1.            To review the Torbay Council English Riviera (Outdoor) Events Strategy 2021 – 2027 (Events Strategy) to determine if the objectives are still relevant and make recommendations.

2.         To consider if the events that the Council supports are contributing towards the delivery of the English Riviera Destination Management Plan (DMP) 2022 – 2030.

Information Required:

·         Torbay Council English Riviera (Outdoor) Events Strategy 2021 – 2027

·         Delivery and Action Plan plus Key Performance Indicators and review of actions over the past two years

·         English Riviera Destination Management Plan 2022 – 2030

·         Structure chart for Culture and Events.

·         Details of the budget for Culture and Events for the last 5 years and what % of the overall Council budget this is.

·         High level details on how the Culture and Events budget has been spent over the past two years, what this has been spent on and how has this delivered the Events Strategy.

Key Lines of Enquiry:

·         Are the objectives of the Torbay Council English Riviera (Outdoor) Events Strategy 2021 – 2027 still relevant?

·         How much of the Events Strategy has been delivered to date?

·         Are there any elements of the Events Strategy that could benefit from change?

·         Does the Events Strategy compliment the English Riviera Destination Management Plan 2022 – 2030?

·         Do the events that the Council supports contribute towards the delivery of the English Riviera Destination Management Plan (DMP) 2022 – 2030?

Note:  A document:  Responses to Key Lines of Enquiry Events has been provided with the following Appendices

·         Appendix 1 - Budget Digest Culture and Events 19-20

·         Appendix 2 - Budget Digest Culture and Events 20-21

·         Appendix 3 - Budget Digest Culture and Events 21-22

·         Appendix 4 - Budget Digest Culture and Events 22-23

·         Appendix 5 - Budget Digest Culture and Events 23-24

·         Appendix 6 - Budget Digest overall council budget 23-24

·         Appendix 7 - Culture and Events Structure May 2023 (Exempt)

·         Appendix 8 - ECH Budget PB271123 – events, culture and heritage fund budget for the past 3 years inclusive (Exempt)

·         Appendix 9 - Events Strategy suggested updates

·         Appendix 10 - Events strategy part 2 Evidence base and supporting information

·         Appendix 11 - Events strategy action plan (Exempt)

(Due to the sensitive commercial and financial data contained within Appendices 7, 8 and 11 they are exempt from publication in the public domain).

Other background documents:

·         Torbay Council English Riviera (Outdoor) Events Strategy 2021 – 2027 https://www.torbay.gov.uk/DemocraticServices/documents/s112183/Events%20Strategy%20Appendix.pdf#:~:text=This%20strategy%20has%20a%20focus%20on%20outdoor%20events,Council%20land%20by%20the%20Torbay%20Council%20Events%20Team.

·         English Riviera Destination Management Plan 2022 – 2030 https://www.torbay.gov.uk/council/policies/economic-regeneration/dmp/

(Note:  The Cabinet Member for for Pride in Place, Culture & Events and Parking, Councillor Billings, The Divisional Director Economy, Environment and Infrastructure, Lisa Tuck, the Executive Director Torbay Culture, and the Service Manager for Culture and Events, Phil Black have been invited to the meeting for this item.)