Our goal is that the arts are sustainable, resilient and innovative

Arts and culture are part of a broader creative economy and they make an important contribution to economic growth.

We will work with partners, including local authorities, government departments, higher education institutions, and broadcast, tourism, skills and international organisations, to exploit opportunities in the creative economy and remove or reduce barriers that inhibit growth of the cultural sector.

We will also work with partners on a range of research and support a set of investment mechanisms that enable the sector to diversify income or leverage new investment from other sources.

Partnership with VisitEngland

Arts Council England and VisitEngland have agreed a three-year partnership to boost cultural tourism in England.

The partnership statement sets out how Arts Council England and VisitEngland will work together, a key priority being to encourage and support destinations that have real potential to grow their economies by improving their cultural tourism.

Arts Council Lottery funding of £3 million will be available to local culture and tourism partnerships to help them capitalise on their local cultural offering and grow the value of tourism to the local area. This fund will encourage the development of arts and cultural experiences and targeted holiday packages for visitors that include cultural aspects as well as the more traditional accommodation and transport elements.

Find out more about the partnership by downloading the Partnership statement.