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Hampshire County Council
Executive Member - Recreation and Heritage Item 4
16 September 2004
Arts Development Partnership Funding 2004/05
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 £4,200 and £1,000 for the following projects and two for one partnership funding respectively be approved in principle subject to the Director of Recreation and Heritage confirming availability of funding:
2. Reason
2.1 To support small scale arts activities serving Hampshire people and to deliver the aims of the Corporate Strategy by maximising life opportunities particularly for young people through participation in high quality arts events.
3. Other options considered and rejected
- making no awards.
- making increased awards.
4. Conflicts of interest declared by the decision maker or other Executive Member 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 4
16 September 2004
Arts Development Partnership Funding 2004/05
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 partnership funding from groups planning to organise arts projects for Hampshire residents.
1.2 A wide range of project proposals have been received for 2004/05. Publicity has sought to attract applications involving the priority art forms 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 2004/05 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 £1,850 is available for distribution. If the recommended offers of funding are made then the budget will be overspent by £3,350. This funding will be found from underspends or virements from other headings within the Recreation and Heritage Departmental budget.
4. Project Partnership Funding
4.1 The applications for the support of arts projects are listed in Appendix 2 and include specific requests for £11,625. Funding recommendations totalling £4,200 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 and any comments are included. 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 for £1,000 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 a full matching amount be allocated to the application 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
Appendix 1
Arts Partnership Funding Budget 2004/05 |
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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 | ||||
|
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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20 November 2003 |
0 |
19,850 |
0 |
0 |
19,850 | |
22 January 2004 |
0 |
1,500 |
0 |
0 |
1,500 | |
18 February 2004 |
0 |
0 |
29,500 |
0 |
29,500 | |
29 April 2004 |
0 |
1,700 |
0 |
0 |
1,700 | |
13 May 2004 |
14,200 |
2,500 |
0 |
1,300 |
18,000 | |
1 July 2004 |
6,200 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6,200 | |
Total approved to date |
20,400 |
25,550 |
29,500 |
1,300 |
76,750 | |
Returned to budget (cancelled project) |
0 |
1,600 |
0 |
0 |
1,600 | |
Balance remaining for allocation |
1,600 |
-2,950 |
-5,500 |
8,700 |
1,850 | |
Financial implications of decisions sought at this meeting |
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Project |
Festivals |
Programme | ||||
Recommended awards |
4,200 |
0 |
0 |
1,000 |
5,200 | |
Amount remaining for future decisions |
-2,600 |
-2,950 |
-5,500 |
7,700 |
-3,350 | |
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Totals
Ref. Title Town Requested Recommended
A32 Farnborough Symphony Orchestra 2004/05 Season Farnborough £200 £200
A33 Mozart Requiem Romsey £500 £500
A34 Scrooge Hayling Island £500 £300
A35 Express! Basingstoke £1,325 £700
A36 Edwin - Ballad Opera Chandlers Ford & Eastleigh £4,500 £1,000
A37 Siteworks Winchester £600 £500
A38 Art and Mind: Humour, Art and the Brain Winchester £4,000 £1,000
Total £4,200
Appendix 2
Project Partnership Funding 2004/05 Date 16 September 2004
Application A32 Farnborough Symphony Orchestra 2004/05 Season
Applicant H. Clifford Garner Farnborough Symphony Orchestra Farnborough
Local Member informed of project:
Councillor R. J. Kimber and MJ Roberts. Councillor Roberts expressed his support for this project.
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Farnborough Symphony Orchestra will be staging a programme of four contrasting concerts at Princes Hall and St Andrew's Garrison Church, Aldershot on 13 November 2004, 22 January,
19 March and 21 May 2005. The orchestra aims to provide access for the population of the surrounding area to a broad range of orchestral music by combining popular and lesser known works.
Supports the Corporate Strategy by:
Maximising life opportunities for participants and audience.
