Hampshire County Council
Executive Member - Recreation and Heritage Item 7
18 July 2002
Arts Development Grants 2002/03
Report of the Director of Recreation and Heritage
Contact: Michael Fuller Ext: 6016
1. Summary
1.1 The following decision is sought:
That grants totalling £3,650 and £2,500 for projects and two for one grants respectively be approved as follows:
Town |
£ | |
Gallery Go Phase II |
Various |
500 |
'Real Lives' |
Winchester |
500 |
Way Ahead |
Winchester |
700 |
Children's Concerts |
Petersfield and Winchester |
500 |
Farnborough Symphony Orchestra 2002/03 Season |
Aldershot |
200 |
Jhoole Jhoole Lall |
Basingstoke |
450 |
Wordfest: A Festival of Words |
Basingstoke |
500 |
Winchester & District SNAPs |
Winchester |
300 |
Total |
3,650 | |
Platform 4 Theatre Cross-arts project (Two for One) |
Winchester |
500 |
The Arts Zone (Two for One) |
Gosport |
500 |
Hat Fair 2002 (Two for One) |
Winchester |
500 |
Emsworth Festival Street Arts (Two for One) |
Emsworth |
500 |
Haydn's The Seasons (Two for One) |
Portsmouth |
500 |
Total |
2,500 |
2. Reason
2.1 To support small scale arts activities serving Hampshire and to provide funding to encourage business sponsorship of the arts in Hampshire.
3. Other options considered and rejected
- making no grants.
- making increased grants.
4. Conflicts of interest declared by the decision maker or a member or officer consulted - None
5. Dispensation granted by the Standards Committee - Not applicable.
6. Reason(s) for the matter being dealt with if urgent - Not applicable.
Approved by: (signature) Date: (date of decision)
Councillor J. Waddington
Hampshire County Council
Executive Member - Recreation and Heritage Item 7
18 July 2002
Arts Development Grants 2002/03
Report of the Director of Recreation and Heritage
Contact: Michael Fuller Ext: 6016
1. Introduction
1.1 This report presents details of applications received for project and two for one grants from groups planning to organise arts projects for Hampshire residents.
1.2 A wide range of project proposals have been received for 2002/03. Publicity has sought to attract applications involving the priority artforms namely visual arts, crafts, literature and lens based media. The full list of applications received is attached in Appendix 2 supported by the budgets provided by each applicant with details of funding from other bodies where relevant. In each case the local member has been consulted and no specific issues have been raised.
1.3 The County Council continues to run the Two For One Award Scheme, a very successful initiative that fosters a positive relationship between business and the arts as well as making the grant funding stretch further. The scheme works by matching new sponsorships valued between £200 and £500 and provides a useful incentive to arts organisations to find more sponsors. This also encourages more local businesses to sponsor the arts in Hampshire. Applications for this scheme are detailed in Appendix 3.
2. Legal Implications
The County Council is able to utilise broad powers under the Local Government Act 1972 to provide financial support for the arts. In particular, Section 145 of the Act enables the Council to contribute towards the expenses of doing anything necessary or expedient for any of a number of purposes, including the provision of entertainment of any nature, or the provision of a theatre, concert hall, dance hall or other premises suitable for entertainment. The powers include the ability to contribute towards the expenses of maintaining a band or orchestra, and towards the development and improvement of the knowledge, understanding and practice of the arts.
3. Financial Details
3.1 The base budget of £68,600 for 2002/03 is allocated as follows:
£
Project Grants |
21,300 |
Festival Grants |
11,300 |
Annual Programme Grants |
26,000 |
Two for One Grants |
10,000 |
Total |
68,600 |
3.2 A financial summary is shown in Appendix 1. Following the April meeting a balance of £21,700 was available for distribution. Due to the cancellation of the meeting scheduled for 20 June 2002 a number of applications required determination as they were for projects due to start or be completed before the date of this meeting. The scheme conditions provide that applicants should apply in time for their projects to be determined before the commencement of the project. Having consulted local members and the Executive Member the Director approved the following grants:
3.3 The total balance available prior to this meeting is therefore £14,450 and acceptance of the recommendations would require the sum of £2,250 to be transferred from the `Two For One' allocation to fund the project grants proposed. It is hoped that this grants budget may be supplemented from within the overall Arts budget later in the year when the revised budget is considered.
4. Project Grants
4.1 The applications for the support of arts projects are listed in Appendix 2 and include specific requests for £5,600 together with an unspecified request from an applicant relating to a project with a deficit of £3,870. Funding recommendations totalling £3,650 are proposed as set out in Appendix 2. The papers in the Appendix show details of all applications and they are prefixed with the letter A. Local Members have been consulted on these applications.
