Cllr Susan Hinchcliffe. Image ©Bradford 2025
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Susan Hinchcliffe, leader of City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council and chair of the Bradford Cultural Place Partnership
‘I am delighted to see the fruition of Culture Is Our Plan, which has been made with the people of our District over a two-year period. The plan doesn’t pretend to have all the answers. But it offers a ten-year vision, ten ambitions and ten targets to help us on a journey of culture-led recovery and regeneration.
Every two years there will be a gathering of our growing cultural sector. It will be made up not only of artists, curators, designers, box-office assistants and conservators, but also of those key workers who are the bedrock of our communities – doctors, transport workers, hairdressers, factory workers; in fact anyone and everyone for whom culture is a part of life.
At these cultural events we will share our progress and reset our targets to create the next edition of the plan. We will reaffirm our collective belief in the power of creativity to benefit the lives of everyone in the District. So, pencil May 2023 in your diary.
Halfway along our journey we aim to become the UK City of Culture 2025. Winning this designation would put rocket fuel in our tank and accelerate our journey to a better future. But whether we win that accolade or not, Culture Is Our Plan will stand, and will be our guide to a better, more creative, inclusive and successful Bradford District for everyone.’