Building strong communities through participation in local activities.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Conductor 4,390 £15,095
Soloists & extra players 4,080
Hall hire 3,160
Printing 1,350
Music hire 1,140
Instrument hire 500
Administration 475
Income Amount Total
Ticket sales 8,375 £14,585
Subscriptions 3,435
Sponsorship 1,000
Patrons 560
Programme sales 440
Fundraising 300
Rushmoor Borough Council 475
Making Music (unconfirmed)
Deficit £510
Amount Requested £200
Amount Recommended £200
Previous Funding 2003/04 £250 Farnborough Symphony Orchestra 2003/04 Season
2002/03 £200 Farnborough Symphony Orchestra 2002/03 Season
2001/02 £200 Concert Season 2001/02
2000/01 £200 A series of four concerts of orchestral music.
Additional Comments
Project Partnership Funding 2004/05 Date 16 September 2004
Application A33 Mozart Requiem
Applicant Anne Goodswen Romsey Choral Society Awbridge
Local Member informed of project:
Councillor Mrs E.S.M. Barron. No response.
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Romsey Choral Society will be performing Mozart's Requiem at Romsey Abbey on 13 November 2004. The choral society will be accompanied by Hampshire based professional musicians from the Chameleon Arts Orchestra and aim to provide access to a high standard of choral music for the residents of Romsey and surrounding area.
Supports the Corporate Strategy by:
Maximising life opportunities for the residents of Romsey and the surrounding area to take part in and have access to high quality choral music.
Building strong communities through participation in local activities.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Soloists 1,050 £7,050
Conductor 400
Orchestra 4,400
Venue hire 500
Printing 300
Music hire 100
Administration 300
Income Amount Total
Ticket sales 3,500 £4,240
Programme sales and advertising 500
Arts Council England South East 240
Test Valley Borough Council (£500 unconfirmed)
Deficit £2,810
Amount Requested £500
Amount Recommended £500
Previous Funding 2004/05 £500 Romsey Choral Society Concert
2003/04 £500 Romsey Choral Society concert
2003/04 £500 Romsey Choral Society concert
2002/03 £500 Choral Concert
2002/03 £500 Performance of Dream Of Gerontius
2001/02 £500 Choral concert
2001/02 £400 Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem
2000/01 £400 Romsey Choral Concert
2000/01 £500 Concert based around Shakespeare plays.
Additional Comments Project Partnership Funding 2004/05 Date 16 September 2004
Application A34 Scrooge
Applicant Gillian Elton Hayling Musical Society Hayling Island
Local Member informed of project:
Councillor E. F. Gale No response.
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Hayling Musical Society will be performing Scrooge, the Musical at Hayling Island Community Centre on 23 to 27 November 2004. Members of the society are drawn from Hayling Island and surrounding area and range in age from 8 to 80. Those taking part are encouraged to both perform and learn the technical aspects of staging a large production. Professional directors, choreographers and musicians are engaged to work with the group to develop the final
Supports the Corporate Strategy by:
Maximizing life opportunities for the community of Hayling Island to work with professional artists to create a piece of theatre.
Building strong communities through the creation of community led theatre.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Director 650 £8,330
Orchestra 2,800
Venue hire 1,580
Licence and royalties 1,250
Technical costs 900
Scenery and costumes 650
Publicity 500
Income Amount Total
Ticket sales 3,063 £4,563
Fundraising 1,000
Sponsorship 500
Awards For All (£3,000 unconfirmed)
Havant Borough Council (£1,000 unconfirmed)
Deficit £3,768
Amount Requested £500
Amount Recommended £300
Previous Funding 2003/04 £300 Sweet Charity - The Musical
2002/03 £300 Half-a-Sixpence, the musical
2001/02 £300 Oklahoma, a Community Musical
Additional Comments
Project Partnership Funding 2004/05 Date 16 September 2004
Application A35 Express!