5. Two For One Award Scheme
5.1 Applications totalling £2,500 have been received and the details of these are shown in Appendix 3. These grants can be made retrospectively for arts events where an organisation has attracted first time sponsorship from a company. It is recommended that full matching amounts be made to the applications due to the great success of this scheme in attracting other revenue funding for the arts.
Recommendation
That the grants recommended in this report be approved.
Section 100 D - Local Government Act 1972 - background papers
The following documents disclose facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and has been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of this report.
NB the list excludes:
1. Published works
2. Documents which disclose exempt or confidential information as defined in the Act.
TITLE LOCATION
Detailed grant application forms County Arts Office
Financial Summary |
Appendix 1 |
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Arts Grants Budget 2002/03 |
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Project |
Festivals |
Programme |
Two for One |
Total | |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
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Recreation and Heritage Budget |
21,300 |
11,300 |
26,000 |
10,000 |
68,600 |
Economic Development Budget |
10,000 |
10,000 | |||
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Totals |
21,300 |
21,300 |
26,000 |
10,000 |
78,600 |
Present Financial Position |
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Project |
Festivals |
Programme |
Two For One |
Total | |
Grants already approved on: |
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20 December 2001 |
0 |
20,000 |
0 |
0 |
20,000 |
28 February 2002 |
0 |
0 |
22,000 |
0 |
22,000 |
4 April 2002 |
12,650 |
1,500 |
0 |
750 |
14,900 |
June 2002 |
7,250 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7,250 |
Total approved to date |
19,900 |
21,500 |
22,000 |
750 |
64,150 |
Balance remaining for allocation |
1,400 |
-200 |
4,000 |
9,250 |
14,450 |
Financial implications of decisions sought at this meeting |
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Project |
Festivals |
Programme |
Two For One |
Total | |
Recommended grants |
3,650 |
0 |
0 |
2,500 |
6,150 |
Amount remaining for future meetings |
-2,250 |
-200 |
4,000 |
6,750 |
8,300 |
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Appendix 2
Ref. Title Town Req Rec
A01 Gallery Go Phase II Various £500 £500
A02 'Real Lives' Winchester £500 £500
A03 Way Ahead Winchester £700 £700
A04 Children's Concerts Petersfield and Winchester £500 £500
A05 Farnborough Symphony Orchestra 2002/03 Season Aldershot unspecified £200
A06 Jhoole Jhoole Lall Basingstoke £900 £450
A07 Wordfest: A Festival of Words Basingstoke £1,500 £500
A08 Winchester & District SNAPs Winchester £1,000 £300
Total £3,650
Arts Development Grants 2002/03 Date 18 July 2002
Reference Local Member
A01 Gallery Go Phase II Councillor Mrs Peskett
Name of Applicant
Sandra Adams Gallery Go Southampton
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Gallery Go is an audience development programme for contemporary visual art in
Hampshire and has been running for three years. The project offers participatory
and informal educational opportunities for those not previously engaged in the arts
as well as existing users through a programme of talks and participatory workshops
based on current exhibitions in the participating consortium of galleries. Galleries
currently involved in the project are Winchester Gallery, ArtSway, Aspex, The
Millais Gallery, Southampton City Gallery and The John Hansard Gallery. The
project aims to offers non threatening, self-motivated opportunities to learn to
attendees, increasing the quality of their experience. The organisation are currently
applying for funding to extend the project for a further two years and aim to extend
their work in audience development amongst ethnic groups, people with disabilities
and young people.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Artistic programme 52,872 £85,576
Marketing 21,816
Overheads 8,280
Organisation development 2,608
Income Amount Total
Sponsorship 4,000 £22,636
Trusts and charities 4,000
Income in kind 8,936
Programme income 3,600
Portsmouth City Council 1,100
New Forest District Council 1,000
Winchester and Southampton CCs (£4,000 unconfirmed)
Southern and South East Arts (£60,000 unconfirmed)
Deficit £62,940
Amount of Grant Requested £500
Amount of Grant Recommended £500
Previous Funding 2002/03 £500 Collaborative Gallery Project (for 2001/02)
2000/01 £500 Collaborative Gallery Project
Additional Comments The income and expenditure figures represent the next two years of the
project. The organisation is requesting £1,000 over that two year period
from Hampshire County Council.
