Arts Council briefing events presentation - July 2015
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Arts Council briefing events presentation - July 2015
- 1. Musical Rumpus, Spitalfields Music Photo: James Berry & Spitalfields Music July 2015 Arts Council briefing The landscape for 2015 and beyond
- 2. Agenda • Welcome • Great art and culture for everyone: the next five years • Political environment • Spending Review: • What do we know? • Making the case
- 3. Welcome This is for areas to add in a series of images to highlight achievements or notable events in the last year - narrative to go in notes.
- 4. The next five years • National and Area plans • Mid-way through our strategy • Creative case for diversity • Distribution • Cultural education guarantee
- 5. Great art and culture for everyone: mid-way through • We’ve reached the mid-point of our 10- year strategy, Great art and culture for everyone. • We will look back at achievements over the first five years of the strategy… • …and look ahead to the context, challenges and opportunities for next five years.
- 6. Next five years: Creative case for diversity A fundamental shift in approach ‘I’m committing this organisation – which belongs to all of us – to a fundamental shift in its approach to diversity. Britain’s got many, many talents, and our work should reflect and engage with all our talent and communities.’ Sir Peter Bazalgette, December 2014. • Our commitments o Programming o Audiences o Supporting leadership o Diversity across the workforce • How we will achieve this o Role of NPO/MPMs o Data o Strategic funds, Grants for the arts and goals
- 7. Next five years: Distribution of funding “I’m announcing a significant shift in how we invest our Lottery revenue. Arts Council England has already increased its investment of lottery revenue outside London up to 70%. But I want us to do better still.” Darren Henley, May 2015 • Our commitment o 75% of Lottery funding outside London by 2018 – a 5% point change o Building capacity and infrastructure across the country o A two-way street of ideas, talent and resources o A boost in production outside London is essential to the success of the national arts and culture ecology. • How we’ll achieve this o Area budgets for Grants for the arts and target bands for Strategic Funds. o Changes to Grant-In-Aid challenging in context of SR and decreasing budgets
- 8. Next five years: towards a cultural education guarantee “I believe that creative talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. Cultural education should be a right, not a privilege.” Darren Henley, May 2015 The cultural education guarantee •Great arts and culture to be an everyday part of the lives of every child across England, no matter who they are or where they live •Every child to have the chance to create, visit and participate •Closing the gap that currently exists, including focus on early years and disadvantage Partners at a national and local level to help realise this ambition. •Relationship with Government •National programmes •Local delivery •Partnerships
- 9. Your thoughts • Your opportunity to share your thoughts and ask us about what you’ve heard so far
- 10. Political environment: DCMS • Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries • Responsibilities in DCMS and Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). • Culture white paper • Rt Hon John Whittingdale is new Secretary of State • Former Shadow Secretary for DCMS and Select Committee chairman • Engaged in arts, with focus on their intrinsic value • Jesse Norman is the new Chair of CMS Select Committee • Very supportive of the arts • Committee priorities to include regional arts funding as well as the BBC, broadband and football.
- 11. Political environment: wider policy areas • Rt Hon Sajid Javid is the new Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills • Responsibility for Creative Industries; Ed Vaizey a Minister • Apprenticeships and Higher Education • Rt Hon Nicky Morgan remains Secretary of State at the Department for Education • Education Bill introduced • Fund Music Education Hubs, National Youth Music Organisations, In Harmony and other projects
- 12. Political environment: wider policy areas • Rt Hon Greg Clark MP is the new Secretary of State at Communities and Local Government • Focus on decentralising powers to city regions, particularly in Northern England • We’ll remain adaptable to the needs of local leaders • Rt Hon George Osborne remains Chancellor at HM Treasury • Supports devolution and large-scale projects, and increasing focus on One Nation agenda • Personal support for the arts
- 13. Political environment: what we know • Government • A Conservative majority of 12 • Priorities: spending reductions, growth, constitutional issues, city devolution, EU, Human Rights Act, etc. • 2015/16 in-year cuts • DCMS cut by 2.5% (£30m) • Arts Council by 0.35% • Budget announcements • £17bn of savings announced • Surplus delayed to 2019-20 • Spending Review • £20bn still to be announced, including non-protected Government departments
- 14. Spending Review: context Government plans •£37bn savings to be found •£20bn to be set out in Spending Review •Settlement likely for 2016/17 – 2019/20 Our approach •Making the case for growth •Wide-ranging scenario planning •Consider GiA/Lottery balance •Impact of cuts to LAs Plan for the worst but be prepared for the best.
