MAP Culture and heritage

S6: Culture and heritage worksheets
Q 1 What range of cultural facilities is available? 
For example, does the town have a theatre, cinema, art gallery, museum and library?
Q 2 Local events
a.What local events have the potential to draw the whole community together? 
b.What types of events are these (for example, fairs, festivals, and carnivals)? 
c.How regular are they?
d.How well attended are they?
e.What opportunities are there to develop such events? 
Q 3 Community venues
a.What community venues are there in the area?
b.Where are the community centres, village halls and other venues?
c.How does the number and location of available venues in the town and surrounding villages compare to the population and number of local community groups? 
 
d.What is the quality of these community venues and their facilities? 
Q 4 Arts-based community groups
a.How many people are involved in arts-based community groups?
b.What is this figure as a proportion of the local population?
c.What facilities are there to meet the needs of the local arts groups?
Q 5 Associations and links
a.What strong associations or links does the area have?
b.What locations are involved?
c.How well are these associations promoted?
Look at cultural associations (for example, famous people and events, literary links, famous products, and local foods), and historical associations (for example, battles, historic ruins, houses and parkland).
Q 6 Religious establishments 
a.What religious establishments are active in the community? 
b.Which denominations are served?
c.How well attended are the religious establishments? 
d.How do religious establishment groups work with other groups and the local authorities on social issues?
Q 7 Local reportage
a.What mechanisms does the local community have to report and comment on local events and issues? 
b.Where are they based?
c.Who contributes to them?
d.How effective are they in reaching their intended audiences? 
Is there, for example, a local paper, radio station, TV station, web-based forum, or town website?