Arts Development Grants 2002/03 Date 18 July 2002
Reference Local Member
A02 'Real Lives' Councillor Mrs Peskett
Name of Applicant
Terry Smith Combined Arts Community Development Winchester
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Combined Arts aim to offer young residents of the Sussex Street Hostel in
Winchester the opportunity to train in video filming, editing and digital
photography. The 'Real Lives' project will offer these predominately vulnerable and
unemployed people the opportunity to articulate their individual views on their lives
in a twenty minute video which will be premiered in the Screen Cinema in
Winchester and then distributed to agencies such as social services and local
authority housing departments. An exhibition of photographs will also be produced
during the project. The project will take place in Winchester and commence in August 2002.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Video trainer and facilitator 2,800 £7,680
Digital video camera 1,000
Editor and editing equipment hire 1,600
Administration 700
Frames and tapes 1,100
Transport 30
Venue hire 200
Insurance 250
Income Amount Total
Sponsorship in kind 2,000 £2,000
Awards for All (£4,930 unconfirmed)
Winchester City Council (£250 unconfirmed)
Deficit £5,680
Amount of Grant Requested £500
Amount of Grant Recommended £500
Previous Funding 2001/02 £500 Educational video project.
Additional Comments
Arts Development Grants 2002/03 Date 18 July 2002
Reference Local Member
A03 Way Ahead Councillor Mrs Peskett
Name of Applicant
Sacha Lee Winchester
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought August 2002.
Way Ahead is a site specific dance project that will take place in a disused
hairdresser shop in the heart of Winchester city centre. Sacha Lee, an experienced
dance professional, will be conducting a month's research during August 2002
looking at ways of creating multi-dimensional dance work. She will be working with
a movement analyst, singer, sculptor and other regional artists in a series of
workshops at the Theatre Royal, Winchester and The Point, Eastleigh. These
workshops will culminate in three nights of performance in September 2002 at the
former hairdressers. The project aims to raise an awareness of the arts in an
everyday situation and challenge the limited function of commercial retail premises.
The project will be conducted with the assistance of Hampshire Dance Trust and
Winchester City Council.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Choreographer 1,500 £6,626
Arts professionals 2,300
Rehearsal space 1,200
Venue hire 900
Travel 156
Accommodation 260
Marketing 210
Other 100
Income Amount Total
Workshop fees 160 £5,770
The Point (in kind) 370
King Alfred's College (in kind) 370
Theatre Royal Winchester (in kind) 640
Hampshire Dance Trust 70
Artist's contribution 160
Southern and South East Arts 4,000
South West Trains (£156 unconfirmed)
Deficit £856
Amount of Grant Requested £700
Amount of Grant Recommended £700
Previous Funding
Additional Comments Winchester City Council are contributing help in kind through their Arts
Office.
Arts Development Grants 2002/03 Date 18 July 2002
Reference Local Member
A04 Children's Concerts Councillor Mrs Dickens
Name of Applicant
Elizabeth Gotto Children's Concerts Petersfield
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Children's Concerts annually stage concerts in Petersfield, Winchester, Portsmouth
and Southampton for children aged five to eleven years. The concerts include short
orchestral pieces, a narrative piece and a song for audience participation written
specifically for the concerts and given to schools to learn before the event. The
concerts are performed by Southern Pro Musica, a full symphony orchestra of local
professional musicians with their conductor John Willcocks and are publicised
through local schools. The concerts will take place in Portsmouth and Petersfield
on 29 January 2003 and in Winchester and Southampton on 30 January 2003.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Orchestra 8,400 £15,814
Conductor and narrator 1,440
Venue hire 2,394
Ticket costs 800
Administration 1,500
Travel and subsistence 860
Programmes 420
Income Amount Total
Ticket income 6,700 £13,700
John Lewis Partnership 7,000
Deficit £2,114
Amount of Grant Requested £500
Amount of Grant Recommended £500
Previous Funding 2001/02 £500 Narrative piece for Children's Concerts
2000/01 £500 Children's Concerts
1999/00 £500 Children's Concerts
Additional Comments It has been recommended that the organisation apply to East Hampshire
District Council and Winchester City Council for funding.
