{"id":2710,"date":"2018-11-22T10:02:39","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T10:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/?p=2710"},"modified":"2018-11-22T12:47:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T12:47:21","slug":"new-kilkenny-cultural-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/2018\/11\/new-kilkenny-cultural-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"New Kilkenny Cultural Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kilkenny County Council launched its\u00a0new Cultural Strategy for Arts, Heritage and Libraries<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kilkenny County Council has launched a new 5 year Cultural Strategy for Arts, Heritage and Libraries<\/a>. The strategy provides a framework for the delivery of the Arts, Heritage and Library Services of Kilkenny County Council from 2018 to 2022. It replaces the former Arts Plan, Biodiversity Plan, Heritage Plan and Library Plan.<\/p>\n

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Garden Bumble Bee<\/p><\/div>\n

Welcoming the strategy Cllr. Eamon Aylward, Cathaoirleach Kilkenny County Council said \u201cOur culture is vital for the life of Kilkenny\u2019s citizen\u2019s. It underpins employment, health and well-being, quality of life, and civic participation. We have a responsibility to conserve and enhance our culture for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mary Mulholland, Director of Services, commented \u201cWe welcome this new integrated approach to cultural services in Kilkenny. Current national policy encourages more collaboration across all the sectors and we are delighted to be one of the first local authorities to adopt this approach\u201d<\/p>\n

The publication of the new strategy follows an extensive public consultation process, coordinated by the Cultural Services Team of Kilkenny County Council, which identified 5 key strategic priorities:<\/p>\n

I.\u00a0Enable best practice delivery of culture
\nII.\u00a0Increase and diversify participation in culture
\nIII.\u00a0Support culture in rural and urban areas
\nIV.\u00a0Engage children and young people in culture
\nV.\u00a0Communicate the value of culture<\/p>\n

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Bealtaine 2018<\/p><\/div>\n

Kilkenny County Council is committed, in partnership with others, to the delivery of the actions in the Cultural Strategy plan over the period 2018-2022.<\/p>\n

Copies of the plan are available in Irish and English from the Arts Office, Heritage Office and County Library or can be downloaded here.<\/p>\n

Kilkenny County Council Cultural Strategy for Arts, Heritage and Libraries 2018-2022<\/a>
\nStraiteis Chultuir Chomhairle Contae Chill Chainnigh Ealaiona, Oidhreacht agus Leabharlanna 2018-2022<\/a>
\nKilkenny County Council Cultural Strategy for Arts, Heritage and Libraries 2018-2022 Appendices<\/a><\/p>\n

For further information contact any of the following members of the Cultural Service Team:
\nMary Butler, Arts Officer, mary.butler@kilkennycoco.ie. Phone: 056-7794138
\nDearbhala Ledwidge, Heritage Officer, dearbhala.ledwidge@kilkennycoco.ie\u00a0 Phone: 056-7794925
\nJosephine Coyne, County Librarian, josephine.coyne@kilkennycoco.ie Phone: 056-7794161<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kilkenny County Council launched its\u00a0new Cultural Strategy for Arts, Heritage and Libraries Kilkenny County Council has launched a new 5 year Cultural Strategy for Arts, Heritage and Libraries. The strategy provides a framework for the delivery of the Arts, Heritage and Library Services of Kilkenny County Council from 2018 to 2022. It replaces the former […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[461,1,139],"tags":[468,467],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2710"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kilkennyheritage.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}