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More Funding Information | Annually Funded Organisations
Other Sources of Funding Information
For information on other sources of grant aid, you can try the following:
District Borough Councils: Try contacting your local Arts Officer in the District Borough Council where you live in the first instance, to ask their advice.
For information on other grants from the Council, phone 01244 603753.
Arts Council Funding
Arts Council England is the national body for the arts in England. They distribute public money from Government and the National Lottery to artists and arts organisations, both directly and through the Regional Arts Boards. The government grant in 2002/03 was £297.3 million. The funding is used to provide regular funding and one-off grants and awards. The arts are one of the good causes receiving funds from the National Lottery, and the Arts Council is also given a proportionate share of the money raised by ticket sales each year.
The Arts Council funding programmes seek to support the highest artistic achievements and to make these available to as many people as possible; encourage new work and new audiences; to bring challenging art to all sections of the community; and to celebrate diversity of cultures that contributes so much to England's artistic life.
Lottery Funding
The National Lottery currently generates funds for six good causes: the arts, sport, heritage, charities and the New Opportunities Fund. The Arts Council of England is responsible for distributing lottery money to arts projects in England. For further funding information, see their web site.
National Foundation For Youth Music
National Foundation for Youth Music (NFYM) is a delegate body of the Arts Council, established to promote and develop music opportunities for young people, up to and including 18 years old. Its funding programmes have a particular emphasis on reaching young people who have limited access to music-making opportunities. Applications are measured against four policy objectives: access, breadth, coverage and quality.
Further information is available from:
Telephone: 020 7902 1060
Fax: 020 7902 1061
Email: nfym@youthmusic.org.uk
Other contacts
Helpful Books
The Arts Funding Guide - by Susan Forrester & David Lloyd,
ISBN: 1 903991 10 2 @ £18.95
The Complete Fundraising Handbook by Nina Botting & Michael Norton,
ISBN: 1 900360 84 5 @ £16.95
Both are published by the Directory of Social Change; an independent source of information and support to voluntary and community sectors.
See their web site for more helpful handbooks:
A visit to your local reference library may also reveal helpful books. |