The strategy – Grown in Greater Manchester. Known Around The World – identifies areas of strategic opportunity across the city-region.

It also sets out a clear plan of how all 10 Greater Manchester districts will work together to target resources that will develop, celebrate, protect and promote the significant culture and heritage assets of Greater Manchester.

The strategy is set to go before Leaders at March’s Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) meeting for approval.

This strategy, which will run between April 2019 and March 2024, provides Greater Manchester with an exciting opportunity to refine and articulate its long-term ambitions for culture, heritage and the creative industries.

The plan sets out a clear plans to ensure the individual strengths of all ten Greater Manchester districts, can come together for the benefit of all residents.

In 2018, the GMCA spoke to hundreds of Greater Manchester residents to find out what culture, heritage and creativity meant to them.

The answers that came back were as diverse as the city-region itself. People said that culture, for them, meant religion, food, sport and enjoying the outdoors.

These responses helped to shape the plan and there is a clear focus on trying to deliver on resident’s priorities through this new culture strategy.

Greater Manchester portfolio lead for Culture, Cllr Linda Thomas, said: “This strategy sets out how, through investment and partnership, our ten local authorities, and the cultural organisations that work within them, can ensure everyone is able to enjoy the richness of Greater Manchester’s culture and heritage.