Policy

The need to correct the geographic imbalance in England’s arts funding has been proven and it’s time for Arts Council England to “Just do it!”, say the authors of the RoCC report, in their final assessment of regional arts funding.

Failure to learn from the past means that new initiatives for engaging young people with the arts look “remarkably similar to what has gone before”.

Greater fairness in Lottery funding would help to redress the wider geographic arts funding imbalance that sees London benefit “out of all proportion to its population”, says Select Committee.

A focus on wellbeing would lead funders to place a greater emphasis on participatory arts, says Parliamentary report.

Arts Council England is preparing to make its funding data more accessible as the National Audit Office reports on Government grant services and a Public Administration Select Committee turns its attention to the accountability of quangos and public bodies. 

The Welsh Government is preparing to harness the arts, culture and heritage in its battle against poverty and social exclusion.