West Midlands Combined Authority's primary role around culture has been as an enabler and influencer to ensure our arts, cultural & creative sector can thrive through launching new funding streams and working in closer partnership with government and arms-length bodies, such as Arts Council England.
To underpin our decision-making, WMCA has two advisory groups that ensure we are fully informed of the sector, its needs, opportunities and how these are changing.
Our Cultural Leadership Board (CLB) has board members representing different parts of the cultural & creative sector across the WMCA geography.
Our Cultural Officer’s Group (COG) is made up of senior cultural officers from our constituent and non-constituent local authorities, and until recently also included Local Enterprise partnerships, which now longer don't exist.