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Hampshire County Council
Executive Member - Recreation and Heritage Item 10
17 July 2003
Arts Development Partnership Funding 2003/04
Report of the Director of Recreation and Heritage
Contact: Michael Fuller Ext: 6016
1. Summary
1.1 The following decision is sought:
That funding totalling £4,800 and £2,500 for project and two for one partnership funding respectively be approved as follows:
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 awards.
- making increased awards.
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)
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Councillor J. Waddington
Hampshire County Council
Executive Member - Recreation and Heritage Item 10
17 July 2003
Arts Development Partnership Funding 2003/04
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 partnership funding from groups planning to organise arts projects for Hampshire residents.
1.2 A wide range of project proposals have been received for 2003/04. 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
2.1 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 £67,000 for 2003/04 is allocated as follows:
£
Project Partnership Funding |
22,000 |
Festival Partnership Funding |
11,000 |
Annual Programme Partnership Funding |
24,000 |
Two for One Partnership Funding |
10,000 |
Total |
67,000 |
3.2 A financial summary is shown in Appendix 1. Prior to this meeting an overall sum of £8,250 is available for distribution.
4. Project Partnership Funding
4.1 The applications for the support of arts projects are listed in Appendix 2 and include specific requests for £9,300. Funding recommendations totalling £4,800 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. The project's contribution to the County Council's Corporate Strategy has been highlighted in the details of Appendix 2.
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 awards 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 awards 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 Partnership Funding Budget 2003/04 |
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Project |
Festivals |
Programme |
Two for One |
Total | ||
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ |
£ | ||
Recreation and Heritage Budget |
22,000 |
11,000 |
24,000 |
10,000 |
67,000 | |
Economic Development Budget |
10,000 |
10,000 | ||||
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22,000 |
21,000 |
24,000 |
10,000 |
77,000 | |
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Present Financial Position |
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Project |
Festivals |
Programme |
Two For One |
Total | ||
Funding approved on: |
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12 December 2002 |
2,200 |
13,550 |
0 |
0 |
15,750 | |
16 January 2003 |
0 |
10,300 |
0 |
0 |
10,300 | |
19 February 2003 |
0 |
0 |
22,500 |
0 |
22,500 | |
24 April 2003 |
14,900 |
300 |
3,000 |
500 |
18,700 | |
29 May 2003 |
1,500 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1,500 | |
Total approved to date |
18,600 |
24,150 |
25,500 |
500 |
68,750 | |
Balance remaining for allocation |
3,400 |
-3,150 |
-1,500 |
9,500 |
8,250 | |
Financial implications of decisions sought at this meeting |
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Project |
Festivals |
Programme | ||||
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Recommended awards |
4,800 |
0 |
0 |
2,500 |
7,300 | |
Amount remaining for future decisions |
-1,400 |
-3,150 |
-1,500 |
7,000 |
950 | |
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Totals
Ref. Title Town Requested Recommended
A01 Children's Concerts Petersfield and Winchester £800 £500
A02 Asian Concerts Eastleigh £500 £500
A03 Hampshire Schools Traditional Dance Festival Various £3,000 £500
A04 Memorandum Winchester £1,600 £500
A05 Basingstoke Film Festival 2003 Basingstoke £700 £700
A06 The View Winchester £700 £500
A07 Art in The Garden 2003 Romsey £1,000 £600
A08 Beatrice Royal Corporate Friends Scheme Romsey £1,000 £1,000
Total £4,800
Appendix 2
Project Partnership Funding 2003/04 Date 17 July 2003
Reference Local Member
A01 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. This application is for the
concerts taking place in Petersfield and Winchester. 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 Petersfield on 28 January 2004
and in Winchester on 29 January 2004.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Orchestra 4,460 £6,750
Conductor and narrator 740
Venue hire and performance costs 530
Ticket costs 180
Administration 270
Travel and subsistence 325
Programmes and printing 245
Income Amount Total
Ticket sales 1,898 £5,398
John Lewis Partnership 3,500
Winchester City Council (£800 unconfirmed)
Deficit £1,352
Amount Requested £800
Amount Recommended £500
Previous Funding 2002/03 £500 Children's Concerts 2003
2001/02 £500 Narrative piece for Children's Concerts
2000/01 £500 Children's Concerts
1999/00 £500 Children's Concerts
Additional Comments The organisation's consistently good record in presenting these concerts has resulted in consistent support by Hampshire County Council for many years. It has been recommended that the organisation apply to East Hampshire District Council for funding.
