Musical Rumpus, Spitalfields MusicPhoto: James Berry & Spitalfields Music

July 2015

Arts Council briefing The landscape for 2015 and beyond

Agenda

• Welcome

• Great art and culture for everyone: the next five years

• Political environment

• Spending Review:

• What do we know?

• Making the case

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The next five years

• National and Area plans

• Mid-way through our strategy

• Creative case for diversity

• Distribution

• Cultural education guarantee

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.

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 commitmentsoProgramming oAudiencesoSupporting leadershipoDiversity across the workforce

• How we will achieve thisoRole of NPO/MPMsoDataoStrategic funds, Grants for the arts and goals

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 commitmento 75% of Lottery funding outside London by 2018 – a 5% point changeo Building capacity and infrastructure across the countryo A two-way street of ideas, talent and resourceso A boost in production outside London is essential to the success of the

national arts and culture ecology.

• How we’ll achieve thiso 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

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

 

Your thoughts

• Your opportunity to share your thoughts and ask us about what you’ve heard so far

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

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.

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

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

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.

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•Up to a c. £200m loss to £600m per annum investment•Assumes consistent Lottery funding

Spending Review: the holistic case

• Economy

• Creative Industries

• Tourism

• Regeneration

• Education and skills

• Health and well-being

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

Spending review: making the case

www.artscouncil.org.uk/toolkit

‘The arts matter in 2015 – make the case with us’

Spending review: engaging your MP

www.artscouncil.org.uk/toolkit

‘Engage your MP with the value of arts and culture’

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

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?

Thank you