Culture Plan

Sector evidence

In the development of the Culture Plan, we undertook, commissioned and collated a great amount of sector data and research, to help provide evidence to back the Culture Plan, and to make the case for the value of culture more widely.

Our work with this is ongoing and central to our mission to put culture at the heart of our community. In service to this, we have created a resource library that is openly accessible for other organisations developing proposals or funding applications.

If this resource would be of use to you in your activities to support culture to thrive, you can access them via the link below.

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CREATIVE INDUSTRIES VALUE

365

Creative and cultural
enterprises in Plymouth

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3,350

Estimated Total Employment in Creative Industries in 2022

a growth of around
9.8% on 2019 figures

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£150m

Approximate total
Real GVA of Creative
Industries in 2022

growing from 98m in 2020

Downloads

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City demographics

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Culture Makes Community Campaign

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Culture Makes Economy Campaign

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Culture Makes Education Campaign

Useful Reports

ACE - Culture and Place Data Explorer Detailed Report

Core Cities UK reports

Key Cities Culture and Places in Britain report

The State of the Arts report

Music education report

Guild HE and Ukadia Value of Creative Graduates report

Cultural Learning Alliance - Report Card 2024

Cultural Learning Alliance Key Findings