- 15. Spending Review: implications 16/17 – 17/18 •-5% - current NPO/MPM funding could be protected •Impact on sector through loss of strategic funds •Implications for museums and libraries •-15% - loss of over £75m in 17/18 •Need for resilience and sustainability 18/19 and beyond •Serious challenges from 18/19 and distribution at risk •- 20% year on year would require radical changes •Assumes consistent National Lottery funding
- 16. Timeline for 2018/19 to 2020/21 investment round • Assuming we get a settlement of more than two year we will need to set a timeline for the next investment process in autumn 2015. • The optimal timeline would be something like. • Budget setting and design of processes to be used – November 2015 to September 2016. • Portal opens for NPO/MPM applications – 1st October to 31st December 2016. • Access and decision making stage – 1st January to 31st March 2017. • Negotiations of funding agreements and notice period for leavers and joiners – 2017/18 • New funding agreements signed by 31st March 2018. • In the less likely scenario of only a two year settlement we would probably wait until the next SR before setting an investment timeline.
- 17. Spending Review: the holistic case • Economy • Creative Industries • Tourism • Regeneration • Education and skills • Health and well-being
- 18. Spending Review: making the case • Resources: Refreshed advocacy toolkit, films, digital activity, new Create • Evidence base: CEBR Economic Report, Creative Industries Federation report • Between now and the Spending Review: the new Parliament, the case in Government, Whitehall and Local Authorities, public engagement
- 19. Spending review: making the case www.artscouncil.org.uk/toolkit ‘The arts matter in 2015 – make the case with us’
- 20. Spending review: engaging your MP www.artscouncil.org.uk/toolkit ‘Engage your MP with the value of arts and culture’
- 21. Making the case: Local Authorities • Largest funders of arts, libraries and regional museums • Impact of SR cut to DCLG • Arts Council cannot be ‘last funder in town’ • Using the Advocacy Toolkit
- 22. Making the case: in our area Discussion • What are the opportunities and priorities in your area? • How can we work together to make the case for culture? • Is there content or guidance the Arts Council could provide?
- 23. Thank you
Editor's Notes
- In December 2014, we announced a fundamental shift in our approach to diversity and published the Creative Case for Diversity to help achieve greater diversity in: Programming – to ensure that people of all backgrounds can see work that resonates with them Audiences – to achieve more diverse audiences Supporting leadership – to support more diverse leadership as well as a more diverse workforce Across the workforce – to see diversity as an opportunity to increase talent and resilience Organisations in the National portfolio for 2015-18 have already signed up to the Creative Case for Diversity to help deliver these commitments. We have asked organisations for more robust data so we can see and demonstrate progress. We are also using strategic funds, analysing Grants for the arts applications to ensure they’re increasingly diverse and making sure diversity features clearly in all our goals. As well as the dedicated £6m Creative Case fund, we have made diversity a priority in other strategic funding programmes, like Ambition for Excellence.
- The Arts Council is committed to delivering a significant shift in how we distribute funding across the country. To achieve this ambition, we’re making changes to Grants for the arts and strategic funds: For Grants for the arts, each Area will have its own budget, based on population, demand and our judgement as to what funding is appropriate. This approach will see the maximum amount deployed to London at 25%. For Strategic Funds, each fund will have an approximate range for the proportion of funding to be invested outside London. We won’t set specific budgets across each area as we think that can limit ambition and opportunity. We’ll indicate the approximate levels of funding to be committed outside London to prospective applicants in guidance. Working to a range will give us flexibility when considering which grants to make. Ambition for Excellence, a major £35million funding programme, will see at least £28million spent boosting production work outside London. We’d like to see our Grant in aid investment reach more places across the country from 2017/18 onwards. However, any meaningful change is extremely difficult in the context of reduced Grant in aid budgets. We all need to make the best possible case for funding for arts and culture in the forthcoming Spending Review.
