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  • Art is as complex as we are. It is hard for any one of us, artist or not, to understand who we are and what we genuinely do and art, which comes out of this creative chaos, reflects our situation and helps us recognise its variations, how we connect and disconnect with other people, places and ideas.
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Inspiration

What Next? Welfare, Benefits and Access to Work briefing

This briefing has been put together by What Next? in collaboration with a range of d/Deaf and Disabled arts, cultural and creative leaders, including; Tom Ryalls and BAP, Graeae, DASH, Spare Tyre, Disability Arts Online, Access All Areas, Decode, Diverse City and Unlimited. We aim for it to be a working document that clarifies the political landscape surrounding welfare reform, and which flags up key actions that colleagues can take; alongside initiatives, data, information, reporting and campaigns.

Summary of headline findings from What Next? Roundtables on Hodge Review of ACE

Arts Council England is currently under independent review by Baroness Hodge, supported by an expert panel and a civil service team These opinions and statements about the current and future remit and processes of Arts Council England were all made at What Next? Roundtables with the Hodge Review team. We have created an anonymised summary of the opinions and statements about the current and future remit and processes of Arts Council England. We have submitted this to the formal consultation. This document represents a reflection of the discussions that took place and should not be taken as the views of the What Next? team or the movement as a whole.

What Next? Local Authorities Briefing Paper 24/01/2024

This paper serves as a background to the conversation What Next? colleagues held in January about Local Authorities. At this current moment, the process of making the case for the arts is hugely difficult: arguments that pit culture spend against other departments and needs are unlikely to cut through in this crowded and urgent space, and arguments that rely on long-term economic growth are difficult to enact when all available funding is diverted to averting short-term crisis. In this landscape, how we make decisions about the arts and cultural provision that we want to enable and protect, and we how we take a shared and collaborative responsibility for this process becomes even more important.

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