Agenda item
GRANTS TO CULTURAL ORGANISATIONS 2010/11 - ECS/10/032
- Meeting of Education, Culture and Sport Committee, Thursday, 15th April, 2010 2.00 pm (Item 13.)
- View the declarations of interest for item 13.
Minutes:
DECLARATION OF INTERESTS
Councillors Cooney, Leslie, Reynolds, Jennifer Stewart and Kirsty West declared an interest in the following article due to their appointment as Board Members of Aberdeen International Youth Festival. Councillors Leslie and Reynolds declared an interest due to their appointment as Directors of North East of Scotland Music School. Councillors Cormack and Jennifer Stewart declared an interest by virtue of their position as the Council’s appointed representatives to the Board of Aberdeen Performing Arts. None of the above-mentioned Councillors felt it necessary to leave the room during consideration of the article.
The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Education, Culture and Sport which presented the proposed cultural projects recommended to be funded by Aberdeen City Council in 2010/11.
The report advised that there had recently been a revision to the cultural grants application process, which historically was administered directly through submissions framed within the template of the Council’s Funding pack. Having reviewed the existing application process both internally and externally, with current and previous applicants for cultural grants, it was clear that the current process was failing to effectively meet the needs of either party. Feedback suggested that the form was difficult to complete and did not provide the necessary space to clearly illustrate the scope and purpose of the project, and determining the cultural grant criteria in such a wide ranging generic document was overly challenging.
The report went on to advise that through the applied revisions, applicants were now part of a process which provided clear and structured guidance on the grants and also an increased level of flexibility through the online administration process. It was also noted that in providing an increased level of ongoing support and information through grants workshops and the option of directly contacting the Culture and Sport Strategy team, applicants were able to access pre-application advice and would receive feedback on their applications which could be used for future applications to both Aberdeen City Council and other external funding providers.
In relation to the application for grants, a total of 83 applicants had been received, totalling £810,970.95. It was recommended to allocate cultural grants to the value of £408,282.72 which would support projects to the estimated total value of £12.6 million to Aberdeen City residents.
Appended to the report were applications for the cultural grant allocation for 2010/2011, with applicants requesting (1) under £1,000 in funding, (2) for £1,000 to £10,000 and (3) over £10,000.
The Committee resolved:-
(i) to enable officers to provide recommendations to future Committees in regards to the disbursement of any remaining funds in response to potential additional applications against the cultural grants fund(s) within this fiscal year; and
(ii) to agree the allocation of cultural grants to the value of £408,282.72 to cultural organisations as set out below:-
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Category A – Up to £1,000 |
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APPLICANT |
PROJECT |
APPROVED FUNDING |
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Archaeology Scotland |
Scottish Archaeology Month |
£ 500.00 |
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Aberdeen Chamber Music Club |
Concert Series 2010/11 |
£ 600.00 |
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Aberdeen Chamber Orchestra |
Rehearsal and Concert Programme |
£ 600.00 |
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Aberdeen Potters |
Development Programme |
£ 1,000.00 |
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Crafty Potters |
Promote Pottery Class |
£ 0.00 |
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Fleeman Promotions |
Performance of Doric Plays |
£ 750.00 |
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Grampian Festival |
Annual Highland Dancing Festival |
£ 225.00 |
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Johnny Come Lately |
Limited Edition |
£ 0.00 |
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Learig Orchestra |
Open Orchestra |
£ 400.00 |
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Lemon Tree Writers |
North East Voices Publications Project |
£ 0.00 |
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Morven Singers |
Programme |
£ 100.00 |
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Newhills Primary |
Like Tobago |
£ 0.00 |
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North East Open Studios |
Aberdeen Focus |
£ 999.00 |
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North East Scotland Classical Guitar Society |
Fifth Annual Spring Concert and Workshop |
£ 0.00 |
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Northfields Street Art Project Partnership Team |
Art Attack |
£ 900.00 |
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Poetry Aberdeen |
Participation in New Words Festival |
£ 0.00 |
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Scottish Country Dance Festival |
Scottish Country Dance Festival 2011 |
£ 500.00 |
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Spring Tides Poetry Group |
Poetry Group |
£ 375.00 |
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The Lyrical Musical Society
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The Producers |
£ 0.00 |
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Vocoustics |
Series of Live Music Events and Performances |
£ 750.00 |
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Category B - £1,000 to £10,000 |
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APPLICANT |
PROJECT |
APPROVED FUNDING |
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Aberdeen and North East Scotland Music Festival |
Aberdeen Music Festival |
£ 0.00 |
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Aberdeen Choral Society |
General Running/Annual Concerts |
£ 1,000.00 |
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Aberdeen City and Shire Film Office |
Aberdeen City and Shire Film Festival 2011 |
£ 0.00 |
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Aberdeen City Libraries |
Reader in Residence |
£ 3,450.00 |
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Aberdeen International Youth Festival |
Youth Singing Group |
£ 6,465.00 |
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Aberdeen International Youth Festival |
Festival Collective |
£ 1,875.00 |
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AberdeenMalayalee Association |
Malayalee Association Activities |
£ 0.00 |
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AberdeenSymphonietta |
Music Hall Concert Series 2010-11 |
£ 3,000.00 |
