Foreword
Date:
Friday 27 November 2020
Time:
14:00 - 16:00
Location:
Virtual meeting
Organisers:
- Martin Sutherland, Chair of Cultural Leadership Board
- Julia Goldsworthy, Director of Strategy, WMCA
- Adam Hawksbee, Head of Policy and Programme Development
- Salla Virman, Cultural Policy Lead, secondment/Arts Council England
Attendees:
- Raidene Carter (Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games)
- Pamela Cole-Hudson (Gazebo)
- Indi Deol (DESIblitz)
- Parminder Dosanjh (Creative Black Country)
- Doreen Foster (Warwick Arts Centre)
- Ian Francis (Flatpack Film Festival)
- Jerrel Jackson (Creative Academies Network)
- Cheryl Jones (Grand Union)
- Andrew Lovett (Black Country Living Museum)
- Timothy Maycock (Birmingham Hippodrome)
- Julia Negus (Theatre Absolute)
- Karen Newman (Birmingham Open Media)
- Aftab Rahman (Legacy WM)
- Simeon Shtebunaev (Birmingham Architectural Association)
- Ammo Talwar (PUNCH Records)
Apologies:
- Catherine Mallyon, (Royal Shakespeare Company), CLB Vice-Chair
- Adrian Jackson (Wolverhampton Grand Theatre)
Guests of observers:
- Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands – Item 8
- Val Birchall, WMCA Cultural Officers Group – Observer & Item 7
- Phil Batty, Head of Ceremonies & Baton Relay, Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Ltd – Item 9
- Helen Kershaw, Head of WMCA Commonwealth Games Delivery, WMCA – Observer Item 9
Welcome & apologies
Apologies were noted.
Declarations of interest
Raidene Carter declared an interest in relation to Item 9.