Culture Secretary declares culture, media and sport sectors crucial to national growth mission
Lisa Nandy sets out vision for unlocking growth and opportunity in the UK’s £170 billion culture, media and sport sectors.
- In her maiden speech, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy sets out vision for unlocking growth and opportunity in the UK’s £170 billion culture, media and sport sectors
- Event brings together more than 150 organisations including Warner Bros, Amazon, BBC, Paramount, Premier League, Sky, Channel 4, Royal Shakespeare Company in Manchester
- Nandy calls on DCMS sectors to help contribute to the government’s national growth mission, bringing people together and improving living standards in more villages, towns and cities
The Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has brought together leaders representing more than 150 strategically important organisations - spanning the creative industries, sport, media, youth services, tourism and the arts - at a summit in Manchester (Wednesday 31 July) to invite them to work with DCMS in delivering the Government’s national mission of economic growth over the next five years.
The event at Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum - the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution - highlights the Government’s clear statement of intent on widening opportunity outside of London and building closer partnerships with businesses across the whole country.
In her first major speech, she emphasised the social and economic potential of DCMS sectors for national renewal. Lisa Nandy told the audience:
Through our investment in grassroots sport and our determination that the legacy of the Paris Olympics and Euro 2024 is measured not just in trophies but in choices and chances for every child wherever they live and whatever their background.
Through our partnerships with our Mayors, Councils, Businesses and Charities to put rocket boosters under our growing industries – film and theatre, TV, fashion, video games, heritage and tourism – to take the brakes off the economy, create opportunity for every child and export our incredible talent to the world.
And through my drive to ensure the public appointments we make truly reflect our country in all its glorious diversity. Not to fulfil a quota, but to ensure that our government draws on the creative might of all of our people.
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