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Arts Council publishes funding plans

Arts Council England (ACE) has set out details of how it will invest £440 million of strategic funding between 2012 and 2015.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

ʹapp money will be used to target areas such as investment in capital, touring and the Catalyst scheme to encourage private giving, which was .

Much of the new strategic funding will come from the Lottery following the Government’s decision to increase the share of Lottery money going to the arts. It will sit alongside the £1.04 billion that already goes to organisations funded through the National portfolio programme.

“ʹapp funding will allow the to invest in flexible and targeted ways to help realise our priorities and ambitions for the arts, building on our core investment in the National portfolio,� ACE Chief Executive Alan Davey said. He added: “I’m sure creative and ambitious organisations across the country will relish the chance to undertake work that ensures the arts keep pushing boundaries and play an even greater role in our national life.�

ʹapp , also published today, explains in more detail how strategic funding will be used to achieve the aims of its ten-year framework, “Achieving great art for everyone�.

Applications have opened today for two more phases of , the £100 million private giving investment programme funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, Arts Council England and the .

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Published 1 November 2011