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Aberdite Theatre |
FLY |
£ 1,175.00 |
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Act II |
Forum Theatre Piece |
£ 3,000.00 |
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APA / ACC / AIYF |
Twinning Project |
£ 3,500.00 |
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Art Gallery and Museums |
Plague Re-enactment |
£ 1,205.00 |
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Arts Education |
WORD First Publication |
£ 3,500.00 |
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City Moves Dance Agency |
Step Forward Integrated Dance Company |
£ 4,350.00 |
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City Moves Dance Agency |
City Moves / PVA / Live Art Project |
£ 4,000.00 |
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Community Planning |
Sluie Park Installation |
£ 1,912.50 |
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Curriculum Resources and Information Service |
Northern Writers Creative Conference |
£ 805.90 |
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Grampian Youth Orchestra |
Spring Concert Weekend |
£ 1,000.00 |
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Granite City Highland Dancing Association |
Granite City Highland Dancing Festival |
£ 1,200.00 |
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Interesting Music Promotions |
Music Promotions |
£ 0.00 |
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Limousine Bull Artists Collective |
Series of Contemporary Fine Art Events |
£ 7,500.00 |
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Marie Skene |
Drama – Youth |
£ 0.00 |
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North East Arts Touring |
Touring Theatre |
£5,500.00 |
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Playwrights Studio Scotland |
Writer Development Project |
£ 1,965.00 |
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Project Slogan |
Gallery Programme Development |
£ 3,000.00 |
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Pushing Out The Boat |
Issue Number 10 |
£ 1,275.00 |
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Scottish Ballet |
Programme and Educational Activities |
£ 2,000.00 |
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
Concert Series |
£1,800.00 |
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra |
Windfarms |
£ 1,013.32 |
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Scottish Community Drama Association |
Annual Programme |
£ 2,250.00 |
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Scottish Ensemble |
Residency |
£ 2,500.00 |
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Scottish Opera |
Performance and Education Activity Programme |
£ 3,750.00 |
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The North East of Scotland Music School |
Development Grant |
£ 5,000.00 |
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The Reading Bus |
Jackanory on Board the Reading Bus |
£ 2,500.00 |
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Transition Extreme |
Joint Art Project with Ombionce |
£ 2,600.00 |
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Triple Threat Theatre |
Oliver |
£ 0.00 |
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WordFringe |
New Words Festival and Year Round Development |
£ 7,500.00 |
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Workers Educational Association |
Reach Out |
£5,000.00 |
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Category C - Over £10,000 |
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APPLICANT |
PROJECT |
APPROVED FUNDING |
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Aberdeen Performing Arts |
APA Youth Theatre |
£ 11,250.00 |
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Aberdeen Performing Arts |
The Cone Gatherers |
£ 10,000.00 |
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Aberdeen Performing Arts / Jazz Aberdeen |
Jazz Programme and Festival |
£ 22,500.00 |
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Aberdeenshire Council |
National Saxophone Conference – Aberdeen 2010 |
£ 0.00 |
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Art Gallery and Museums |
125th Anniversary Programme |
£16,650.00 |
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Art Gallery and Museums |
Lunch Break Concert Series |
£ 8,000.00 |
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Arts Development |
Art Engagement and Consultation |
£ 23,000.00 |
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Arts Education |
Arts Across Learning Festival 2010 |
£ 20,000.00 |
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Castlegate Arts Limited |
Programme of Participatory Arts and Business Development |
£ 40,000.00 |
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City Moves Dance Agency |
DanceLive Festival |
£ 3,000.00 |
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Creative Culture Scotland |
Creative Culture Scotland |
£ 25,000.00 |
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Cultural Enterprise Office |
Delivery of Cultural Enterprise Office Services |
£ 12,000.00 |
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Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust |
Restoration of Endangered Victorian Engine Shed |
£ 0.00 |
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Growing Audiences North East |
Growing Audiences North East |
£ 10,000.00 |
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Peacock Visual Arts |
Artistic Programme for 2010/11 |
£10,825.00 |
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra |
2010/11 Concert Series and Education Programme |
£ 11,500.00 |
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Royal Scottish National Orchestra |
Renewal |
£ 0.00 |
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Scottish Culture and Traditions |
Core Programme of Activities |
£ 19,752.00 |
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Sound |
Sound Festival |
£ 10,500.00 |
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Station House Media Unit |
shmu SOUND |
£ 10,015.00 |
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The National Galleries of Scotland |
Silver City – Parallel Lives: Portrait of the Nation in Aberdeen |
£ 7,500.00 |
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The Skinny Radge Media Limited |
Aberdeen Distribution and Expansion |
£ 0.00 |
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University of Aberdeen |
University of Aberdeen Flagship Cultural Programme |
£ 25,000.00 |
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Wizard Festival Limited |
Wizard Festival |
£ 7,500.00 |
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TOTALS |
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£ 408,282.72 |
Supporting documents:
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Grants to Cultural Organisations 2010-11, item 13.
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Grants to Cultural Organisations 2010-11 App 1, item 13.
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