Many of you may already be aware, but there has been a recent cut of 35% to arts funding through ‘Grants for the Arts’. This will greatly affect many arts organisations (not just theatre companies) who rely on governement subsidies for their work.

A petition has been lodged to request a reversal of this reduction in arts subsidy. If you feel this is something you would like to speak up about, please do add on your name and forward this info to others who may wish to as well:

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/arts-subsidy/

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Public subsidy of the arts accounts for a minute proportion of national public expenditure. Cutting the arts budget is of little benefit to the exchequer, yet even modest withdrawal of funding has disastrous effects on the breadth of artistic activity available to the public. The recent 35% cut in ‘Grants for the Arts’ has been preceded by years of standstill funding for many organisations across all disciplines. Further far more damaging cuts are predicted. At the same time levels of bureaucratic meddling and obfuscation have never been higher. It is time to stop cutting arts spending, withdraw much of the disabling target-led assessment by which artists are being judged and reinstate artists as a crucial presence in the activities of the Arts Council and the DCMS.