One of our priorities for this period is strengthening business models in the arts and helping arts organisations to diversify their income streams, including by encouraging private giving. We believe there is an opportunity to attract more private giving and help a wider range of organisations to benefit from it.

We will introduce a match funding and capacity building programme. The scheme will support the sector's fundraising efforts and provide an incentive for donors to give to the arts.

We are also investing in a smaller one-off grants programme for capacity building, and a programme of advice and support for the arts sector about sharing best practice.

We will also contribute to a broader, culture sector-wide endowments fund, jointly delivered by ourselves and the Heritage Lottery Fund.

We want to support a network of arts leaders who value sharing their knowledge and skills for the benefit of the arts and civil society and we will promote greater collaboration between organisations.

Over the next four years we will build on the work of the Cultural Leadership Programme and organisational development programmes such as Thrive.

We will develop and implement a new open access scheme inviting organisations to develop collaborative relationships and make joint bids for leadership and organisational development initiatives. The first round of the scheme, in 2012/13, will focus on opportunities fordiverse leaders and for board development work.