We would
be grateful if you would spare 5 -10 minutes of your time to complete the
attached survey.
There are
only 14 simple questions which would help us to develop support services for
people working in folk music in England.
To get to
the survey click on the link above for more detailed background of the reasons
behind the survey read on.
As you are
aware for the last four years Folk Arts England (FAE) have been funded by Arts
Council England, to deliver a wide range of services to the folk music
sector.
In
November last year FAE decided that they would like to focus their resources
on a number of strategic projects and not continue as an Arts
Council regularly funded organisation after March 2009. The
Arts Council is supportive of FAE's decision and is allocating funds in
2009/10 towards the organisation's work
in:
- The
delivery of the FAE Conference and training work in
2009
- The
development of the programme in 2010
- Research
into the possibility of making Direct Roots accessible on
line.
The Arts
Council recognises the valuable contribution that Steve Heap, the
board and staff of FAE have made to raising the profile of
the sector through the FAE Conference, campaigning work and the
production of Direct Roots. The Arts Council is committed to supporting the
development of folk music in England to ensure that the
legacy of the work instigated by FAE continues.
In 2009-11
the Arts Council has allocated a budget of £200K per annum to
support the development of folk music in England and is now working with
the support of FAE to research the needs of the folk music sector
in order to establish how it can best be supported in the
future.
The first
stage of this process is the attached questionnaire which asks a few basic
questions to identify your main
priorities around:
- Information and networking
services
- Campaigning and sectoral
profile
- Professional
development
- Sectoral
development projects
The
questionnaire should take no more than 5 -10 minutes to complete. All
responses will be treated in confidence and responses made anonymous in the
analysis process.
The
deadline for your responses is Friday 6th March.
In the
second stage, should you choose to select the option, we might contact you to
discuss your feedback in more detail in a short interview (no
longer than 20 minutes).
In the
third stage we will use your responses to inform a number of discussion groups
involving a cross section of:
- Managers
and agents
- Artists
- Promoters
- Labels
- Festivals and
venues
This group
will be nominated by Music Officers in each of the regions and representatives
of FAE.
We will
feedback the results of the findings in November
2009.
Please
feel free to pass this questionnaire onto any associates, members of your
organisation or artists you are working with.
Thank you
in advance for your time.
Philip
Butterworth
Philip
Butterworth
Music
Officer
Arts Council England,
National Office
Direct Line: +44
(0)20 7608 6117
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