Arts Council England briefing event

Part of FLOW outdoor visual arts programme, Northamptonshire. Lead artist: Jo Fairfax.

Image: Andrew Randall

November 2014

Agenda

• Economic context

• Political environment

• Making the case

• Funding agreements

• Creative Case for Diversity

• Museums

• Artistic quality assessment

• Strategic funds update

Economic context and Arts Council England income

• Government’s Autumn Statement – 3 December

• General Election – 7 May

• Spending Review – Summer 2015

• Impact of local authority cuts

• Further reductions in public spending until 2018/19

Arts income 1996/97 to 2017/18 - cash

Modelling Spending Review scenarios: arts income with 5,10

and 15% reductions

Total Arts income with 0%, 5%, 10% and 15% Grant-in-Aid reduction

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£millions 0% Total

Cash

-5% TotalCash

-10% TotalCash

-15% TotalCash

Modelling Spending Review scenarios: museums and libraries

income

Museums and library income

Current scenario planning

• Arts Council England budgets for 2015/16 to 2017/18

based on:

o Grant-in-Aid at cash standstill

o National Lottery income of around £260 million per

year

• -15 per cent Grant-in-Aid would result in losses by

2017/18 of:

o arts: over £75 million

o museums: over £10 million

Efficiency agenda

‘We know there’s a long way still to go to

achieve our ambitious plans for savings over

the next few years. Hard-working taxpayers

rightly expect their money to be spent

judiciously…’

Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office

June 2013

Political environment – priorities

Where are the parties?

UK polling 20 day average, 30 October 2014

34%

32%

16%

8%

5%

Political environment – influencing

Political environment – influencing

Opportunities:

1. Creative industries

2. Economic regeneration

3. Wellbeing/public health

4. Education and opportunity

5. Social investment

What are we doing to make the case?

• Gathering evidence and data

• Advocating to Westminster, Whitehall and the Public

• Create: perspectives on the value of arts and culture

Create: perspectives on the value of arts and culture

How you can make the case

• Presentation from Area org on sector-led advocacy work

2015-18

• Funding agreements

• Diversity and equality

• Museums

• Artistic quality assessment

• Strategic funds update

Funding agreements – monitoring

All agreements finalised by February 2015

Monitoring

• Relationship framework

• Annual returns

Diversity and equality

• The Creative Case for Diversity

• Data and classifiers

• Strategic funding

Museums: 2015-18

• 21 Major partner museums

• Museum resilience fund: £10 million for 2015/16 for

non-Major partner museums

• Museum development

• Accreditation and Designation

Artistic quality assessment

• Assessments for all National portfolio organisations and Major

partner museums

• A framework to improve quality and excellence

• Improving our understanding of quality

Strategic funding: 2015-18

Selected continuing funds:

• Creative people and places

• Strategic touring programme

• Exceptional Awards

• Creative media

• Capital awards

Strategic funding: 2015-18

Forthcoming new funds:

• International

• Arts impact fund

New online approach for grants management

• Online grant management

• Staged migration of Grants for the arts, National

portfolio organisations, Major partner museums

and Music education hubs

• All grant holders will be contacted when they

need to start using the system

Thank you

artscouncil.org.uk