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'A Place for Culture’ is a 5-year culture and creativity strategy in the borough of Brentwood.

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Its methodology has been developed with residents at its heart, meaning 157 organisations and venues have been interviewed or surveyed to inform it. The information that follows in this document is based on the following areas of research:

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  • Brentwood’s Creative Vision

  • Stakeholder & Community Engagement (Creative Scene)

  • Placemaking Within the Borough (Creative Place)

  • Forming A Representative Strategy (Recommendations)​

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Click to read the full strategy below:

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For a quick summary, watch the YouTube video below to find out how we transformed a vision into an action plan, alongside Brentwood residents, creatives, young people and businesses:

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Thank you to all of the residents, businesses and organisations who helped to create this strategy, find out more about the places already leading the creative way in Brentwood! Meet some of those organisations who have contributed thier time through interview and more by clicking on the links below:

Jo Bailey, Radio Presenter
Zenshin Consulting
Claire Gevaux Consulting
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Be part of elevating Brentwood as a place for culture with three new commissions!

Music Gear

Sound Youth

Are you connected to the music industry and want to create a network of youth empowering producers? 

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Apply for up to £5,000 by 24 August 2025 to create a new borough music network:

Artist in Studio

Creative

Co-labs

Can you help the borough's creatives succeed through training, experimentation and collaboration? 

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Apply for up to £20,000 by 24 August 2025 to energize the borough's creative scene and help local communities share their creative story!

Knitting Class

Community Creatives

Is helping people meet each other through creativity and culture your dream commission?

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Apply for up to £19,200 by 24 August 2025 to bring vulnerable and isolated communities together in the boroughs smallest and most rural districts: 

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