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There's no more free nings from July 20th. This artsfunding ning already has too many members to qualify for the lowest entry plan ($2.95 per month). The next alternative is Ning Plus ($19.95 per…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Marcus Romer Jul 15, 2010.

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Carol Jones posted a blog post

Tis the Season to be Merry?

Yesterday saw the announcement of significant uplifts for many of ACW's portfolio of clients with an average uplift of c. 20%. Big winners include National Theatre Wales who bag an extra £335,000 (its sister Welsh language equivalent Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru languishes at standstill) and newcomers to the portfolio including NoFit State Circus who get a kick start of £200K. Not too may surprises in there with uplifts for previous Beacon Award status companies consolidating their previous grants…See More
Dec 16, 2010
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Carol Jones posted a blog post

Welsh Assembly announce Draft budget cuts

The Draft Budget and ACW's response can be found here: http://www.artswales.org.uk/5743.Basically a 4% cut over 3 years for its budget for arts programme plus a 12% cut over 3 years on ACW running costs.Direct support will continue to be given by WAG to Wales Millennium Centre.So a sigh of relief from many and a definite vote of confidence from WAG for ACW's Investment Review process - plus the success, one suspects, of the behind the scenes work…See More
Nov 18, 2010
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Carol Jones replied to Chantal Guevara's discussion Validity of admin costs
"This rumbles on: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/25/arts-funding-cuts-theatre-galleries?CMP=twt_gu"
Jul 26, 2010
Marcus Romer replied to Carol Jones's discussion No more free ning. Fees start on July 20th.
"A big thankyou to Andrew Thomas and http://www.patronbase.co.uk for providing us with the support and funding to continue with this ning site A very generous donation to Pilot Theatre means that we will be able to continue to host this site and to…"
Jul 15, 2010
Carol Jones commented on Mhora Samuel's blog post Wales Online - Arts Council to withdraw funding from 32 groups
"A list is already available to download on this forum: See Forum - Chris Brown - Arts Council Wales Investment Review. Includes the ACW media release as an attachment which lists clients included and excluded from the new portfolio."
Jul 7, 2010
Taylor Nuttall replied to Carol Jones's discussion No more free ning. Fees start on July 20th.
"I'd vote for - pay the Ning fee and set up a justgiving account for payments to raise the cash"
Jul 7, 2010
Chantal Guevara replied to Carol Jones's discussion No more free ning. Fees start on July 20th.
"Me again - much as it was an attractive idea at the time to move this site to another platform, I do feel it would only have been viable in the early days when membership of this Ning was relatively small. Now that we have 367 members, moving to…"
Jul 4, 2010
carolyn black replied to Carol Jones's discussion No more free ning. Fees start on July 20th.
"That sounds a good idea Marcus. thanks Carolyn "
Jul 4, 2010
Marcus Romer replied to Carol Jones's discussion No more free ning. Fees start on July 20th.
"Hi Carolyn this site allows us to network and create profiles and groups so it is really useful I think we will continue witht this and pay the $199 for the year I may set up a justgiving account for to help with this so any micro transations can…"
Jul 4, 2010
carolyn black replied to Carol Jones's discussion No more free ning. Fees start on July 20th.
"Hi, its very kind of Chantal to offer to do this. Ideally Chantal should be paid a fee - or Marcus, whoever. but administrating even £1 donations would be tricky. What's wrong with an old fashoned free blog?"
Jul 4, 2010
Carol Jones replied to Chris Brown's discussion Arts Council of Wales Investment Review
"Of all the documents released today it's perhaps the interesting titled "Renewal and Transformation" that makes the most interesting reading. (attached below). Here you'll find all the nuances of decisions and new funding streams…"
Jun 29, 2010
David Drake commented on Carol Jones's blog post Wales: Investment Review
"I've heard all the arguments before when I worked for Arts Council England eg. production costs for opera are by definition high so a fixed % cut would hit the opera company disproportionately, the importance of the company's brand…"
Jun 28, 2010
David Drake commented on Carol Jones's blog post Wales: Nerves ahead of arts cash news - BBC Radio Wales audio
"The BBC clearly thinks it's the Performing Arts Council of Wales. Investment in the visual arts in Wales is paltry, by anyone's standards (having worked in England for 28 years, I can cite innumerable examples to prove the point).…"
Jun 28, 2010
Carol Jones posted a blog post

Wales: Nerves ahead of arts cash news - BBC Radio Wales audio

Audio clip from BBC Radio Wales pre tomorrow's Investment Review news.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/10431303.stmSee More
Jun 28, 2010
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Jack J Hutchinson replied to Carol Jones's discussion No more free ning. Fees start on July 20th.
"AIR: Artists' Interaction and Representation has an existing forum where many of the issues featured here are already being debated. Strands include: Virtual Coffee House for informal chat News and Debate to share and discuss visual arts news…"
Jun 18, 2010
Chantal Guevara replied to Carol Jones's discussion No more free ning. Fees start on July 20th.
"That's good to hear - I created a Huddle account to use on here (document libraries are important), but didn't want to add more membership layers to this site. Part of what I do is web development; I've built quite a few sites for…"
Jun 18, 2010

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Tis the Season to be Merry?

Yesterday saw the announcement of significant uplifts for many of ACW's portfolio of clients with an average uplift of c. 20%.

 

Big winners include National Theatre Wales who bag an extra £335,000 (its sister Welsh language equivalent Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru languishes at standstill) and newcomers to the portfolio including NoFit State Circus who get a kick start of £200K.

 

Not too may surprises in there with uplifts for previous Beacon Award status companies…

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Posted on December 16, 2010 at 17:36

Welsh Assembly announce Draft budget cuts

The Draft Budget and ACW's response can be found here: http://www.artswales.org.uk/5743.


Basically a 4% cut over 3 years for its budget for arts programme plus a 12% cut over 3 years on ACW running costs.


Direct support will continue to be given by WAG to Wales Millennium Centre.


So a sigh of relief from many and a definite vote of confidence from WAG for ACW's Investment…
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Posted on November 18, 2010 at 15:17

Wales: Nerves ahead of arts cash news - BBC Radio Wales audio

Audio clip from BBC Radio Wales pre tomorrow's Investment Review news.

Posted on June 28, 2010 at 17:55 — 1 Comment

The cuts in Wales

The Welsh Assembly Government has been given the option to implement cuts this year, or to defer them to 2011/12.


No decision has been made and this leaves ACW and its clients in a state of continued flux.


If Wales needs to make cuts on a similar level to England and WAG implements cuts this year this translates as a cut in this financial year of £1.25m. Not an easy amount to find.


ACW have this morning warned its…
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Posted on June 17, 2010 at 11:30

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