This project supports the Corporate Strategy in the following ways:
· Maximising life opportunities for young people
· Building strong communities through listening and responding
· Building strong communities through them participating in local activities
Project Partnership Funding 2003/04 Date 17 July 2003
Reference Local Member
A02 Asian Concerts Councillor P. Luffman
Name of Applicant
John Hampshire Jyoti Music Circuit Eastleigh
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Jyoti Music Circuit will present a short series of classical Asian music concerts at
The Point Dance and Arts Centre in Eastleigh on 27 September and 30 November
2003. The organisation aims to introduce Asian music to a wider audience in the
Eastleigh area and hope the concerts will complement the adult education classes
they have been holding on behalf of Barton Peveril College and the work they are
beginning to do with local schools.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Artists fees 1,600 £3,100
Venue hire 600
Administration 300
Advertising 200
Contingency 400
Income Amount Total
Ticket sales 1,200 £1,200
Making Music, Visiting Arts, Scarman Trust
(unconfirmed)
Deficit £1,900
Amount Requested £500
Amount Recommended £500
Previous Funding
Additional Comments This a new organisation making an innovative proposal for an area where
there is embryonic community interest. The organisation receives support
from Eastleigh Borough Council and Eastleigh Community Services for its
community workshops and as such will not be applying to them to fund
these concerts.
This project supports the Corporate Strategy in the following way:
· Building strong communities aware of the cultural diversity of their society
Project Partnership Funding 2003/04 Date 17 July 2003
Reference Local Member
A03 Hampshire Schools Traditional Dance Festival Councillor Mrs P. G. Peskett
Name of Applicant
Kenneth Davies Learning Through Landscapes Winchester
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Hampshire Schools Traditional Dance Festival will involve around 50 schools and
2,000 children in learning and performing traditional dance and music from
Hampshire. Working with the Folk Association of South Hampshire, Learning
Through Landscapes will employ Hampshire based musicians and dance groups to
train children in their local dance and music traditions during Autumn 2003 and
Spring 2004. They will perform alongside them at celebrations held with their local
communities in their school grounds in June 2004. Learning Through Landscapes is
an organisation that exists to promote the benefits of school grounds for the
development of children and the enjoyment of the wider community, to provide
support and advice on the improved use, design and management of these spaces.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Musicians and dance groups fees 2,000 £8,460
Workshop leaders 2,400
Schools training packs 1,100
Dance floor hire 300
Materials 500
Transport 750
Administration 1,410
Income Amount Total
Awards For All 4,200 £5,460
School contributions 1,260
Deficit £3,000
Amount Requested £3,000
Amount Recommended £500
Previous Funding
Additional Comments Learning Through Landscapes is developing its work with the arts as a
means to engage young people with their environment.
