Art Fund
Wealthy people leaving UK is hurting arts funding, sector warns
Wealthy people leaving the UK in part driven by the government’s pledge to abolish the “non-dom” regime is hurting philanthropic funding for the already thinly spread arts sector, institutions and charities have warned. Caroline Douglas, director of the Contemporary Art Society, said donations it receives would fall by “hundreds of thousands” of pounds after a “handful” of non-domiciled backers said they would relocate because of proposed tax changes at the Budget.
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A grant of £165,000 has been awarded to help develop children’s creativity in Birmingham and the Black Country.
The money was awarded to Arts Connect, a scheme at the University of Wolverhampton, by Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Teacher Development Fund.
The funds will go towards its programme, Classroom as Studio, which aims to embed arts-based learning into the school curriculum and teaching practice.
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It is known as the land of song and as one of the world’s most passionate sporting nations.
But a report has concluded that despite its proud heritage, Wales is languishing behind almost all other European countries in terms of spending on recreational, sporting and cultural services.
The report from the cross-party Welsh parliament’s culture and sports committee found that Wales is third from bottom in government funding for recreation and sport, ahead of Poland and Latvia. For culture, Wales only outspent Greece.
The Scottish arts centre has announced that it is ‘now in a position’ to pay out money owed to artists that performed at the venue during this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe
