A1.1 Map of Region

• Kent: Stephanie Barklam: Stephanie.barklam@kent.gov.uk
• Medway (unitary): Thelma Talty: thelma.talty@medway.gov.uk
• East Sussex: Hilary Lane: hilary.lane@eastsussex.gov.uk
• Brighton and Hove (unitary): Donna Close:
  Donna.Close@brighton-hove.gov.uk
• West Sussex: Lorna Brown: Lorna.Brown@westsussex.gov.uk
• Surrey: Alison Clarke: sca.visual@surreycc.gov.uk
• Hampshire: Janet Mein: Janet.Mein@hants.gov.u
• Southampton(unitary):Christine Rawnsley: Christine.Rawnsley@southampton.gov.uk
• Portsmouth (unitary): Claire Looney: Claire.Looney@portsmouthcc.gov.uk
• Isle of Wight (unitary): Maria Wilkinson: Maria.Wilkinson@IOW.gov.uk
• West Berkshire (unitary).
• Reading (unitary): Tammy Bedford: Tammy.Bedford@reading.gov.uk
• Wokingham (unitary): Patricia Steinhardt: Patricia.Steinhardt@wokingham.gov.uk
• Windsor and Maidenhead (unitary)
• Bracknell Forest (unitary): Lynne Dick: lynne.dick@Bracknell-Forest.gov.uk
• Slough (unitary): Andy Lee: andyl@slough.gov.uk
• Oxfordshire: Richard Munro: Richard.Munro@Oxfordshire.gov.uk
• Buckinghamshire: Vicky Hope-Walker: vicky.hopewalker@btinternet.com
• Milton Keynes: Lucy Bedford: Lucy.Bedford@Milton-keynes.gov.uk
  
  
  

A1.3 District Authorities

A full list of Arts Officers is included in this Guide and will be updated on-line on a regular basis. Your county arts officer will be able to tell you which authorities are part of your local authority partnership.

A guide to regional agencies and their roles

All ways Learning
www.allwayslearning.org.uk
All Ways Learning supports the learning and professional development of people managing the arts in the South East.

SETA
www.seta.org.uk
SETA is an arts venue and promoter development organisation. SETA produces touring & development projects, organises networking events, creates training programmes and shares information.

South East Dance
www.southeastdance.org.uk
South East Dance is a National Dance Agency and the lead organisation in the UK for screen dance with an outstanding international profile.

Arc
www.aspex.org.uk/arc.htm
ARC provides information, guidance and support for visual artists and craft practitioners through its resource at Aspex Gallery in Portsmouth and its partner organisations across the South East.

Anne Peaker Centre
www.apcentre.org.uk
Anne Peaker Centre is the national organisation that promotes and supports the use of the arts in criminal justice.

Dada South
www.dada-south.org.uk
Dada-South is the South-East’s thriving Disability Arts Development Agency, always raising the profile of Deaf and Disabled artists in the region and creating new and exciting opportunities, to accelerate Deaf and Disabled people’s careers in the Arts.

The Reading Agency
www.readingagency.org.uk
The Reading Agency helps libraries develop and maintain new ways of working, share good practice, continue to raise standards and to publicise the excellent work they do.

Artswork
www.artswork.org.uk
Artswork is an independent youth arts development agency committed to developing creative opportunities for young people aged 12-25.

Audiences participating in street performances with Quidams.  Image:  Matthew Andrews.

Arts and Business
www.aandb.org.uk
Arts and Business is a National organisation enabling business and its people to be more successful by engaging with the arts and to increase resources for the arts from business and its people. Regional offices in Brighton and Eastleigh.

Audience Development South East
www.developingaudiences.com
ADSE develop and manage the South East regional audience development strategy.

Screen South
www.screensouth.org
Screen South develop film and media in the South East.

Southeast Cultural Observatory
www.seco.org.uk
The observatory collates, interprets and present cultural information in order to maximise the impact of culture in the South East.

Culture South East
www.culturesoutheast.org.uk
CSE is the regional cultural consortium.

SEEDA (South East England Development Agency)
www.seeda.co.uk
SEEDA is the Regional Development Agency for the South East responsible for the sustainable economic development and regeneration of the region.

GOSE (Government Office for the South East)
www.go-se.gov.uk
GOSE represents central government in the region. It promotes better and more effective integration of Government policies and programmes at a regional and local level. The DCMS (Department of Culture Media and Sport) is represented at regional level within GOSE.

Regional NALGAO
The South East NALGAO representative is Michael Johnson from Test Valley Borough Council mjohnson@testvalley.gov.uk

Lorna Brown from West Sussex County Council is the Vice Chair of NALGAO lorna.brown@westsussex.gov.uk

A1.4 Arts Council England South East

Arts Council England, South East is based in Brighton. Local Authority officers receive a regular e-bulletin and we hold a Local Authority day twice a year. If you wish to receive the e-bulletin, please contact Charlotte Davis charlotte.davis@artscouncil.org.uk.

We have Resource Development officers who provide a regular contact for regional local authorities and specialist art form officers who can provide advice and information about their particular area of work. Our staff list and more information about Arts Council England can be found at www.artscouncil.org.uk

Our region also has four Creative Partnerships: Slough, East Kent, Hastings/East Sussex and Southampton/Isle of Wight. For more details about Creative Partnerships go to www.creative-partnerships.com

A1.5 Creative Industries

CIBAS South East
www.artscouncil.org.uk/cibas
There are various CIBAS (Creative Industries Business Advisory Service) projects around the South East region offering business advice, mentoring and networks for creative practitioners. These are in Farnham, Portsmouth, Hastings, Milton Keynes and Kent.