Applicant Daniel Garnier Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Basingstoke
Local Member informed of project:
Councillors Gurden, Heath, Kelly, Shaw and Frankum.
Councillors Gurden and Shaw expressed their support for this project.
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council are organising a drumming and dance project with around 100 able bodied and disabled people young people and adults. This will take place at Limington House School, The Vyne School, Queen Mary's College SEN section, Audley's Resource Service and Junction 6 Youth Arts Centre from 3 November 2004 to 13 July 2005. This will culminate in a performance in Eastrop Park, Basingstoke on 16 July 2005. This project will enable the participants to develop their physical ability and express themselves through movement and rhythm, raising self-esteem, confidence and developing an awareness of issues surrounding disability. The workshops will be run by local professional practitioners and the project will include an element of professional development through a mentoring scheme run in partnership with the
Hampshire Dance Trust.
Supports the Corporate Strategy by:
Maximising life opportunities for people whose disabilities may prevent their participation in regular arts activities and for young people from a deprived area.
Building strong communities by providing the opportunity for able bodied and disabled people to work together and explore issues of disability.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Dance workshop leader 4,500 £10,025
Drumming workshop leader 3,750
Venue hire 375
Publicity 500
Costumes 500
Performance costs 400
Income Amount Total
Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council 3,500 £3,700
Hampshire Dance Trust 200
Arts Council England (£5,000 unconfirmed)
Deficit £6,325
Amount Requested £1,325
Amount Recommended £700
Previous Funding 2003/04 £750 Sightlines visual arts festival
2003/04 £2,000 Basingstoke Festival 2003
2002/03 £500 Wordfest: A Festival of Words
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
Additional Comments Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council are additionally supporting this
project by providing transport and support staff.
Project Partnership Funding 2004/05 Date 16 September 2004
Application A36 Edwin - Ballad Opera
Applicant Daniel Clarke Eastleigh Borough Council Eastleigh
Local Member informed of project:
Councillor C. Davidovitz, Mrs P. G. E. Holden-Brown, G. W. Davies-Dear and P. Luffman.
Councillors Davidovitz and Mrs Holden-Brown expressed their support for this project.
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Eastleigh Borough Youth Theatre are commissioning local musician Roger Watson and script writer James Barry to write a ballad opera using traditional song and dance and based on the Hampshire sea ballad Edwin. Eastleigh Borough Youth Theatre will work with TAPS to rehearse the performance from January to July 2005 at The Station in Chandlers Ford and will perform the piece at The Point in Eastleigh from 14 to 16 July 2005 and as part of the Sea Britain
Supports the Corporate Strategy by:
Maximising life opportunities for young people in the Eastleigh district to work with professional artists to create and perform an original piece of work.
Building strong communities through engaging young people with the social and cultural history of their area.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Writer & composer 5,000 £15,450
Workshop leaders 5,500
Venue hire 3,480
Publicity 300
Costume 670
Contingency 500
Income Amount Total
Ticket sales 2,500 £6,450
Programme sales 150
Workshop fees 2,800
The Point (in kind) 1,000
Arts Council England (£4,500 unconfirmed)
Deficit £9,000
Amount Requested £4,500
Amount Recommended £1,000
Previous Funding 2003/04 £250 Chandlers Ford and Hiltingbury Festival 2003/04 £1,300 Eastleigh Dance Festival 2003
2002/03 £1,250 Eastleigh Dance Festival 2002
2001/02 £1,200 Eastleigh Dance Festival 2001
2000/01 £1,000 Eastleigh Dance Festival 2000
1999/00 £1,000 Eastleigh Dance Festival 1999
1999/00 £500 Lakeside Country Park Sensory and Art Garden
Additional Comments Eastleigh Borough Council funds the organisation by employing the Youth Theatre leader and does not provide further funding for project work. The organisation is in discussion with Southampton and Portsmouth City Councils regarding funding for performing the piece at the Sea Britain festivities.
