Recently DCMS has been consulting extensively to identify ways of encouraging cultural philanthropy - in particular from high-net-worth individuals. This government views philanthropy as the answer to the problem of declining levels of charitable giving to the sector which, according to the UK Giving Report 2023, has more than halved to less than 1% of all philanthropy.
I have been asked by several of those consulted what they should say in response. Reflecting on this question, I go... more