Grants for the Arts

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Credit Stephen Turner
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Arts Council England

• Arts Council England is the national development
  agency for the arts.
• We want the arts to be at the heart of our
  national life, reflecting the countrys rich and
  diverse cultural identity as only the arts can
• We want people in England to experience arts
  activities of the highest quality. We believe
  that access to the arts goes hand in hand with
  excellence

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Our Aims

• Supporting the Artist
• Enabling organisations to thrive
• Championing cultural diversity
• Offering opportunities for young people
• Encouraging growth

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Arts Festivals

• Important for the arts
• Important for audiences
• Important for diversity
• Important for our communities
• Important for the economy

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Arts Council England and Festivals

• Regular funding (RFOs)
• Managed funds
• Grants for the Arts

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Grants for the Arts

• Visit our website www.artscouncil.org.uk
• Telephone [phone]
• One national scheme
• No Deadlines
• Funded by the National Lottery
• www.lottery2009.culture.gov.uk

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What we fund

• ART
• Projects and events
• Commissions and productions
• Research and development
• Equipment
• Professional development and training
• Travel grants
• Fellowships and residencies

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What we dont fund

• ACTIVITIES THAT ARE NOT ARTS RELATED
• Film, unless it relates to artists work in the
  moving image.
• No public benefit either in the short or longer
  term
• Retrospective work i.e. goods or services bought
  or ordered before offer or activities that have
  already taken place
• Second-hand equipment
• Studentsfor activities related to their course
  of study or their tuition fees
• Activities or events mainly taking place outside
  Englandunless benefit brought back to England

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How much?

• Grants to organisations normally range from 200
  to 100,000 and can cover activities lasting up
  to three years. The average grant to an
  organisation in 2004/5 was 18,000
• In the South East region in 2005/6 we had a
  little over 6.5 million to distribute through
  Grants for the Arts to arts organisations

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The Application

• Website www.artscouncil.org.uk
• Telephone [phone]
• You and your work
• Making it happen
• The finances
• Benefits
• Meeting our aims
• Evaluation

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The Assessment

• Artistic Quality
• Management
• Financial
• Public Benefit
• Meeting our aims

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Our Aims

• Supporting the Artist
• Enabling organisations to thrive
• Championing cultural diversity
• Offering opportunities for young people
• Encouraging growth

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Additional considerations

• Is the application from an individual who has not
  received funding from us before?
• Will it benefit areas of the country with social
  deprivation or communities at risk of social
  exclusion?
• Will it benefit areas of the country or
  communities that have limited cultural
  infrastructure?
• Will it contribute to the arts infrastructure of
  the South East?

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The decision

• 6 weeks for applications of 5,000 or less
• 12 weeks for applications for over 5,000

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