Department for Culture Media and Sport
arts
The DCMS provides funding for the arts in England, sets arts policy and supports arts based initiatives, often in collaboration with other government departments.
Our work in the arts includes:
- Arts Council England: We fund Arts Council England to develop arts in England
- Access to the arts: We work to increase access to the arts, both the numbers of people taking part and those attending arts events
- Arts education: We support the vital and positive role that arts education plays in the UK today
- Arts & communities: DCMS promotes the use of the arts to help individuals, communities and support social policy
- Funding for the arts: DCMS funds arts in England, along with a number of other key organisations
- International arts: We support cultural exchange between the UK and other countries, as well as promoting British arts internationally
- The arts industry: DCMS supports the significant contribution that the arts industry makes to the economy and our society
Supporting national arts companies:
we encourage the national arts companies to pursue excellence, expand access to the arts, link with important initiatives and collaborate with other organisations
The national arts companies include:
Our aims for the arts
The aim of our work is to maximise the contribution from the arts sector to our strategic priorities; Children and Young People; Communities; the Economy; and Delivery.
We also aim to:
- Broaden access for all to a rich and varied artistic and cultural life
- Ensure that the artistic activity we fund aspires to be world class
- Ensure that everyone has the opportunity to develop artistic talent and to achieve excellence in the arts
- Develop the educational potential of all the nation's artistic and cultural resources
- Raise standards of artistic and cultural education and training
- Ensure an adequate skills supply for the arts and cultural sectors
- Reduce the number of those who feel excluded from society, by using the arts
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