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RSSThe Stage: Arts face funding cuts of ‘as much as 20%’, warn local authorities
Local authority leaders have warned that financial support for the arts across the UK is threatened with cuts of as much as 20% from 2011 to 2014.
The Stage: ACE proposes grants for commercial theatre
Arts Council England has unveiled proposals for a new “politician-proof” ten-year plan that would see a radical shake-up of its funding system, including allowing grant applications from the commercial theatre sector for the first time in decades.
REMINDER – Temporary suspension to Grants for the arts applications
As previously announced, Arts Council England will suspend applications to its Grants for the arts programme for a period of six weeks between Monday 18 January and Friday 26 February.
This means that applications need to be submitted by 5pm on Friday 15 January to ensure decisions are made before the end of March.
ACE announces £34,000 investment in arts for older people
Greenwich Dance Agency, Akademi and Battersea Arts Centre are among the recipients of Arts Council England’s £34,000 fund aimed at developing arts opportunities for older people.
National Skills Academy gets £5 million funding boost
The Learning and Skills Council has announced a £5 million funding boost for the proposed National Skills Academy for Creative and Cultural Skills in Thurrock, Essex.
Fundraising focus for Arts and Business
Arts and Business has unveiled an overhaul of its operation in response to the £2 million of annual funding it lost as part of Arts Council England’s recent spending allocation.
Arts need ‘urgent’ reassurance of funding in credit crunch
Arts industry chiefs are seeking urgent reassurance that culture secretary Andy Burnham will fight to maintain the current level of government spending, which is being threatened by the global financial meltdown.
National: Arts jobs at risk as councils cut spending
Job and service cuts proposed by councils struggling to cope with the economic downturn have sparked fears for the future of local arts provision across England and Wales. Both the National Campaign for the Arts and the National Association of Local Government Arts Officers have warned that non-statutory services such as culture are likely to be first hit when authorities implement cost-cutting drives
Arts must prepare for 2010 funding cuts, warns Burnham
ulture secretary Andy Burnham has alerted subsidised arts organisations that they are not “immune” from a government savings drive in the face of the global financial crisis and that they should start making “contingency plans” in case current funding levels are cut in 2010.
'Big thinking' public consultation
The Big Lottery Fund is urging organisations and individuals across the UK to engage in the debate on how BIG’s funding should be allocated through its grant programmes between 2009 and 2015. BIG is expecting to distribute over £2 billion over the coming years.
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