Building Education and Community Partnerships
One of the main reasons Tate Modern has been so successful is
by maintaining a balance as an international, national and local
museum. We are committed to working with our local communities
in South London and to playing an active part in the area in which
we live and work.
- We have developed a strong
partnership with Southwark schools
and community organisations and
they feature strongly in the 1.5 million
educational visits which have taken
place since Tate Modern opened.
- We have collaborated on a wide
range of initiatives from supporting
Sure Start programmes for young
children to profiling the work of
charities such as Kids Company and
hosting community events such as
the Frost Fair and the Thames Festival.
- We have responded to community
interests by hosting a community
film club with over 400 members
which meets monthly and by
developing a community garden with
local residents which will open in
September 2006.
As the project takes shape we are developing further our
educational and community benefits programme, through
discussions with our community liaison group, education partners
and local communities.
- We are involving different
groups from all ages and cultural
backgrounds in the discussions about
what facilities we need to provide for
community groups and what sort of
programme they would like to see at
Tate Modern.
- We will strengthen our relationship
with the 3,000 residents and 30,000
people working close by Tate Modern,
and extend this further in Southwark
and Lambeth so that people can be
part of, and contribute to, the cultural
campus around Tate Modern.
- During construction, and the
subsequent operation of the building,
we will ensure that local people
benefit from employment, creative
apprenticeships and training.
- As a key player in the Cultural
Quarter, (an affiliation of 20 cultural
organisations stretching from the
London Eye to the Design Museum)
we are committed to enabling every
child in Lambeth and Southwark to
take part in cultural activity. We will
also undertake research to provide
firm foundations for a cultural
strategy for the whole Cultural
Quarter with access for all.
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