The new Arts Council England National portfolio of funded organisations has been announced with decisions made "within the twin context of our strategic framework Achieving great art for everyone and a challenging economic backdrop."

Of the 1,333 applications received Arts Council England offered National portfolio funding to 695 organisations and a copy of spreadsheet outlining the full national list of organisations that have been funded can be found in the resources section of the site at http://www.empaf.com/resource/41?set=sets%2F3 and of course on the ACE website at http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/national-portfolio-funding/

A spreadsheet showing the East Midlands organisations offered funding can be found at http://www.empaf.com/resource/42?set=sets%2F3 and we understand that the following organisations being fully cut:

• Leicester Belgrave Mela
• The Surtal Asian Arts Ltd
• Lincolnshire Dance
• Firebird Trust Ltd
• Cultivate-EM
• Mailout Trust Ltd
• Mainstream Partnership Ltd
• Metro-Boulot-Dodo Ltd
• Leicester City Council
• Reckless Sleepers
• Theatre Writing Partnership

The Arts Council England web announcement includes this summary:

• reduced grant in aid budget (down 14.9%) in context of wider public sector cuts

• Arts Council cuts strategically - no 'equal cuts for all'

• National portfolio of 695 organisations replaces previous regularly funded portfolio of 849

• 110 new organisations brought into the mix

• focus on excellent organisations and exceptional individual talent, with decisions shaped by a 10-year vision for the arts

• touring receives major support with £18 million Lottery a year earmarked for portfolio organisations

• £10.5 million Lottery a year also targeted at work with children and young people, to ensure vital educational work continues

• extra £12 million Grants for the arts Lottery money freed up for small organisations

• regret as good applications turned down, including 206 existing regularly funded organisations

See http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/funding/national-portfolio-funding for more information.

Modified twice, last modified by EMPAF on Wed 6th April, 2011 @ 10:33am