Decision Details

Implemented

Commissioning of Arts Activities 2019-20

Yes

No

No

006618/2019

No

Report of the Acting Director of Neigbourhoods

Tue 25 Jun 2019

To seek approval for the recommended allocation of the support to be arts budget for activities in 2091-20

OLD - Education, Skills and Culture

Financial Revenue Spend Over £500k

Committee

Cabinet

Neighbourhoods

Para 3

On 25 June 2019, Cabinet:- (i) Noted the background to the recommendations for allocating funding and grants from the Support to the Arts budgets for 2019-20; (ii) Noted the Equality Duty (Appendix 1 to the report) and Equality Impact Assessment Screening (Appendix 2 to the report) relating to proposals; (iii) Approved the allocations for revenue funding grants totalling £2,367,000 set out in Appendix 3 to the report - subject to the receipt of requisite information in accordance with the council’s grant processes and organisations adherence to the General Conditions of Grant Aid (set out in Appendix 4 to the report); (iv) Approved the allocation for Local Arts Development and arts project commissioning totalling £310,000 also set out in Appendix 3 to the report; (v) Agreed to delegate, to the Acting Director of Neighbourhoods, the award of the interest benefit generated from a Capital Endowment Fund, the principal amount being a maximum of interest benefit up to £1.44m to Midlands Arts Centre (Mac) under a ‘client account’ arrangement from 2019/20; (vi) Approved the 2019/20 level of Support to the Arts funding at £2,677,000 to be maintained up to 2022/23 in order to provide organisations with some stability, and enable them to forward plan their future programmes including any aligned to supporting The Commonwealth Games 2022. THE DEADLINE FOR CALL IN IS 1600 HOURS ON TUESDAY 2 JULY 2019.

No