East London Cultural Education Alliance (ELCEA)
The East London Cultural Education Alliance (ELCEA) is an alliance of representatives from seven East London boroughs: Barking and Dagenham, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, and Waltham Forest.
The group consists of cultural organisations , local authority representatives, music hubs, teachers and young people.
ELCEA aims to maximise the impact of cultural education across East London, formed to bring together a number of partners across East London to ensure that the existing provision, learning, and support for cultural education is available to all young people and delivered in the most effective way.
Vision
ELCEA exists to drive cultural education so that every child in East London has access to a high-quality education offer
Mission
Ensuring a broad range of high-quality cultural education to contribute to the development of all children and young people in East London
Goals
ELCEA will advocate for a well-distributed, high-quality cultural education offer across East London
ELCEA will ensure effective communication across all stakeholders, including young people
ELCEA will share and build on combined resources to strengthen innovation, impact, maximise efficiencies and develop a rich knowledge bank
ELCEA will support the creation of pathways through the cultural education offer in East London
What is the value of ELCEA
as identified by partnership members
Steering Committee members include
Creative Schools/ Eastside (lead convenor), A New Direction, Barbican/Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Culture Mile Learning, Barking and Dagenham Cultural Education Partnership, Creative Barking & Dagenham, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park EAST Education Group, London Legacy Development Corporation, Hackney Council, Hackney Music Service, Havering Music Service, Havering Local Education Partnership, Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch, Havering Changing, Creative Newham, Rosetta Arts, Newham Music, Newham Cultural Education Partnership, Redbridge Vision, Redbridge Music Service, Tower Hamlets Arts and Music Education Service (THAMES), Waltham Forest Cultural Education Partnership, Waltham Forest Music Hub, school representatives, and young people.