A report by BritainThinks
Since its creation 70 years ago, the Arts Council has served as the principal agency
championing, developing and investing in art and culture across England.
We invest more than £445 million of public funding every year, supporting a wide range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries. We feel it’s important that this investment is distributed according to a shared sense of direction, purpose and vision with artists, arts and cultural organisations, our partners across central and local government, education, business and the charitable sector; and most importantly, with the public, who provide the money that we distribute.