- Every child and young person should have the chance to create, visit and participate in arts and culture, in and out of school. The Arts Council is working towards a cultural education guarantee – a commitment to making sure that arts and culture is an everyday part of every child’s life, no matter who they are or where they live – but we can’t guarantee anything alone. At a national level we have relationships with Government – for example with the Department for Education, Ofsted and local government – to promote the value of a high quality provision in schools, including arts options at KS4. Then we focus on some key ambitions, through national programmes like Artsmark, Arts Award, and our work with the Government’s Pupil Premium. Then in every area there’s activity that is most effective if it’s led and delivered at local level. This includes NPOs and MPMs – 83% of whom have committed to work with children and young people – as well as Youth Music grants and the activities of partners like Film Clubs. Finally, we work through other partners to encourage access and provision. For instance, our Bridge organisations connect and develop cultural education partnerships, and Music Education Hubs create joined up music provision in and outside school. We’ll be talking more about these developments, and how you can be part of them, in the autumn.
- The holistic case is central to the argument we will make to Government before the Spending Review: Arts and culture is worth over £7bn to our economy. A significant return on a tiny investment of less than 0.1 percent of government spending. But the benefits go deeper and wider. Culture plays a vital role in enriching the lives of the next generation through education and it yields benefits for society – for example, protecting our health and wellbeing. As well as all these measurable benefits to our country, the arts and culture simply give us joy and meaning in our lives. We can show how our work delivers the Government’s agenda: Our theatres, galleries, libraries, museums and arts centres incubate talent and ideas for the wider creative industries – the fastest growing part of our economy They enhance our reputation abroad and attract tourists. Over a quarter of London’s international visitors go to the theatre at least once. They drive the regeneration of our former industrial regions and will be central to the Northern Powerhouse They are a vital part of our children’s education. Creative subjects improve attainment in literacy, maths and languages and create the next generation of creative workers. Culture makes people happier, while taking part in music or dance can improve physical and emotional health.
- To make the best possible case to Government, we need everyone to talk about the value of arts and culture over the coming months. To help you to make the case, we have revised and improved the resources available to you: We’ve refreshed the Advocacy Toolkit. You might already be familiar with this but it has been extensively reviewed. It now includes all the messages you’ll need around the new Parliament and specific ideas and practical advice for advocacy before the Spending Review. We’ve produced new digital resources, including films you can share across your organisations, and are running campaigns online like #ACESupported to demonstrate the range and reach of publically funded arts. We’re supporting new research, to provide the evidence you need to make the case, like the updated CEBR report on the economic impact of the arts and a new Create, which will look at the value of the arts in more depth. We hope that all of these resources will help you with the three things we’re asking all of you to do on the run up to the Spending Review: Create your own story about the value that your work brings Communicate that story in every way you can Build relationships with your local MP, local authority and other important decision makers.
- Despite significant spending reductions, local authorities are still major funders of arts and culture. In 2013/4, they invested £933m in public libraries, £253m in theatres, £240m in museums and £128m in other support for the arts. But it’s not only their investment that’s important; they are a democratic leader with responsibility for other areas that may be of relevance to you. A good relationship can help you to: ensure your council continues to fund you, and other arts and culture organisations, in the future connect with your local community influence local decisions We have refreshed the Local Authority section in the Advocacy Toolkit so you can build relationships with your local councillors and create stories that get through. As with MPs, it is important to emphasis the wider benefits of arts and culture, demonstrating how your work drives economic growth, boosts tourism, supports education, engages with the local community, involves children and young people and creates jobs. This is particularly important in the context of the Spending Review, when any cut to the Department for Communities and Local Government is likely to have a significant impact on Local Authority budgets.