Project Partnership Funding 2004/05 Date 16 September 2004
Application A37 Site Works
Applicant Belinda Mitchell Mitchell Bould Winchester
Local Member informed of project:
Councillor P. Dickens and Mrs P. G. Peskett. No response.
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Trisha Bould and Belinda Mitchell will be exhibiting work developed during a two year residency at Osborne School (the special needs school which is the successor to Lankhills School) where they worked with the children, architects and builders to document the building process and to create a piece of work in the central atrium of the new building. The exhibition will take place at Winchester Gallery, Winchester School of Art campus between 30 September to 29 October and will include a reconstruction of the site office from Osborne School. They intend to run a series of workshops around the exhibition including a family drawing workshop to coincide with National Drawing Week and a video workshop with pupils from Osborne School. They are also working with Winchester Gallery and Osborne School to design family workshops appropriate to children with special educational needs to run during the exhibition and will also be providing specialised workshops for children from Shepards Down School. An evaluation of the project will also be produced as a guideline for others wishing to create similar projects.
Supports the Corporate Strategy by:
Maximising life opportunities for young people with special educational needs to become involved in an exhibition.
Building strong communities by engaging local families with an exhibition based around a local school.
Financial Information
Artists fees 1,400 £7,850
Workshop costs 600
Development of artwork from Osborne School 4,000
Permanent video installation for Osborne School 750
Reconstruction of site office 600
Evaluation 500
Income Amount Total
Winchester City Council 250 £2,600
Southampton University 750
Llewellyns Building Contractors 400
Hampshire County Council Architects Department (in kind) 800
Appletons Printers 400
Arts Council England 4,650
Deficit £600
Amount Requested £600
Amount Recommended £500
Previous Funding 2002/03 £500 Artists' residency at Lankhills School
Additional Comments
Project Partnership Funding 2004/05 Date 16 September 2004
Application A38 Art and Mind: Humour, Art and the Brain
Applicant Garry Kennard Art and Mind Winchester
Local Member informed of project:
Councillor P. Dickens and Mrs P. G. Peskett. No response.
Purpose For Which Assistance Is Sought
Following the success of its festival in March 2004 Art and Mind will be staging a one day exploration of Humour, Art and the Brain at The Theatre Royal, Winchester on 30 October 2004. The organisation will bring together eminent thinkers and artists to discuss, demonstrate and explore in performance based events the latest advances in scientific knowledge of how humour is expressed, how it evolved in human society and how it effects the human brain.
Supports the Corporate Strategy by:
Maximising life opportunities by providing an opportunity to explore new areas of scientific and artistic thinking, enabling life long learning.
Financial Information
Expenditure Amount Total
Speakers and performers 5,000 £23,000
Venue hire 3,000
Staff 6,000
Marketing and print costs 7,000
Administration 2,000
Income Amount Total
Ticket sales 9,000 £13,000
University College Winchester 2,000
NESTAR 2,000
Winchester City Council (£4,000 unconfirmed)
Deficit £10,000
Amount Requested £4,000
Amount Recommended £1,000
Previous Funding 2003/04 £2,000 The Winchester Festival of Art and The Mind
Additional Comments: The Festival of Art and the Mind commenced its work in Winchester in 2003 with a hugely successful weekend celebration and investigation of the issues of the subject. Encouraged by this success the organiser has developed the concept further and added this extra day into the calendar. He is also making arrangements for the second Festival for March 2005 and it is expected that an application will be made again to Hampshire County Council.
Arts Organisation Applying |
Type of Event |
Sponsor |
Sponsorship Amount £ |
District |
Recommendation £ |
Emsworth Food Festival |
Emsworth Food Festival - Arts Events |
UK Merchants Ltd |
500 |
Havant |
500 |
Hook Choral Society |
Hook Choral Society Autumn & Christmas Concerts |
Stepwell Ltd |
500 |
Hart |
500 |
Total: |
1,000 |
Appendix 3