East London Cultural Tourism Group
What is the East London Cultural Tourism Group?
The aim of the East London Cultural Tourism Group is to raise the cultural profile of East London and to support the regeneration of East London.
What support does it provide?
The East London Cultural Tourism Group is a network of cultural destinations, events and relevant strategic partners across east London including venues, galleries, museums, festivals and events organisers.
The Group exists to:
- Build contacts
- Exchange information
- Develop joint initiatives
- Discuss shared issues and opportunities.
Who does it support?
The ELCTG is made up of both public and private sector organisations. It currently comprises of over 40 cultural destinations and events organisers. In 2002 when the first members were brought together it consisted solely of organisations based in Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets but its members now represent the 10 London boroughs of the Thames Gateway (Barking & Dagenham, Corporation of London, Greenwich, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Lewisham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest) as well as over 5 strategic partners.
The Group was established with the support of Arts Council England and ERDF funding and is facilitated by CIDA – the Cultural Industries Development Agency. It now receives support through Fusion East, a year long programme of events and promotional activities across Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham.
To find out more about the East London Cultural Tourism Group please contact CIDA.
The East London Cultural Tourism Group includes:
A&B London, Alternative Arts, Arcola Arts Council England London, Audiences London, Barbican, Canary Wharf Group PLC, Chats Palace Arts Centre, CIDA, Dennis Severs House, Discover, East London Dance - Stratford Circus, East London Design Show, Excel, Fan Museum, F-est, Rhodes+Mann Gallery, Geffrye Museum, Great Eastern Hotel, Greenwich & Docklands Festival, Greenwich Theatre, Hackney Empire, Hackney Museum, Horniman Museum, Hoxton Hall, LB Hackney, LB Lewisham, LB Newham, LBTH Arts & Events, LBTH Regeneration (Business and Investment), Lee Valley Park, London 2012, London Development Agency, Hidden Art, Museum of Childhood at Bethnal Green, Museum of London Group, National Maritime Museum, Old Truman Brewery, Oxford House, Ragged School Museum, Redbridge Museum, Rich Mix Centre, Serco Docklands Limited, Shoreditch Map Company, Shoreditch Trust, Spitalfields Festival, Spitz, The Broadway, Theatre Royal Stratford East, Topsail Events & Charters, Tour East London, London Tourism Network, Tower of London, Urban Space Management, Visit London, Visitbricklane, White Cube, Whitechapel Art Gallery, William Morris Gallery and Vestry House Museum.
