Culture strategy for Scotland: action plan - easy read

Chapter 4 – using culture as a way to give people confidence and power

• support libraries to deliver free services to communities across Scotland

• bring together local councils, national and cultural organisations in a Local and National Delivery Group

• understand how the Covid pandemic affected local council cultural services, and how they recovered

Find better ways for services to:

• work together
• use data from programmes that worked well to know how to deliver services in the future

• tell more people about the important role that community libraries, museums and galleries play in strengthening and empowering communities

• continue the joint meetings of the Culture Conveners and Scottish Government

A Culture Convener is an elected Local Government official with an interest in cultural matters in communities.

• have a joint working agreement for culture between COSLA and the Scottish Government

COSLA represents Scottish local councils.