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Hampshire County Council

Executive Member - Recreation and Heritage Item 8

15 November 2007

Arts Activity Funding 2008/09

Report of the Director of Recreation and Heritage

Contact: Janet Mein Ext 5468 e-mail: [email protected]

1. Summary

1.1 The following decision is sought:

      That funding totalling £55,405 be awarded for the following Arts Activities, subject to the budget for 2008/09 being confirmed.

Arts Activity 2008/09

Festival Activity

Bordon and Whitehill Arts Festival 2008 - Phoenix Theatre

Bordon

2,000

Bishop's Waltham Festival

Bishop's Waltham

1,000

Ringwood Festival - Orchestral Concert

Ringwood

500

Asian Welfare and Cultural Association

Eastleigh

2,500

Romsey Beggars Fair

Romsey

1,000

Hat Fair Ltd.

Winchester

5,000

Gosport and Fareham Easter Festival

Fareham

2,500

Wickham Festival

Wickham

1,000

Portchester International Arts Festival

Porchester

1,000

Newbury Spring Festival

North Hampshire Villages

1,000

Winchester Guitar Festival - Arts Circus

Winchester

500

Winchester Writers Conference

Winchester

1,500

The Winchfield festival

Winchfield

500

Gosport Waterfront Festival

Gosport

2,000

Salisbury International Arts Festival

TBC

5,000

Sub Total

27,000

Community

Brockenhurst Music Society

Brockenhurst

180

Grayshott Concerts

Grayshott

300

Romsey Choral Society

Romsey

500

Hart Youth Team (HCC)

Fleet

Nil

Friends of Leesland Park

Gosport

500

Farnborough Symphony Orchestra

Farnborough

250

Basingstoke Symphony Orchestra

Basingstoke

500

Wildern School and specialist Arts College

Hedge End

200

Winchester and District Mencap Society

Winchester

4,000

Southern Orchestral Concert Society

Petersfield

500

Havant Borough Council

Havant/Fareham

1,500

The Havant Orchestras

Havant

1,000

Lymington Choral Society

Lymington

300

The Petersfield School - Singing for Fun

Petersfield

300

The Petersfield School - National Youth Theatre

Petersfield

Nil

The Petersfield School - Gifted and Talented Summer School

Petersfield

Nil

Sub Total

10,030

Programme

Horndean Community Association

Horndean

3,000

Barbados House Association - Phoenix Theatre

Bordon

3,000

Central Studio

Basingstoke

3,000

Sub Total

9,000

Professional

Kala the Arts

Basingstoke

Deferred

The Kala Chethena Kathakali Troupe

New Forest

400

Wet Picnic

Winchester

1,200

Josh Elwell Theatre

Ringwood

1,000

The Point

Eastleigh

4,000

The Phoenix Theatre & Arts Centre

Bordon

Nil

Sub Total

6,600

Open Arts

New Forest Arts

New Milton

500

Open Studios 2008

North Hampshire

500

Sub Total

1,000

Arts Activity Total

53,630

Business Partnership 2008/9

Barbados House Association - Phoenix Theatre

Bordon

500

Forest Arts Centre

New Milton

275

Business Partnership Total

775

Grand Total

54,405

Business Partnership 2007/8

Bishop's Waltham Festival 07/08

Bishop's Waltham

500

Grayshott Concerts

Grayshott

500

Total

1,000

2. Reason

2.1 To support small scale arts activities serving Hampshire people and to deliver the aims of the Corporate Strategy by maximising wellbeing, particularly for young people, through participation in high quality arts events and contributing to economic prosperity by employing local artists or generating income via ticket sales and so on.

3. Other options considered and rejected

3.1

    - making no awards.

    - making increased awards.

    - making decreased 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: Date:

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Councillor Mrs. M. Snaith