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November 2010 Blog Posts (7)

The Cultural Learning Alliance: Big Link Up - Get involved!

Dear colleagues,

The Big Link Up national debate on the future of cultural learning is taking place on Tuesday 23rd November at the British Museum

If you are not coming to the main debate, or one of the many that are springing up across the country, then we would love you to watch live here http://thebiglinkup.org.uk/watch-live/ and then comment and ask questions to our panel of experts as the debate goes on.

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Added by Lizzie Crump on November 18, 2010 at 19:30 — No Comments

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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Added by Carol Jones on November 18, 2010 at 15:17 — No Comments

Arts Funding in the Scottish Goverment Budget - relatively good news for the moment

The headlines about the Scottish government's support for the arts, culture and creative industries in a budget to deal with £1.3bn cuts next year appear less lurid than in England. For a start, the language used in the budget is warm and appreciative about the importance of the arts culture and creative industries to Scotland' s success and, having already been through the abolishment of the Scottish Arts Council, we have been been spared the public flogging of the Arts Council of…

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Added by Anne Bonnar on November 18, 2010 at 10:34 — No Comments

Take Art respond to Somerset County Council cuts

13-Nov-10 Somerset County Council Arts Funding Decision: Full Response

(See Summary Statement or What Next section for

details on next steps)

Conservative led Somerset County Council has voted to cut 100% of the £159,000…

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Added by Rachael Duthie on November 13, 2010 at 11:57 — No Comments

The last TakeOff for Darlington if Arts cuts are made?

Darlington Borough Council is preparing to withdraw the subsidy from

Darlington Civic Theatre and the Darlington Arts Centre; which may lead to their closure.

As another fantastic TakeOff Festival comes to a close, Darlington Arts Centre staff are left saddened that this inspiring Festival of Children's Theatre may be the last that Darlington Arts Centre hosts, and indeed, the last TakeOff in Darlington. Organised by it's resident Theatre Company Theatre Hullabaloo in partnership… Continue

Added by Lyndsey Middleton on November 12, 2010 at 23:07 — 3 Comments