Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England. It distributes public money from Government and the national lottery. Arts Council England advises that it has allocated funding as set out in the following tables.
Regularly Funded Organisations
Arts Council England’s portfolio of Regularly Funded Organisations (RFOs) is funded from grant in-aid. In Mid-Bedfordshire there are no RFOs.
£ Artform 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Combined arts 401,461 594,376 727,505 762,002 791,557 729,617 746,543 Dance 289,273 289,151 315,073 397,943 469,412 559,697 593,874 Literature 102,195 136,323 304,891 320,275 400,762 399,851 410,848 Music 628,035 888,888 1,151,906 1,691,634 1,584,874 1,859,260 2,145,369 Not artform specific 275,930 396,258 112,248 467,104 424,535 332,547 286,848 Theatre 1,863,565 2,301,408 3,014,297 3,142,331 3,215,218 3,431,029 3,567,132 Visual arts total 804,822 888,107 1,122,257 1,279,136 1,429,332 1,383,999 1,427,390 Total 4,365,281 5,494,511 6,748,177 8,060,425 8,315,690 8,696,000 9,178,004
Prior to 2002-03, the Regional Arts Boards were independent bodies and they maintained records according to their own systems and requirements. Consequently, limited compatible figures for the RFO portfolio are available for earlier years.
£ Mid-Bedfordshire Artform 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Total Combined arts — — — — — — Dance — — — — — — Literature — — — — — — Music — — — — — — Not known — — — — — — Theatre — 4,023 — — — 4,023 Visual arts — — — 1,860 — 1,860 Total — 4,023 — 1,860 — 5,883
East of England Artform 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 Total Combined arts 10,278 63,439 26,473 10,890 — 111,080 Dance 6,533 66,425 23,715 105,215 14,296 216,184 Literature 88,471 112,422 109,558 100,438 30,510 441,399 Music 18,494 69,027 91,338 90,104 7,565 276,528 Not artform specific 6,595 12,190 250 2,104 — 21,139 Theatre 8,635 271,080 129,542 55,435 23,500 488,192 Visual arts 176,610 384,554 245,833 409,560 30,908 1,247,464 Total 315,616 979,136 626,708 773,746 106,779 2,801,985
The Grants for the Arts Programme began in 2003-04. The Programme funds individuals, arts organisations and other people who use the arts in their work. The Grants for the Arts—Organisations strand has always been lottery funded (see next table); the Grants for the Arts—Individuals strand was funded from Grant-in-Aid until 2007-08, and has been lottery funded since then.
£ Mid-Bedfordshire Artform 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Not art form specific — — 11,080 9,270 37,571 13,643 Combined arts — — — — — — Dance 12,988 — — 24,000 19,100 21,425 Drama 4,110 — — — — — Film1 — — — — — — Literature 2,610 14,881 — — — — Music 5,000 — — — 22,293 — Visual arts 5,812 — — 14,150 — — Total 30,520 14,881 11,080 47,420 78,964 35,068
Artform 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Total Not art form specific — — — — — — 71,564 Combined arts — — — — — — — Dance — — — — — — 77,513 Drama 3,608 8,440 — — — — 20,803 Film1 — — — — — — — Literature — — — — — — 17,491 Music — — — — 2,736 — 86,029 Visual arts — — 30,000 — — — 81,962 Total 3,608 8,440 30,000 — 2,736 — 355,362
East of England Artform 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Not artform specific 257,544 621,096 325,664 651,027 893,185 251,530 Combined arts 2,041,492 337,322 204,541 378,896 10,500,439 1,131,032 Dance 453,456 262,170 349,742 454,430 532,241 180,225 Drama 723,253 57,972 1,007,486 1,928,754 5,718,812 426,343 Film1 — — — — — — Literature 184,325 44,131 15,128 80,755 85,605 62,303 Music 2,592,408 527,873 110,398 861,686 1,306,182 1,032,961 Visual arts 1,255,552 883,710 277,909 723,981 7,333,081 1,320,851 Total 7,508,030 2,734,274 2,290,868 5,079,529 26,369,545 4,405,245
Artform 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 Total Not artform specific 542,287 804,261 482,947 917,790 — 265,000 9,692,340 Combined arts 1,773,891 330,942 555,484 1,628,380 1,176,606 871,991 22,770,595 Dance 3,838,119 248,675 616,803 829,575 439,012 552,432 9,060,367 Drama 808,985 1,597,754 817,111 1,343,459 1,248,644 949,637 26,678,399 Film1 33,433 31,159 956,949 85,598 — — 1,107,139 Literature 192,593 157,702 141,753 742,233 262,299 442,558 2,436,077 Music 5,776,926 1,420,640 1,483,627 1,025,007 791,925 1,030,014 24,982,540 Visual arts 3,705,050 1,674,378 1,169,885 1,082,195 609,187 884,593 22,688,101 Total 16,671,284 6,265,511 6,224,559 7,654,237 4,527,673 4,996,225 119,415,558 1 Awards classified as Film relate to monies distributed on behalf of Arts Council England by UK Film Council.
Figures are for all lottery-funded programmes that ran since 1997, including those organised by the Eastern Regional Arts Board, the Grants for the Arts—Organisations Programme, which began in 2003-04 and the Grants for the Arts—Individuals Programme, which became lottery-funded after 2007-08.