Bad News for Arts Organizations in England
Happy Holidays from the England Arts Council:
Nearly 200 arts organisations in England have been told that their funding will end from next April in the biggest and most bloody cull since the Arts Council was set up more than 50 years ago.
Pre-Christmas letters from Arts Council England have been dropping on the mats of groups across the arts, telling them they cannot expect to continue receiving public money.
Many organisations will, however, have had good news. Of the 990 bodies which get funding, three-quarters have been told to expect inflation or above rises. [. . .]
The Arts Council admitted the pre-Christmas timing was bad, but said “tough decisions” had to be made. I
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