BEXLEY CULTURE NETWORK

BEXLEY CULTURE NETWORK

The Exchange is an active member of Bexley’s Culture Network, a collective of organisations working to build the cultural offer in our borough. We have produced a Manifesto. If you are representative of an organisation and share these ambitions, then get in touch about becoming part of the network.

A CULTURAL MANIFESTO FOR BEXLEY

We believe in:

  • Arts, Crafts, and Culture can make a positive change - by boosting personal confidence and wellbeing, creating connections and understanding within communities, we will transform the places in which we live.

  • Creativity in Bexley - by working with people, communities, artists, and organisations we will grow and showcase ambitious arts, craft, local creativity and world class culture.

  • Community-led culture – local people will be empowered to decide on and make culture in their communities. Their contributions to the creative and cultural life in Bexley will be valued. 

  • Working together, so that the impact we have through collaboration is so much greater than if we work alone.

  • Diversity of voice and experience - by supporting a culture that is diverse and inclusive we will champion and make visible culture in Bexley so that it is representative of the many voices, identities, experiences and people that live here.

HOW WE WORK TOGETHER

We work together in the following ways to shape that celebration and the cultural ecology of the borough beyond 2025:

  • Sharing what we do and what we learn - to collectively grow and achieve more for our local area

  • Sharing the impact that we have - working together to bring further investment for culture into Bexley

  • Promoting each other’s work - to build participation and audiences for culture in Bexley

  • Encouraging other cultural organisations and groups to be a part of this work - building a stronger cultural offer for Bexley.