The nine regional arts councils consist of 15 members. Six members on each of the councils are representatives of local government or regional government. (The South East Regional Arts Council has 20 members of whom eight are from local and regional government, reflecting the large population of the region.)
The regional arts councils are responsible for:
- agreement of regional strategies, plans and priorities for action within the framework of national policies and priorities
- approval of three year regional investment plans
- agreement of all National portfolio organisation investment and disinvestment decisions less than £800,000
Meet the members of our nine regional arts councils:
Independent review of Arts Council governance
In May 2012 the Arts Council commissioned David Norgrove to carry out a review of our non-executive governance structure: our national and regional councils. You can read the report and find out more about the changes that will be implemented, including those that affect the regional structure of the organisation on the publication page.
Area council Chairs
As discussed in the Arts Council's response to the Norgrove review, five Area councils will replace the exisitng nine regional councils from July 2013. As part of this transition, the new Area council Chairs have been appointed:
- Veronica Wadley - London
- Sheila Healy - South West
- Jon Cook - South East
- Peter Phillips - Midlands
- Joe Docherty - North
