BFOI-016213 - Inclusivity and Diversity

Request

Could you please provide the following information.

For projects from January 2024 up to date, and for ongoing work and upcoming, planned work.

Public art

• What is being done to make the town hall space more inclusive in terms of race, and LGBT inclusion?
• What artworks have been installed or removed to help with this? (e.g. paintings linked to empire and slavery).
• What public art, more generally, has been commissioned to improve diversity and inclusion?
• What public art, more generally, has been removed, given greater context, or reviewed for links to offensive or outmoded issues (e.g. statues linked to empire and slavery)?

Local museums

• What is being done to make local museums (if applicable) more inclusive in terms of race, and LGBT inclusion?
• What displays have been added or updated to help with this? For example, have outdated displays been taken down?
• What research is being undertaken?
• What tours are available?
• What advice on racial inclusion and LGBT issues is provided to staff?

Libraries

• If applicable, what is being done to make local libraries more inclusive in terms of race, and LGBT inclusion?
• What books have been added to stock in relation to this?
• What books have been removed or moved to a reserve stack, or a less prominent place, because their content might be problematic (e.g. outdated, racist, homophobic, transphobic, Islamophobic)?
• Can you provide details of any complaint received in the timeframe relating to the above issues?

Response

Breckland District Council does not hold the information you are seeking, as it falls under the remit of Norfolk County Council or the relevant town or parish council.

You may wish to direct your request to them via the following link: Freedom of Information - Norfolk County Council.

Town and parish council contact information can be accessed via the relevant council contact information pages.