Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure updating Members on activities at Blackfriars Priory in 2023 and providing an overview of activity proposed for the 2024-2025 financial period.

RESOLVED that the:

(1)       report is accepted, and progress noted;

(2)    planned activity for 2024-2025 is supported.

Cabinet considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure that updated Members on activities at Blackfriars Priory in 2023 and provided an overview of activity proposed for the 2024-2025 financial period.

The Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure drew Members’ attention to some of the events hosted, income generated, and awards gained in 2023 (Appendix A).  He attributed this success to the staff and thanked them for it.  The Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure looked forward to these achievements being built on in future to expand the venue’s reach and bring it into profit which he emphasised would be good for the local economy and represent great social value.

The Cabinet Member for Performance and Resources highlighted the forecast of an excess of almost £150,000 over the 2023/24 income target (3.3) and took the opportunity to place on record her own thanks and congratulations to the Blackfriars Team for what she perceived to be fantastic progress.  The Cabinet Member for Planning and Housing Strategy commented that it was great to see such a broad range of activities in 2023 bringing the historic building to life for a modern age. 

RESOLVED that the:

(1)       report is accepted, and progress noted;

(2)    planned activity for 2024-2025 is supported.