Memorandum submitted by Arts Council England
East Midlands (EM2-10)
1. WHO IS
ARTS COUNCIL
ENGLAND?
1.1 Arts Council England work to get great
art to everyone by championing, developing and investing in artistic
experiences that enrich people's lives. As the national development
agency for the arts, we support a range of artistic activities
from theatre to music, literature to dance, photography to digital
art, carnival to crafts.
1.2 How we fund the arts nationally:
Between 2008 and 2011, we will invest £1.03 billion
of regular funding in around 880 arts organisations across
England, including Opera North, Sadler's Wells, the Royal Shakespeare
Company, Punchdrunk, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, and Southbank
Centre.
| 2009-10 national budget
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| Regularly funded organisations | 60%
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| Grants for the arts | 9% |
| Managed funds | 8% |
| Creativity, Culture & Education | 7%
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| Other Lottery programmes | 8%
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| Administration | 8% |
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Arts in the East Midlands
1.3 At Arts Council, East Midlands the next three years
2008-11—are pivotal. We will invest £46.5 million
from government and the National Lottery into the region's arts;
our focus is not only on igniting the ambitions of our artists,
arts organisations and regional partners but also raising the
region's international profile as a place for artistic innovation.
1.4 Completion of the £130 million programme
of capital investment into East Midlands arts venues during 2008-09 will
transform our arts opportunities. Through our funding partnerships
we will have created a range of world-class arts facilities in
both performing and visual arts. One of our priorities will be
to support the leaders of these and our other large arts organisations
so they are better equipped to build audiences and to connect
with artists both internationally and locally. Three of these
venues have cultural diversity and disability at their heart and
they will bring about a huge improvement in provision for disabled
and Black artists, participants and audiences in our region.
1.5 The priorities for us in the East Midlands are:
— Children & Young People.
— London 2012 (Cultural Olympiad).
Through the use of Managed Funds, Grants for the Arts and work
with our Regularly Funded organisations we will work to prioritise
the above areas and develop work based on these area
1.6 We also have prioritised the two counties of Northamptonshire
and Lincolnshire for arts development work up to 2011. Despite
some recent capital investment, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire
remain "cold spots" for the arts. In Lincolnshire we
will work closely with local authorities, tourism, the National
Trust, and regeneration partners, to create a more sustainable
future for arts. As part of a regeneration programme for Lincolnshire's
coast we will support a series of international arts projects.
In Northamptonshire, as the county gears up for 100,000 new
homes and 400,000 more people, we will be working to understand
what people need, piloting new approaches to providing the arts
and supporting artists to broker partnerships in Northampton and
Corby and the outlying rural areas.
2. HISTORICAL INVESTMENT
IN THE
ARTS IN
THE EAST
MIDLANDS
Arts Council England provide funding through three main strands:
— Regular Funding for organisations (Exchequer).
— Managed Fund (Exchequer).
— Grants for the Arts (Lottery).
Regular Funding for organisations—Exchequer
2.1 In the East Midlands Between 2007-08 and 2010-11 DCMS
allocated just over £46 million Exchequer funding to
Arts Council England East Midlands to invest in professionally
run arts organisations. The funding for organisations ranges from
anything above £25,000 up to several million for larger
organisations annually. Arts Council England East Midlands aims
to invest in a range of organisations in terms of art form and
so funds theatres, galleries, dance organisations and participatory
arts organisations.
2.2 An example of one of the organisations we fund is
a dance organisation DEDA. Derby Dance offers a programme of performances
by emerging and established choreographers, as well as a wide
range of classes and outreach work. Our increased investment allows
the centre to offer competitive salaries to attract and retain
staff, and to develop their artistic associate programme over
the longer term. Annually they receive £220,565.
