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Work in partnership

We are establishing effective partnerships with a range of national, regional and local organisations, both private and public.

We have a Business partnerships policy [DOC 59KB] which covers our work with businesses, and is intended to shape mutually satisfactory agreements through open and structured partnerships at all levels. If you are a business and you are interested in talking to Arts Council England, please contact the Director Marketing and Brand Development.

We also work in close collaboration with local authorities at a local, regional and national level.

We have:

  • increased local authority representation on all of our regional arts councils;
  • created a national framework for partnership agreements between local authorities and our regional offices;
  • held a national summit in November 2002 to begin to develop a shared vision for the arts with local government;
  • led a major project with our partners to develop a performance framework for local authority arts services - this was published on the Audit Commission's website in March 2003; and
  • developed a strong working relationship with the Local Government Association through our joint Arts Liaison Committee.

Some of our partners include:


Other partners include:


Regional Cultural Consortiums (RCCs)

These are made up of representatives from the arts, heritage, tourism, libraries, sport, archives, creative industries and local government areas who work together to draw up a vision and priorities for the future of culture in their region.

Further information is available through these websites:


The Cultural Strategy Group for London has a similar role to RCCs. It was appointed by Mayor Ken Livingstone under the Greater London Authority Act.

Regional Development Agencies (RDAs)

The Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) were established in April 1999 to further the economic development and regeneration of the regions.


Regional assemblies

We are liaising with the Government to inform thinking on the future role of regional assemblies in relation to the arts and culture.

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Long Journey Home – performed by New International Encounter (Czech Republic/Russia) as part of the East Meets East Festival
Long Journey Home – performed by New International Encounter (Czech Republic/Russia) as part of the East Meets East Festival. Select for more details

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