Arts Council England: consultation on next ten-year strategy

A 12-week online discussion will inform a draft strategy for the funder to replace ‘Great Art and Culture for Everyone’. A new public consultation has been launched to determine what the mission, vision and objectives for Arts Council England (ACE) should be over the next ten years. ACE’s current ten-year strategy, Great Art and Culture for Everyone, will come to an end in 2020, and ACE is asking for input from the public, arts workers and stakeholders to shape its new strategy for 2020-30. Working with consultants BritainThinks, ACE has launched an online discussion platform and will be holding a series of workshops across the country, alongside a public survey.

The conversation will run for 12 weeks, and ACE are encouraging people to contribute to debates on a range of discussion topics. They are asking crucial questions about the role arts and culture can play in local communities and in our lives, for example:
•How is the world changing and how should the Arts Council’s priorities reflect this?
•What can ACE do to strengthen the social impact of their work?
•How can publicly funded arts and culture become more open, accessible and diverse?
•How can they respond to the challenges and opportunities of new technology?
•What will they do to ensure that they develop the next generation of audiences and practitioners?
•How can they prepare for continuing uncertainty in public funding?
•What impact will leaving the EU have? What skills and resources do they need to best support the sector?

In addition to the online platform, BritainThinks will be running a range of workshops in different communities across the country and undertaking a public survey.

The online platform, which will be live until 11 April, will encourage people to share their views on a range of topics, including how ACE can strengthen the social impact of its work; how publicly funded arts organisations can become more accessible and diverse; and how the sector should respond to the uncertainty created by Brexit, reduced public funding and the impact of new technologies. Find out more about this conversation and the timeline for shaping ACE strategy at the link below.

For more information visit http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/haveyoursay?mc_cid=4565c34eb5&mc_eid=799e63875c