Purpose

Trafford’s Cultural Strategy has been developed over the past year, drawing on extensive research as well as consultation and engagement with a wide range of stakeholders.

The vision of the Cultural Strategy is – “We will make Trafford a place powered by cultural and creative expression that comes from everyone, and which will enrich lives and life chances.” This is underpinned by 3 main strategic aims focussing on Leadership, Talent and Communities.

Further engagement has led to the co-produced action plan to activate the strategy. The action plan is starting point, so will grow and be refined once implementation begins.

Decision

1. That the implementation of a ‘pilot’ of the sustainable operating model as set out in Option 3 C of this report, which includes the introduction of access gates, charging policy and the procurement of a specialist operator be approved.
2. That delegation of authority to the Corporate Director of Place to procure an operator and to agree the terms of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) funding and finalise the terms of any funding agreement be approved.
3. That the delegation of authority to the Director of Legal and Governance to agree and enter into any documents required to implement the above decisions be approved.