We believe in a society that values creativity, imagination and expression. We believe the arts generate growth and tourism. We believe the arts enhance our reputation. We believe the arts enrich our lives. We believe in the value of the arts.
The National Campaign for the Arts ensures that the arts are on local and national government agendas and are recognized as a vital part of contemporary Irish life.
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We need at least €50,000 this year to maintain the post of National Co-ordinator, make our website a better resource and mount pre-Budget and public engagement campaigns. We're nearly half way there. So ... please donate what you can to help us continue to advocate for the arts in 2012.
Public Sector Reform Plan
We’re very concerned about the gathering pace of the Public Sector Reform Plan's programme of work. Critical reviews of Culture Ireland, the Chester Beatty Library, the Heritage Council and the Placenames Commission are to be completed by June 2012.
We have written to Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin. Letter here. We have followed up with a letter to Minister for the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Jimmy Deenihan. We hope to meet officials from his department this week. We’ll keep you posted about how you can help.
Oireachtas Committee presentation
Last week we presented to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment, Transport, Culture and the Gaeltacht. We put forward a series of recommendations primarily about securing Local Authority funding for the arts. Presentation here.
National Steering Committee
The new National Steering Committee is now in place. Welcome to our final new member: Gerard Howlin, Public Affairs Consultant, political commentator and former senior political advisor. For full committee see here.
New National Co-ordinator
Louise O'Reilly has been appointed our new National Co-ordinator. She replaces Janice McAdam who has left to work with Genesis marketing communications company. Louise has been working in the arts for over 6 years and is a very capable project manager with considerable fundraising and communications experience and expertise. Just what we need. Welcome on board, Louise!
Lobbying presentations
A presentation we prepared for the City and County Managers Association is available here. This is a good one to use and adapt if you're lobbying local authority figures.
A more general NCFA presentation is available here. Again, it can be locally nuanced. A pdf of briefing notes, which accompany the presentation, is also available here.
NCFA videos
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