Arts Development Grants 2002/03 Date 18 July 2002
Reference Local Member
A05 Farnborough Symphony Orchestra 2002/03 Councillor Kimber
Season
Name of Applicant
H Clifford Garner Farnborough Symphony Orchestra Farnborough
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Farnborough Symphony Orchestra will be performing four concerts between
November 2002 and June 2003 in Aldershot and Farnham. The concerts are
programmed to have popular appeal covering a variety of styles and themes and will
take place at Princes Hall, Aldershot on 23 November 2002, 15 April and 7 June 2003
and at The Maltings, Farnham on 8 February 2003.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Conductor 4,160 £19,460
Extra players 3,960
Soloists 2,200
Venue hire 3,610
Music and instrument hire 3,165
Marketing 1,815
Miscellaneous 550
Income Amount Total
Ticket and programme sales 8,280 £15,590
Members' subscriptions 3,550
Sponsorship 1,000
Fundraising 1,700
Interest 600
Miscellaneous 460
Making Music (£2,025 unconfirmed)
Rushmoor Borough Council (£1,500 unconfirmed)
Deficit £3,870
Amount of Grant Requested Unspecified
Amount of Grant Recommended £200
Previous Funding 2001/02 £200 Concert Season 2001/02
2000/01 £200 A series of four concerts of orchestral music.
Additional Comments
Arts Development Grants 2002/03 Date 18 July 2002
Reference Local Member
A06 Jhoole Jhoole Lall Councillor Gurden
Name of Applicant
Kishor Luthra Basingstoke Indian Association Basingstoke
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Basingstoke Indian Association will be celebrating their thirtieth anniversary with
Jhoole Jhoole Lall, a concert featuring singing in both Urdu and Hindustani, tabla
(drumming) and dancing. The concert will take place on 7 September 2002 at Central
Studio, Basingstoke.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Artists 1,100 £1,850
Marketing 300
Venue hire 200
Administration 150
Catering 100
Income Amount Total
Ticket sales 700 £950
Basingstoke Indian Association 250
Deficit £900
Amount of Grant Requested £900
Amount of Grant Recommended £450
Previous Funding 2000/01 £150 Bhangra and Bollywood music and dance.
Additional Comments It has been recommended that the organisation apply to Basingstoke and
Deane Borough Council for funding.
Arts Development Grants 2002/03 Date 18 July 2002
Reference Local Member
A07 Wordfest: A Festival of Words Councillor Kelly
Name of Applicant
Robin Fegan Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Basingstoke
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Wordfest aims to offer an exciting range of high quality literature events and
innovative projects that are accessible for all in the borough of Basingstoke and
Deane. Wordfest focuses on live contemporary and interactive events which
promote the appreciation of literature and relevant cross-art forms. It seeks to
develop an audience for literature and encourage participation in reading writing
and drama with an emphasis on workshops, performances and training
opportunities. The festival will take place from 3 to 12 October 2002 at the
Haymarket Theatre, Fairfields Arts Centre, Queen Mary's College, Central Studio,
Willis Museum, Basingstoke library, Whitchurch Silk Mill and Hammicks Bookshop.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Artistic programme 4,444 £8,944
Marketing and publicity 2,000
Administration 1,000
Venue hire 750
Staffing 750
Income Amount Total
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Arts Development 6,000 £6,444
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
New Initiatives Fund: Libraries 444
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council New Initiatives Fund:
Queen Mary's College (£1,000 unconfirmed)
Deficit £2,500
Amount of Grant Requested £1,500
Amount of Grant Recommended £500
Previous Funding 2001/02 £500 Sightlines 2001 - a celebration of the visual arts
2000/01 £500 Literature project in Basingstoke
2000/01 £500 Sightlines 2000 - a celebration of the visual arts
1999/00 £500 Sightlines '99
Additional Comments
Arts Development Grants 2002/03 Date 18 July 2002
Reference Local Member
A08 Winchester & District SNAPs Councillor Mrs Peskett
Name of Applicant
Janet Chierchia SNAPS Winchester
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Set up to provide appropriate activities for children and young people with
disabilities SNAPS (Special Needs Activities and Play Scheme) aims to integrate as
many children as possible with the help of a support worker or a trained volunteer.
SNAPS runs a series of workshops for children from 5 to 19 years old both in term
time and in the school holidays and is applying for funding for art, dance, drama,
music and craft workshops taking place between 27 July and 30 December 2002 at a
variety of venues around Winchester.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Co-ordinator 6,250 £33,350
Play staff and youth workers 10,500
Administration 9,300
Training 1,550
Activities 5,750
Income Amount Total
Hampshire County Council Social Services 10,500 £31,220
Balance brought forward 8,500
Donations 10,220
Parental contributions 2,000
Winchester City Council (£1,130 unconfirmed)
Deficit £2,130
Amount of Grant Requested £1,000
Amount of Grant Recommended £300
Previous Funding 2001/02 £300 Winchester SNAPS
1999/00 £300 Special Needs Playscheme
Additional Comments
Appendix 3