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Arts Council England What the future holds: 10-Year Strategy and the next Spending Review

Sarah Crown, Director of Literature and South West

Thinking ahead: the next 10- Year Strategy

• Runs from 2020-2030
• Responding to long-term opportunities and

issues, rather than short-term political context

• Ambitious for change – for ourselves, and

together

10-Year Strategy: time

Autumn 18 Consultation workshops on direction of travel January 19 Work on draft strategy Spring 19 Consultation on draft strategy Autumn 19 New ACE 10-Year Strategy published 2020 Strategy comes into effect

10-Year Strategy: the ‘case for change’

Across the population there are significant differences in how ‘arts and culture’ are defined, understood and valued.

There are still widespread socio-economic and geographic variances in levels of engagement with publicly funded culture.

The opportunities for children and young people to experience culture and creativity inside and outside of school are not equal across the country.

Although awareness of the issue is greater than it used to be, there remains a persistent and widespread lack

• f diversity across the creative industries and in publicly

funded cultural organisations.

The business models of publicly funded cultural

• rganisations are often fragile and lack the flexibility

to address emerging challenges and opportunities, especially those relating to operating within the digital economy and declining public funding.

Many creative practitioners and leaders of cultural

• rganisations report a retreat from innovation, risk-

taking and sustained talent development.

Have your say

• None of this is fixed
• We’re listening to the sector’s views and concerns
• Online consultation open until January 2nd 2019: take part at

artscouncil.org.uk/nexttenyears #AnACEfuture

Political overview: the next 12 months, and the Spending Review

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How is the country feeling?

• 81% agree the British public is feeling anxious

about the future

Britain Thinks, January 2018

• 59% of Britons think Brexit is the single biggest

issue for the country

Ipsos MORI, Index issues, September 2018

Brexit

• Article 50 negotiation ends 29 March 2019
• We commissioned a report on EU funding in

the sector and two sector surveys

• Fed this into Government to ensure Culture is

‘at the table’ in Brexit talks

What we’re hearing from government

• Spending Review likely in Spring 2019
• Tackle burning injustices
• End austerity and focus on towns
• Post-Budget briefing indicated 0% growth

What does this mean for Arts Council and the sector?

• Our Grant in Aid Funding confirmed until 2020
• We’ve made NPO commitments to 2022
• We need to work together to make the best

possible case.

What does this mean for Dorset?

• Ahead of the curve
• Commitment to current funding levels from

the new Unitary Authority

• Project grants
• Focused places: Weymouth and Portland
• Opportunities around the Government’s

towns agenda

• Dippy the Dinosaur, Artsreach, Inside Out