A changing Arts Council
Our vision requires change in the way that we work with our partners. But the arts sector must itself change if it is to sustain excellence and reach more people. Mobilising behind long-term ambitions requires shared purpose and joint effort. The Arts Council has set out our proposed goals, but these can only be achieved through partnership.
Change is an imperative for the Arts Council. The organisation is getting smaller with 30% fewer staff in a new structure which will be in place from 1 April 2010. Just as significant is a new culture taking root within the organisation, a culture which aims to be more permeable, inclusive, open and collaborative.
Our future approach
Arts Council England works to get great art to everyone by championing, developing and investing in artistic experiences that enrich people's lives. We will continue to use these tools to deliver our goals.
We plan to become even more effective on all three fronts:
- as a partner we will be clearer about how and where we influence others in pursuit of our goals. We will bring more focus to our advocacy and underpin our arguments with a long-term programme of research and evaluation. We will be more open, consultative and collaborative in the way we work, drawing support from influential voices who share our views on the future of the arts and the value of public investment
- we will be clearer about our development role, setting out why it is important to spend a percentage of our total resources on supporting it. We will use the most effective and flexible investment mechanisms to enable development, collaborating with a wide range of partners
- we will become a more proactive funder, using the five goals as a framework that allows us to be more purposeful in what we expect from funded organisations
