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Taking Part survey

• March 2009 Download our latest briefing that explores the relationship between childhood arts experience and arts engagement patterns in adulthood, using data from the 2005/06 Taking Part survey.
  Encourage children today to build audiences for tomorrow [PDF]
  Encourage children today to build audiences for tomorrow [RTF]
  
  
• September 08 A set of six briefings summarising Taking Part survey findings for each artform now available to download:
  Combined arts
  Dance
  Literature
  Music
  Theatre, street arts and circus
  Visual arts and crafts



• August 2008 A summary report and data tables reporting the headline statistics from the 2006/07 adult survey available to download from the DCMS website




Publications 2005-2008

In-depth analysis



• Arts audiences: insight, August 2008. A publication summarising Arts Council's arts-based segmentation research


• From indifference to enthusiasm: patterns of arts attendance in England, April 2008. In-depth analysis of the levels of arts attendance and the socio-demographic inequalities associated with the take-up of arts opportunities



Taking Part briefings



• 1. An annual treat or a weekly fix? Taking Part findings on frequency of engagement with different arts events and activities


• 2. The art of volunteering Taking Part findings on volunteering


• 3. Exploring audience overlap Taking Part findings on how the audiences of different arts events and activities are related


• 4. Combined arts attendance


• 5. Attendance and participation in dance


• 6. Reading, writing and attendance at literature events


• 7. Engagement in music


• 8. Engagement in theatre, street arts and circus


• 9. Engagement in visual arts and crafts



Annual reports



• Informing change Arts Council annual report 2005/06


• DCMS Annual Report 2005/06


• Child survey headline report 2007


• Child survey headline report 2006






Current projects
Taking Part adult survey data for 2007/08 has recently become available, and we hope to publish the 2007/08 headline figures for arts attendance and participation in early summer 2009.

If you have any questions about this work, or suggestion for further work, email us at takingpart@artscouncil.org.uk



About the Taking Part survey
Taking Part is a major, continuous survey of cultural and sport participation in England, commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in partnership with Arts Council England, Sport England, English Heritage and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.

Every year it collects information from up to 28,000 adults (aged 16 and over) about their attendance at a wide variety of arts events, museums, galleries, libraries and heritage sites, and about their participation in creative activities and sport. The survey also asks about motivations and barriers to engagement and collects a large quantity of socio-demographic information. The data is collected by BMRB Social Research in face-to-face interviews and the survey has been conducted since July 2005. more information.


Related documents



• Informing change. Executive summary [110.42 KB]
• Informing change. Executive summary [103.5 KB]
• From indifference to enthusiasm. Executive summary [167.4 KB]
• From indifference to enthusiasm. Executive summary [138.99 KB]
• Taking Part survey briefing No. 1. An annual treat or a weekly fix? [60.61 KB]
• Taking Part survey briefing No. 2. The art of volunteering [39.13 KB]
• Taking Part survey briefing No. 3. Exploring audience overlap [103.13 KB]
• Taking Part survey briefing No. 4. Combined arts attendance in England [48.98 KB]
• Taking Part survey briefing No. 5. Dance attendance and participation in England [54.25 KB]
• Taking Part survey briefing No. 6. Engagement with literature in England [53.83 KB]
• Taking Part survey briefing No. 7. Music attendance and participation in England [64.34 KB]
• Taking Part survey briefing No. 8. Attendance and participation in theatre, street arts and circus in England [54.32 KB]
• Taking Part survey briefing No. 9. Attendance and participation in visual art and crafts in England [68.91 KB]
• Encourage children today to build audiences for tomorrow [332 KB]
• Encourage children today to build audiences for tomorrow [304.58 KB]