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Six Ways to Wellbeing Case Study Kent County Council Arts & Culture Service and Public Health with strategic investment partners Royal Opera House Bridge and Artswork

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Six Ways to WellbeingCase Study

Kent County Council Arts & Culture Service and Public Health with strategic investment partners Royal Opera House Bridge

and Artswork

The Vision• Increased capacity and business diversification in the arts and

culture sector

• Increased understanding amongst commissioners and the culture sector about how arts and culture can deliver positive social and economic outcomes

• Building strong strategic relationships for future commissioning opportunities

• Raise profile of ROH and Artswork Bridge organisations working together with KCC partners to lever investment

The Journey so far…

• Arts funding cuts led to need for diversifying business models – commissioning is a key opportunity

• Public Health looking for innovative ways to engage people and improve health and wellbeing

• Conversations with Bridges, Public Health and KCC Arts and Culture Service about shared aims

• November 2012 - ‘commission ready’ support sessions for arts and cultural sector led by Linden Rowley

• Six Ways to Wellbeing delivery programme, support package, evaluation of the process and a ‘roadmap’

Six Ways to Wellbeing

Research based model developed by New Economics Foundation and SLaM

• Be Active (Body)• Connect (People)• Keep Learning (Mind)• Take Notice (Place)• Give (Spirit)• Care (Planet)

www.liveitwell.org.uk/ways-to-wellbeing/six-ways-to-wellbeing

The new world of Commissioning

Analyse…What outcomes do we want to achieve?

Delivery Programme

• Increased wellbeing for

children and young

people - WEMWBS

• Message of Six Ways

spread to wider

communities

• Cultural sector understand

the commissioning process

• Arts Awards

• Involvement of Healthy

Living Centres and

Libraries

Evaluation

• Record the process as its

happening

• Candid feedback from all

stakeholders

• Support successful providers

through the journey

• Capture learning

• Resource to guide cultural

orgs through commissioning

- Roadmap (April 2015)

Plan…

Delivery Programme

• Agreed budget, timescales,

responsibilities

• Specification – agreed KPIs,

measurement of outcomes

etc.

• Procurement plan and

approach – what are we able

to do; what will allow sector a

fair chance, but ensure a

transparent process - OJEU

• Market engagement

Evaluation & support

package

• Agreed budget, timescales,

responsibilities

• Brief for recruiting evaluator

and support

• Story of change

• Planning for

‘roadmap’

Do…

Delivery Programme

• Opportunity published on the Kent

Business Portal - OJEU

• More market engagement

• Re- tender for remaining three

• Monthly monitoring

• Contract Management

• Regular meetings with

partners

• Risk register

Evaluation & Support

• Agree ‘story of change’ with evaluator

• Manage relationship

• Support this strand of work

• Contract Management

• Regular meetings with partners

• Risk register

What did we commission?

• Range of celebratory

community events with arts and

culture activities to promote

Six Ways to Wellbeing

• Story telling

• Crowed-sourced poem

• Drawing workshops

• Sound workshops

• Movement workshops

• Drama workshops

• Dance routines

• Poetry workshops

• Mask making

• Creating a digital 'harp'

• Theatre visits / performances

• Film making

• Creation of

listening/smelling/tasting maps

on Margate beach

Six creative organisations (4 were partnerships of 1 or more)

Activities included:

Review…Throughout whole process

For the commissioner:

• Specification

• Market engagement

• Procurement process

• Assessment criteria

• Interventions

• Outputs vs outcomes

• Contract management

• Is it value for money

For the Providers:

• Outputs vs outcomes

• Interpretation of specification

• Monthly monitoring

• How they deliver social outcomes whilst maintaining artistic mission

• Delivery challenges - timeframe, target numbers, budget

• Reflective – ongoing learning; CPD

Key learning so far…

• Not all cultural orgs ready for commissioning

• Not all commissioners understand the value of arts &

culture in delivering outcomes

• Procurement process not entirely fit for purpose

• Shared vision is necessary

• A&C deliver ‘added value’ but is not evaluated

• More response and lead-in time required

• Need for more partnerships in and out of culture sector

• Culture change needed on both sides

Ingredients…

• True partnership working

• Shared vision

• Expertise

• Time

• Determination

• Political buy-in

The road ahead…ROADMAP – April 2015

• Continue to work with Public Health and other KCC services to create cultural

commissioning opportunities

• Work with Bridges and Children’s services to develop commissioning

opportunities

• Working with New Economics Foundation as national pilot through Cultural

Commissioning Programme to effect change at policy level and

‘make the case’

• Assess support needs of culture sector going forward

• Create opportunities for arts and cultural orgs to develop relationships with

more traditional providers of social care / VCS

• Focus on evaluating and evidencing ‘soft’ outcomes / added value / impact

measurement

• Promote KCC commissioning opportunities (even if they are not specifically

asking for A&C)

We like talking about our work…

• Laura Bailey, Arts & Regeneration Officer, Arts & Culture Service,

Kent County Council: [email protected]

• Vicky Tovey, Commissioning Manager, Public Health, Kent County Council:

[email protected]

• Lucy Medhurst, Strategic Manager, Artswork:

[email protected]

• Emma Crook, Programme Manager, Royal Opera House Bridge:

[email protected]

Thanks for listening – any questions