This project supports the Corporate Strategy in the following ways:
· Maximising life opportunities through a better understanding of the environment
· Protecting our environment by promoting the principles of sustainability
Project Partnership Funding 2003/04 Date 17 July 2003
Reference Local Member
A04 Memorandum Councillor P. Dickens
Name of Applicant
Sacha Lee Lee and Imre Winchester
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Choreographer Sacha Lee will be working with a group of twelve people over the
age of 50 from the Winchester area to draw on their memories of childhood and
changing generational attitudes. Assisted by another choreographer, a visual artist
and a sound artist Sacha aims to work with this group to create a piece using dance,
visual art and sound to position these memories within the historical space of
Winchester's Great Hall, linking the personal memories of the individual with
Winchester's historical past. The performance will take place in November 2003 in
The Great Hall
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Choreographers 4,340 £17,320
Visual and sound artists and materials 3,400
Dancers costs for workshop facilitation and 3,720
Costume and technical costs 2,640
Marketing 2,490
Administration 730
Income Amount Total
Ticket sales 1,350 £1,350
Arts Council England South East (£12,810 unconfirmed)
Millennium Awards (£1,560 unconfirmed)
Deficit £15,970
Amount Requested £1,600
Amount Recommended £500
Previous Funding
Additional Comments This collaboration is well founded and is likely to produce a valued
experience for the group involved and the locally based audience. The
organisation is receiving support in kind through the provision of free
venue hire from King Alfred's College, The Point Dance and Arts Centre,
Theatre Royal Winchester and the Great Hall. The organisation has been
advised to apply to Winchester City Council for funding.
This project supports the Corporate Strategy in the following ways:
· Maximising life opportunities for the participants and the audience
· Building stronger communities with these members getting in touch with their history
Project Partnership Funding 2003/04 Date 17 July 2003
Reference Local Member
A05 Basingstoke Film Festival 2003 Councillor Brian T. Gurden
Name of Applicant
Phil Pennington Central Studio Basingstoke
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Basingstoke Film Festival 2003 aims to offer young people in the Basingstoke area
the opportunity to get involved in writing, directing, filming and acting in their own
films. The festival will provide the opportunity for 12 to 25 year olds to submit their
films to a panel of television and film professionals in the Young Movie Makers
Competition, with the best entries shown at an award ceremony on 26 July 2003 at
Central Studio, Basingstoke. The festival continues with Day Release Productions,
an opportunity for 14 to 21 year olds to learn production and acting techniques,
camera operation, lighting and sound recording techniques. Running from 14 to 19
August and based at Central Studio the young people will use broadcast-quality
digital cameras and other professional equipment to make a film in a week.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Workshop facilitators 750 £1,700
Course costs 600
Publicity 300
Adjudicator expenses 50
Income Amount Total
Workshop membership 750 £800
Ticket sales 50
Queen Mary's College (£200 unconfirmed)
Deficit £900
Amount Requested £700
Amount Recommended £700
Previous Funding 2003/04 £2,500 Central Studio Annual Programme 2003/04
2002/03 £1,000 Basingstoke Film Festival
2002/03 £4,000 Central Studio Annual Programme 2002/03
2001/02 £1,000 Movie Makers - youth video production group
2001/02 £5,000 Central Studio Annual Programme
2000/01 £5,000 Annual programme for 2000/2001
1999/00 £1,000 Annual Programme 99/00
Additional Comments This event has developed to provide an excellent opportunity for young
people in Basingstoke to further their interest and expertise in the medium
of film and video. It has been recommended that the organisation apply to
Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council for funding.
This project supports the Corporate Strategy in the following ways:
· Maximising life opportunities to assist young people realise their potential
Project Partnership Funding 2003/04 Date 17 July 2003
Reference Local Member
A06 The View Councillor Mrs P. G. Peskett
Name of Applicant
Marilyn Michalowicz Winchester City Council Winchester
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
The View is a visual arts and crafts project intended to provide the opportunity for
the Trinity drop in centre's clients, community arts groups, students, graduates and
early career artists to produce and display their work in an adapted former shop
window on Bridge Street in Winchester. The space will be managed by a project
worker who will facilitate local groups to produce and display work in this informal,
accessible space and will offer advice on presentation and promotion. Exhibitions
will run for one month from August 2003 with the whole project lasting for one year.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Project worker 4,500 £6,900
Marketing and publicity 1,000
Administration 1,000
Travel costs 200
Equipment 200
Income Amount Total
Winchester City Council Project Funding 500 £500
Awards For All (£5,000 unconfirmed)
Deficit £6,400
Amount Requested £700
Amount Recommended £500
Previous Funding 1999/00 £800 Literature Festival
Additional Comments This project is being managed by staff at Winchester City Council and will
be of great benefit to the clients of the Trinity drop in centre, providing an
opportunity for the wider community to gain a greater understanding of
their's and other community groups' work.
