Mar
25
The case for core funding
Theatres, museums and orchestras say they need core funding on either a three, four or five year contact, to enable them to plan and run their businesses. Any additional money provided by philanthropic gifts or a one-off lottery grant is extremely helpful, but doesn’t compare. It is the difference between an employee earning a wage and then receiving the occasional bonus, you can plan your life around one, but not the other.
- Will Gompertz, ‘The Arts on a Budget’, Gomp/arts, BBC News, 24 March 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/willgompertz/2011/03/the_arts_on_a_budget.html
AW: Just to prove that we don’t only cite stupid quotes, here is Will Gompertz putting the case for government arts funding better than anyone else can. Go Will!
