Sir Peter Bazalgette has addressed staff and trustees from community foundations across the UK at the UK Communities Foundation Conference on Friday 20 September, about the importance of philanthropy in the current arts funding climate.

Key themes addressed in this speech included:

• Raising awareness of the charitable status of arts organisations
• Increasing understanding of tax breaks for arts donors
• The importance of collaboration between arts and charities
• The commitment of executive staff to philanthropic funding solutions

Watch the speech in full here, and the Q&A session here.

The transcript of Peter's speech is available for download here: Word / PDF

http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/news/arts-council-news/sir-peter-bazalgette-addresses-ukcf/