?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Understanding+the+drivers%2C+impact+and+value+of+engagement+in+culture+and+sport%3A+An+over-arching+summary+of+the+research&rft.creator=Cooper%2C+A&rft.description=The+CASE+programme+is+a+joint+strategic+research+programme+led+by+the+Department+for+Culture%2C+Media+and+Sport+(DCMS)+and+its+sector-leading+arms-length+bodies%3A+Arts+Council+England%2C+English+Heritage%2C+Museums%2C+Libraries+and+Archives+Council+and+Sport+England.+The+aim+of+CASE+is+to+use+interdisciplinary+research+methods+and+analysis+to+inform+the+development+of+policy+in+culture+and+sport.+CASE+is+closely+linked+to+the+Taking+Part+Survey+both+in+terms+of+using+data+from+the+survey+and+in+using+the+definitions+of+the+sectors+implicit+in+the+choice+of+activities+and+levels+of+engagement+included+in+the+survey.The+programme+was+set+up+in+2008+and+the+%E2%80%98drivers%2C+impact+and+value+of+engagement%E2%80%99+project+was+commissioned+in+December+of+that+year.+A+year+and+half+later%2C+and+the+largest+single+piece+of+policy+research+in+culture+and+sport+is+published.+This+is+no+ordinary+research+project.+It+is+almost+a+programme+in+itself%2C+comprising+3+different+strands%2C+each+with+a+major+report.+It+is+the+most+comprehensive+piece+of+work+in+this+field%2C+assessing+a+huge+range+of+research+and+data%2C+setting+the+foundations+for+evidence-based+policy-making+in+culture+and+sport+upon+which+future+work+can+build.+In+addition+to+the+reports%2C+two+new+tools+have+been+created+to+help+policy-makers+employ+the+available+evidence%3A+A+new%2C+comprehensive+research+database+and+a+new+computer+simulation+model.+These+provide+a+step-change+in+the+ability+to+build+culture+and+sport+policy+using+evidence%2C+and+to+retain+the+future+knowledge+gained+through+new+initiatives+both+in+the+UK+and+abroad.+These+resources+will+add+value+to+a+huge+range+of+activities+in+this+sphere.&rft.subject=Cultural+policy%2C+government+report&rft.publisher=Department+for+Culture%2C+Media+and+Sport&rft.date=2010-07&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++Department+for+Culture%2C+Media+and+Sport%3A+London%2C+UK.+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10075846%2F1%2FCASE-supersummaryFINAL-19-July2010.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10075846%2F&rft.rights=open