{"id":2037,"date":"2010-11-14T11:33:03","date_gmt":"2010-11-14T11:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2010-11-14T11:33:03","modified_gmt":"2010-11-14T11:33:03","slug":"arts-council-new-open-application-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=2037","title":{"rendered":"Arts Council: new open application process"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/strong>Arts Council England\u00a0plans to introduce an online application system for funding as it attempts to overhaul its operations in the face of a funding cut of nearly 30 per cent.
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\nIn what the organisation describes as ‘the biggest transformation of arts funding for a generation’, the existing system that sees the Arts Council choose which organisations are funded, will be replaced by an open application process where all recipients will have to apply.<\/p>\n

It expects that around 100 of the 850 groups that currently receive money, will lose their grant by 2015. \u00a0But it adds that it will open up the process to groups that have never received Arts Council funding before, and will make all recipients more accountable.<\/p>\n

The Council\u2019s current annual grant of \u00a3449m will fall to \u00a3349m by 2014 as a result of the spending review.<\/p>\n

Applications must be lodged online by\u00a010am on 24 January 2011\u00a0and decisions will be announced at the end of\u00a0March 2011\u00a0with grants beginning in April 2012.<\/p>\n

Grants will normally be for three years but may last anywhere from two years to six. Funding will be awarded based on ‘clear published criteria and shared goals’ and funding agreements will be either \u2018strategic\u2019 or \u2018programme\u2019 relationships, unlike the \u2018one-size-fits-all\u2019 model used now.
\nThe \u2018strategic\u2019 organisations will ‘take responsibility for the development of the arts and demonstrate leadership at a national or local level’ while \u2018programme\u2019 recipients will ‘deliver outstanding artistic work in their field’.<\/p>\n

Arts Council England said: ‘Funded organisations must have an outstanding track record of achievement or outstanding potential and so the first stage of decision-making will take place following an assessment of the organisation itself and its ability to deliver against the goals set out in the strategic framework, Achieving great art for everyone.’<\/p>\n

The funder will aim to ensure that its portfolio of grant recipients will be balanced in such a way that it helps it achieve its long-term vision, such as in terms of artform, size of organisation and geographical spread.<\/p>\n

It added: ‘The new portfolio will be smaller than the current one, with the potential loss of more than 100 organisations by 2015. \u00a0This is preferable to maintaining a large portfolio that will be progressively debilitated by cuts over the course of the settlement.’<\/p>\n

For guidance on applying, see The national portfolio organisation funding programme.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Scotland, Wales and\u00a0Northern Ireland\u00a0the devolved governments decide how much they will spend on the arts, out of the total money they are given by\u00a0Westminster.<\/p>\n

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