Please note that these descriptions are necessarily brief and provide merely
a basic introduction to each "subject".
| Organisation Name |
Abbreviation |
Function |
| Quangos |
|
|
| Arts Council of England |
ACE |
Strategic planning for the arts
across the country
Liaison with government
Funding
National Lottery funding |
| Arts Council of Northern Ireland |
ACNI |
As for ACE but in relation to NI |
| Arts Council of Wales / Cyngor
Celfyddydau Cymru |
ACW / CCC |
As for ACE but in relation to Wales
Liaison with the Welsh Assembly |
| Scottish Arts Council |
SAC |
As for ACE but in relation to
Scotland
Liaison with the Scottish Parliament |
| Regional Arts Board |
RAB |
There are currently ten,
each responsible for planning and funding of the arts in their local
areas |
| Government |
|
|
| Department
of Culture, Media and Sport |
DCMS |
The government department responsible
for the Arts throughout the UK. The ministerial head of the department is the
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, a member of the Cabinet. |
| Department for Education |
DfES |
Another government department,
responsible for Education and headed by the Secretary of State for
Education, also a Cabinet member. Its full title is the Department
for Education and Skills, for it also has responsility for the development
of continuing or life-long education. |
| Education Action Zones |
EAZ |
Particularly deprived areas, which
can be inner-city or rural, to which additional funds are given to improve
standards in education and to bring about closer links between schools and
local industry. |
| Excellence in Cities |
n/a |
An education initiative to channel
funds to inner-city schools to raise standards across the curriculum, including
the arts. |
| The National Endowment for Science,
Technology and the Arts |
NESTA |
A government funded body set up to
fund individuals who have creative and innovative ideas in these fields |
| The National Lottery |
n/a |
A national lottery administered by a
private company chosen by tender. After deduction of prize money and admin
costs, the surplus is given to "good causes", which include the
national heritage and the arts. Lottery grants are supposed to be additional to
and not replacements for government funding. |
| New Opportunities Fund |
NOF |
A funding organisation for health,
education (including the arts) and the environment. Distributes money from
central government. |
| Single Regeneration Budget |
SRB |
Money given by central government to
local authorities where one or more major industries have closed down, causing
large-scale unemployment. The aim is to regenerate the area through schemes
involving education, training, the environment, the arts etc. |
| Specialist Schools |
n/a |
A DfE initiative to encourage schools
to specialise in a particular area. Additional money is provided for (a) a
one-off capital project, and (b) three years general funding. The areas of
specialism are the arts, the performing arts, technology, modern foreign
languages, sport. |
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