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Arts Council England publishes Annual Review
The Arts Council of England has released their Annual Review 2004, with positive outcomes across the board. The council continued its work in grants and funding, infrastructure and other development in the year 2003/2004. A new grant scheme was established, replacing over 100 other schemes that ran through various offices. Funding to individual artists was significantly increased, with 4 355 awards offered with a net worth of £51.1 million. Regional offices supported all the cities that bid for the European Capital of Culture 2008, including the eventual winner, Liverpool. The Council is expecting to assist Liverpool in plans and celebrations. Education continues to be a strong theme. A new partnership was formed with the Youth Justice Board focussing on literacy and numeracy whilst the Artsmark award – recognising and rewarding schools with a strong commitment to arts education – continued. £50 000 pounds was also invested in Young Europe; three new European plays for adults and children. Youth Music also welcomed nearly a quarter of a million participants to their programmes in the year ending March 2004 £200 000 went to Autograph, a photographic agency that promotes the work of black photographers through exhibitions, events and educational activities. £163 million pounds of National Lottery money was allocated towards capital projects, part of which financed an extension to the Hayward Gallery in London’s South Bank. The Council also published the first research into attendance, participation and attitudes to the arts among England’s culturally diverse communities in a report Focus on cultural diversity. Finally, an additional £25 million a year went out to theatres around the country as a result of the Theatre Review that was held in 2000. This was a 72 per cent increase in spending on theatre (excluding the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre). To see the review in full, CLICK HERE.
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