2.3 Summary of RFO allocation for counties (including
cities) in the East Midlands region from 2008-11:
| County | Year
| Total (£) | Overall total
|
| Derbyshire | 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
| 193,567,300
225,056,000
232,293,000
|
£6,509,163 |
| Leicestershire | 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
| 2,701,575
3,045,685
3,127,973 |
8,875,190 |
| Lincolnshire | 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
| 687,860
662,435
700,290 |
2,050,585
|
| Northamptonshire | 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
| 793,260
814,675
836,675 |
2,444,610
|
| Nottinghamshire | 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
| 4,080,925
4,345,830
4,445,015 |
12,871,770 |
| Rutland | 2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
| —
—
— |
—
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Total sum for 2008-09 = £10,199,293
Total sum for 2009-10 = £11,119,185
Total sum for 2010-11 = £11,432,840
Monitoring our Regular Funded Organisations
2.4 All organisations we fund on a regular basis are
assigned to an Arts Council region and allocated a lead officer
as their main point of contact. Organisations have an ongoing
relationship with their lead officer who understands the unique
contribution that each organisation makes.
There are three key events in the funding cycle that are standard
for all organisations: annual submission, annual review and funding
agreement.
Annual submission
Organisations submit their annual submission every year by
the deadline, which is usually in June. The submission collects
information relating to an organisation's activity. We collect
and publish key data and topline tables from the annual submission
each year.
Annual review
Organisations have an annual review to monitor the use of
our funding. It takes place every year between August and October.
The annual review is managed by the lead officer and usually consists
of a meeting followed by assessments and feedback.
Organisations are monitored for artistic quality, management,
finance and public engagement.
Each area is scored one of the following: met—outstanding,
met—strong, met, potential, not met.
Organisations are also monitored for risk. Risk is measured
as high, medium or low, under the headings of: governance and
management, operational, financial, environmental, compliance,
and overall risk
Funding agreement
Organisations negotiate and sign a funding agreement for
each funding period. The timing of these negotiations depends
on when we receive our settlement from government. The funding
agreement is the contract that governs our relationship with organisations.
GRANTS FOR
THE ARTS—LOTTERY
2.5 Grants for the Arts is ACE's open access grant programme.
Grants for the arts is for arts activities that engage people
in England, or that help artists and arts organisations carry
out their work. It is for activities carried out over a set period
and which engage people in England in arts activities, and help
artists and arts organisations in England carry out their work.
Grants for the Arts is funded by the National Lottery. Individuals
or organisations are eligible to apply from £1,000 to
£100,000 regionally or up to £200,000 for
national touring.
2.6 In the East Midlands between 2007-08 and 2010-11 the
total successful awards were just over £10 million.
Of this amount £8.8 million was for organisations and
£1.5 millions went to individual artists. The table
below details the total awards for Grants for the Arts by county
(inc cities) from 2005-2009 for individual artists and organisations
| County | Year
| Amount (£) | Total (£)
|
Derbyshire | 2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
| 849,56
464,177
460,368
359,455
|
1,368,956 |
| Leicestershire | 2005-06
2006-07
200-08
200-09
| 220,641
328,447
281,177
254,462
|
1,084,727 |
| Lincolnshire | 2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
| 530,579
1,082,200
414,064
338,261
|
2,365,104 |
| Northamptonshire | 2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
| 551,551
765,434
664,448
566,139
|
2,547,572 |
| Nottinghamshire | 2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
| 502,201
772,053
225,434
366,802
|
1,866,490 |
| Other | 2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
| 3,256,940
3,018,040
1,758,532 |
9,792,044 |
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Managed Funds—Exchequer
2.7 Our managed funds allow us to identify new opportunities
for the arts to flourish, by developing projects that reach and
engage the public.
They enable us to establish new partnerships that can generate
further funding for the arts, and achieve great art for everyone
through major fixed-term projects delivered through our regional
offices. These funds are not normally open to application.
Our managed funds projects include Artists taking the lead,
Cultural Leadership Programme, Made in England, Artsmark, Own
Art, and Take it away.
Within the region much of our managed funds allocation has
been allocated towards projects that enable us to achieve our
priorities. For example the Lincolnshire coast is a geographical
priority and we have been working with East Lindsey District Council
to develop a free festival in Skegness called SO10. £100,000 has
been allocated from the Managed Funds budget of 2010-11 towards
this.
The Managed Funds from 2007-08 up to 2010-11 is
as follows:
| 2007-08 | 2008-09
| 2009-10 | 2010-11
| Total 2007-11 |
1,070,000 | 1,000,000
| 890,000 | 890,000 | 2,780,000
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