Activity Group: People Activity: Culture and Heritage These include: How this Activity Contributes to the Vision and Related • forming partnerships with organisations and institutions that contribute to cultural well-being (eg the collections database project) Community Outcomes supporting projects that reflect and strengthen Marlborough’s cultural identity • This Activity helps to achieve the Vision by promoting quality lifestyles and well-being, and to the Community Outcomes of Governance, People, Economy and Living as • managing the cultural and heritage assets and resources in a sustainable manner. outlined below. Council also provides annual heritage operating grants and access to a contestable Outcome Actions grant fund. Governance Supporting the community’s aspirations related to arts and A range of operating grants/contracts are provided to key heritage, arts and culture heritage services through the professional delivery of services. organisations in Marlborough. These include: People Providing access to funding for services. • Marlborough Heritage Trust, including funding for the database of Marlborough Promoting understanding of the process to access funding. heritage collections Providing essential services. • Edwin Fox, Renwick, Havelock and Flaxbourne museums Economy Providing opportunities for people to undertake rewarding work in • Marlborough District Brass Band the heritage and arts sectors. Millennium Art Gallery • Promoting employment that reflects the changing demographics Picton Historical Society. of youth, older people and families. • Acknowledging the volunteer sector as a key contributor to Council’s relationships with its partners in the heritage and arts sectors will remain its heritage services. most important resource in delivering this Activity. Living Supporting the cultural richness of the District. Enabling arts and heritage services to be accessible to the Major Budgeted Capital Projects community at large. The following table outlines the major budgeted projects and areas of expenditure What is this Activity About? proposed for this Activity over the next 10 years. Although these items are budgeted, in some cases further public consultation will be required with the relevant community This Activity promotes cultural well-being. Council defines “culture” as encompassing before the project is implemented. These projects are also listed under the Capital the customs, practices, languages, values and world views that define social groups in Expenditure line of the Funding Impact Statement at the end of this Activity section. Marlborough. Practices such as arts, design and architecture reflect and create our cultural identity. Likewise, the ways in which we approach and understand our heritage Major Capital Projects Inflated value shapes our image of ourselves, and the image we convey to future generations. Asset (Millions) The Marlborough culture is unique: nowhere else in the world is there the same Art Gallery 2020-21 Construction of new art gallery as part $2.1 combination of people, place and practices. Cultural identity — the sense of of the Blenheim Riverside Precinct project. connection with other people through a shared culture — can make a strong contribution to a person’s overall well-being. Responding to community changes requires a continual balance between the old and the new. Emerging Issues and Expected Changes The Council’s Arts and Culture Strategy, and its Heritage Strategy, outline the Funding Council’s roles in the arts and heritage sectors, and the ways in which it proposes working with the community to achieve outcomes for culture and heritage. The Heritage and Arts sectors are under stress due to limited funding sources and a need to invest in new technology, update collections and collection practices, and cope 2018-2028 Long Term Plan Page 35