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Arts Council Briefing session 10 November 2010
The regional director and chair of the regional council held a briefing session to discuss changes to Arts Council England's funding programme. They outlined that the government settlement resulted in a 29.6% cut over four years, reducing the budget from £449m to £350m. The new funding programme will have open applications, fixed term funding agreements between 2-6 years, criteria-based funding agreements focused on goals and priorities, and a balance between organization types and artforms. Applications are due January 24th and decisions will be announced in March.
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- 1. Briefing session 10 November2010 Ros Robins, Regional Director, Peter Phillips, Regional Council Chair Arts Council England Ockham’s Razor performing Memento Mori
- 2. Agenda • What wedo • Settlement from government • Achieving great art for everyone • The new funding programme and applications • Questions
- 3. Settlement from government •29.6%cut in real terms over four years: from £449m to £350m •regularly funded organisations cut by 6.9% in 2011/12 •by 2014/15, overall organisations budget cut by 14.9% •administration costs cut by 50% by end of four years
- 4. Achieving great artfor everyone Goal 1 Talent and artistic excellence are thriving and celebrated Goal 2 More people experience and are inspired by the arts Goal 3 The arts are sustainable, resilient and innovative Goal 4 The arts leadership and workforce are diverse and highly skilled Goal 5 Every child and young person has the opportunity to experience the richness of the arts
- 5. New funding programme Fourmajor changes from the regular funding programme • an open application process • funds for a fixed term of normally three years, but flexibility for variable length funding agreements for 2 to 6 years • a funding agreement with organisations based on clear criteria and shared goals • a funding agreements based around ‘strategic’ and ‘programme’ relationships, rather than ‘one-size-fits-all’
- 6. Eligibility • based inthe United Kingdom • engage people in arts activities or help artists and arts organisations to carry out their work • the work we fund takes place mainly in England • contribute towards two or more of our five goals • must not be aimed at making a profit to be distributed to members or shareholders Applicants must be incorporated Minimum grant: £40,000 per year Successful applicants will not be eligible for Grants for the arts
- 7. The criteria fordecision-making Stage one – assessment of the application: • contribution to our goals and priorities • governance, leadership and management • financial sustainability of the organisation Stage two – balancing the portfolio: • all of our goals and priorities • diversity • a range of artforms • different sizes and types of organisations • geographical spread
- 8. Applications All organisations haveto provide their: • mission • proposed programme of work and how they would use our funding • management accounts for 2010/11 • planned budget for 2011/12 • outline budget for 2012/13-2014/15 Those not regularly funded have to provide: • most recent financial statements • evidence to demonstrate how they meet our criteria (eg. governance, quality, engaging audiences, risks) You decide how much funding to apply for.
- 9. Timeline November open forapplications Briefing meetings and ongoing conversations January Deadline for applications 10am 24 January Relationship Managers start to assess applications FebruaryModeration March Regional Councils take decisions <£800k National Council takes decisions >£800k We will write to all applicants and announce decisions April Publish Arts Council Plan 2011/12 – 2014/15
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