
  
• that each community is recognised as having its own culture and sense of identity.
  

Actions

The Culture Plan will do this by:

• Promoting different types of culture.
  
• Creating partnerships between culture organisations, businesses and people who are working to make life better for people living in poor communities.
  
• Make sure people have a say in the type of culture that's available in their communities.

Question 8.

Do you have any comments on these aims and actions? What do you like or not like?
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Growing Culture

Ambition

Culture is helped to grow as a good thing for everyone across Scotland.

Question 9.

Do you think the ambition in Growing Culture is a good idea?
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Yes
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Question 10.

Do you have any comments about the ambition? What do you like or not like?
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Aims

The Culture Plan will do this by:

• helping creative people and making sure they have the skills to help culture grow.
  
• showing that creative people are valued and trusted in what they do.
  
• helping people to be more open to different cultures.

Actions

The Culture Plan will do this by:

• Looking for money to support culture, through new budgets and new partnerships.
  
• Developing programmes to support skills and help artists and other creative people to make enough money.
  
• Creating opportunities for people from different backgrounds to get involved in culture.
  
• Developing a long-term plan for working with culture partners around the world.

Question 11.

Do you have any comments on these aims and actions? What do you like or not like?
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