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REPORT OF THE

EXECUTIVE MEMBER FOR CULTURE, COMMUNITIES AND RECREATION

PART II

FIND YOUR TALENT PLAN FOR 2009/10

1. Find your Talent is a national pathfinder programme jointly sponsored by the Departments for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Children, Schools and Families. A bid, developed by a partnership of the County Council, Portsmouth City Council and Southampton City Council to act as one of the 10 pathfinders in the country, was successfully submitted and accepted with an indicative budget of £2,000,050 for the three-year programme.

2. At a meeting on 9 July 2009, the Executive Member for Culture, Communities and Recreation considered and approved the Find your Talent Plan for 2009/10. Further details can be found on Hantsweb at: 090709--R0702154226.

3. The Plan for the second year (2009/10) was submitted by the Find your Talent Steering Group and has been approved by the national body responsible for the management and delivery of the programme as a whole, Creativity, Culture, Education.

4. The Find your Talent Pathfinder has a priority for work with children and young people (aged 0 to 19) and their families and for particular parts of the region where access to cultural opportunities has been limited.

5. The 09/10 Plan is being delivered through four interlinked strands:

· Awareness and Advocacy

· Experiences

· Progression and transition

· Cultural Leadership

And through three principal programme mechanisms:

· Area Programme Funds

· Strategic (cross-PUSH) programmes

· Youth Voice and Influence programme

6. The programme is focused on providing access to an additional 3 hours per week activity beyond the curriculum, that grows out of and complements core entitlement. Its primary emphasis is on the development of cultural leadership by children and young people.

MARGARET SNAITH

Executive Member for Culture, Communities and Recreation