This project supports the Corporate Strategy in the following ways:
· Maximising life opportunities for clients of the drop in centre
· Achieving economic prosperity for local artists to show their creations
· Building strong communities who can relate to the displays
Project Partnership Funding 2003/04 Date 17 July 2003
Reference Local Member
A07 Art in The Garden 2003 Councillor Woodhall
Name of Applicant
Elizabeth Hodgson Beatrice Royal Galleries Ltd Eastleigh
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Art in The Garden 2003 is the fourth in a collaboration between The Sir Harold Hiller
Gardens and Arboretum and The Beatrice Royal Gallery to show the best in large
scale garden art and craft. The exhibition will run from 7 June to 31 August 2003 at
The Sir Harold Hiller Gardens and Arboretum and will include workshops, exhibition
tours, artist talks and an artist residency.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Exhibition and workshop costs 1,800 £12,140
Marketing and promotion 7,790
Administration 2,300
Contingency 250
Income Amount Total
Sales and commissions 4,390 £6,140
Sponsorship 1,750
Arts Council England South East (£4,000 unconfirmed)
Test Valley Borough Council (£1,000 unconfirmed)
Deficit £6,000
Amount Requested £1,000
Amount Recommended £600
Previous Funding 2002/03 £600 Art in The Garden 2002
2002/03 £1,000 Corporate Friends Scheme 2002/03
2001/02 £500 Art In The Garden 2001
2001/02 £1,000 Corporate Friends Membership Renewal
2000/01 £1,000 Corporate Friends Membership Renewal
Additional Comments Art in The Garden is an excellent project that allows the public to engage
with both the arts and the environment.
This project supports the Corporate Strategy in the following ways:
· Maximising life opportunities through the enjoyment of the garden and the art
· Stewardship of the environment through the engagement of the public with landscape, plants and the artworks
Project Partnership Funding 2003/04 Date 17 July 2003
Reference Local Member
A08 Beatrice Royal Corporate Friends Scheme Councillor P. Luffman
Name of Applicant
Elizabeth Hodgson Beatrice Royal Galleries Ltd Eastleigh
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
The Corporate Friends of Beatrice Royal scheme encourages corporate networking
and allows staff from local organisations to become associate friends of the Beatrice
Royal. The Beatrice Royal is now the largest selling gallery in the South of
England. The artists and makers shown have been selected nationally and vary from
the well established to recent art college graduates. Paintings, prints and sculptures
are in a variety of media and styles, and the crafts represented include furniture,
textiles, ceramics, jewellery, glass, wood and metal. It opened in 1994 with the aim of
making contemporary art and craft more accessible and easier to buy.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Not applicable 0 £0
Income Amount Total
Not applicable 0 £0
Deficit £2,000
Amount Requested £1,000
Amount Recommended £1,000
Previous Funding 2002/03 £600 Art in The Garden 2002
2002/03 £1,000 Corporate Friends Scheme 2002/03
2001/02 £500 Art In The Garden 2001
2001/02 £1,000 Corporate Friends Membership Renewal
2000/01 £1,000 Corporate Friends Membership Renewal
Additional Comments
This project supports the Corporate Strategy in the following ways:
· Maximising life opportunities with access to high quality art works
· Achieving economic prosperity through support for this small company and the way in which they sell the works of Hampshire and other artists
· Building strong communities through support for a charity involving local people
Appendix 3
Appendix 3