Devon Cultural Education Partnership (DCEP)

Local Cultural Education Partnerships (LCEPs) support children and young people to fulfil their creative potential and access high-quality cultural experiences where they live, where they go to school, and where they spend their free time.

Partners come together from across sectors, responding to local needs and interests, to drive a more joined-up cultural education offer, share resources, and improve the visibility of cultural education in their local area.

Devon CEP (DCEP) is a strategic partnership working together to increase engagement in cultural education for children and young people in our local area.

DCEP currently meets twice per term as a whole group, and we also form working parties when needed. We have an online platform where we share communications and relevant information within the group. DCEP works closely with Torbay’s CEP, TASN (Torbay Arts and Schools Network).

DCEP seeks to reflect the diversity of our locality and the world around us and we are committed to cultivating a culture of inclusion.

Join Us

We warmly welcome representatives from cultural organisations, education settings, music education hubs, the youth sector, local authority, local employers, creative industries, freelancers, organisations with specialisms such as health and planning, and local communities to get in touch and take part in DCEP. Please contact admin@daisi.org.uk or one of the Devon Cultural Partnership members who include:

“The arts are a positive force in society: children feel more confident in their ability to create, challenge and explore, to be part of society, and to make change happen. Access to the arts is access to our national life, and it is a social justice issue.”

Why the Arts Matter, Paul Hamlyn Foundation

DCEP current priorities are:

Stronger Together – increasing demand and engagement from more vulnerable children and young people
Shared knowledge – the more we know each other and what we are each doing the more we can work strategically together to make best use of resources and address gaps, and the more effectively we can communicate need
Visibility, advocacy and influence – raising awareness of the value of young people’s cultural engagement among influencers and decision makers. Communicating the richness of what’s available and its impact
Inclusion – ensuring diverse voices influence DCEP. Strategies to find the best way of engaging in the DCEP, for example for: young people; freelancers; teachers; youth workers; local authority
Shared initiatives or funding bids – the DCEP aims to work at a strategic level and is not primarily intended to make or deliver extra activity itself. However, from time-to-time new collaborative initiatives grow out of the group for example: to address identified needs; or make best benefit of national opportunities

For DCEPs manifesto and journey to date click here

Member contact details:

Liz Hill, Daisi – liz@daisi.org.uk / daisi.org.uk
Tanny Stobart, Play Torbay – tanny@playtorbay.org.uk / playtorbay.org.uk
Kerry Chappell, MA Creative Arts in Education Programme Leader, Graduate School of Education, University of Exeter – k.a.chappell@exeter.ac.uk / exeter.ac.uk
Erin Walcon, Doorstep Arts – erin@doorsteparts.co.uk / doorsteparts.co.uk
Kate Rudman, Sound Communities – kate@soundcommunities.co.uk / soundcommunities.co.uk
Phil Deburlet, MAKE Southwest – phil.deburlet@crafts.org.uk / crafts.org.uk
Samantha Remnant, The Plough Arts Centre – samantha@theploughartscentre.org.uk / theploughartscentre.org.uk
Jacob Brandon, Artizan Gallery – jacobbrandon@artizangallery.co.uk / artizangallery.co.uk
James Carr, Drum Devon – drumdevon@gmail.com / facebook.com/drummingdevon
Abby Stobart, MED Theatre – abbystobart@medtheatre.co.uk / www.medtheatre.co.uk