(a)

the Mayflower 400 had delivered successfully across a huge range of activities, through strong partnership and with determination and adaptability to drive Plymouth and partner objectives, despite the challenges;

(b)

whilst the pandemic had significantly impacted the delivery of the programme, the majority of the original cultural programme had been successfully rescheduled and had been taking place through late 2020 where appropriate and through the summer of 2021;

(c)

projects had been rescheduled to new dates, or had been redesigned for different delivery such as through digital means; only a small number had been cancelled, such as the Four Nations Ceremony on 11 July 2021;

(d)

Mayflower 400 had continued to -

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promote the city regionally, nationally and internationally;

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engage residents and give different communities varied ways to take part;

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deliver a cultural programme, whilst also supporting the cultural producers and performers involved during this highly challenging period for their sector;

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lay foundations for the visitor sector recovery and future international travel and cruises;

(e)

some individual events from the Mayflower 400 programme, led by partners and funded through grants from bodies such as the Arts Council England would now take place after September 2021 due to the pandemic (such a ‘This Land’ by the Theatre Royal and Illuminate led by Real Ideas Organisation);

(f)

the 2021 events had built on the success of the content delivered to date which had reached a cumulative audience of over four billion people through associated communications activity, which had supported Plymouth’s positioning as a vibrant destination and Britain’s Ocean City;

(g)

national and international marketing activity supporting the wider Plymouth destination activity would continue through to the end of 2021 and beyond; Mayflower 400 had exceeded its targeted visitor sector growth by 10%, as of 2019; the programme had been aligned with the wider pandemic recovery activity to ensure it made a full contribution to the city’s recovery as it transitioned out of lockdown.

(h)

whether the impact of the media coverage was known (given that this would have been impacted by the pandemic) and the financial impact this had on the city;

(i)

whether the £16m committed by the Arts Council England into Plymouth’s core arts and culture capacity over five years, was part of the Mayflower 400 project and if the funding would be ongoing;

(j)

the importance of building on the success of the Mayflower 400 project and continuing to maintain the momentum with future projects/events;

(k)

the importance of not only recognising the community involvement in the events that had taken place but also the unity of cross party working in order to continue to secure funding streams;

(l)

the level of international engagement with the Mayflower 400 project and whether there was an international appetite to travel to Plymouth once the Covid restrictions had been lifted.