01. Introduction

The cultural infrastructure plan provides the opportunity to embed culture across Ealing by providing the opportunity to plan for culture in the same way as we plan for housing and transport. It is rooted in robust evidence and provides clear plans for delivery.

The cultural infrastructure plan is embedded in the council's other plans and frameworks including the council plan 2022-2026 and directly responds to the priorities set out in the cultural manifesto.

This cultural infrastructure plan is a key action emerging from the cultural manifesto and accompanying action plan. The cultural manifesto made the case for turbo-charging the impacts of culture, provided critical direction-setting for Ealing's cultural growth, and created a framework for all of Ealing's "367,100 Creatives" to contribute to and to benefit from. An accompanying action plan sets out a pathway to do so. However, the borough must ensure the availability of cultural space to integrate culture into everyday life and ensure that residents in each of Ealing's seven towns can benefit. By embedding culture across the borough, Ealing will support cultural consumption facilities, cultural production and creative supply chains and lock in cultural space for years to come. In doing so, it will create pathways towards council priorities: creating good jobs, tackling the climate crisis and fighting inequality.

Sets out the council vision, strategy and commitments for the next four years and centred around three themes – creating good jobs, tackling the climate crisis, fighting inequality.

Provides a framework for achieving the council's ambitions around art and culture that have been outlined in the council plan 2022–2026.

Serves as Ealing's blueprint for what cultural spaces are needed for its diverse communities over the short, medium and long term so that the ambitions in the cultural manifesto can be achieved.