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Arts Council National Lottery Development Funds:Subject Specialist Networks Project Funding 2018-20

Guidance for applicants

The below is an outline summary of key information. Please see Section three for full eligibility criteria.

Summary of key informationWhat is the focus of the fund? Subject Specialist Networks exist

to develop the museum sector’s curatorial knowledge by capturing and sharing expertise associated with collections in a sustainable way. This fund will support Subject Specialist Networks to develop, maintain and share expertise associated with specialist collections alongside their contribution to public engagement, education and enjoyment.

We will expect applications to anticipate and adapt to economic, environmental and social change by seizing opportunities, identifying and mitigating risks, and deploying resources effectively in order to continue delivering work in line with the applicant’s mission. This includes thinking about and planning for organisational performance, financial and environmental sustainability, the skills and

knowledge of the workforce, as well as equality and diversity.

Who can apply? We will accept applications from the following:

Subject Specialist Networks which are already recognised by Arts Council England. These networks have been identified as supporting major collection areas and they revolve around a subject specialism and are drawn from established professional membership bodies, or less defined networks of museums. These networks help to develop the knowledge and expertise associated with specialist collections. They act as a democratic forum for the sharing of expertise, research, mentoring and developing best practice. Please see Appendix A for the full list of currently recognised Subject Specialist Networks.

Applications from a consortium of recognised networks working together. One organisation must act as the lead organisation and submit the application.

Applications from new networks, or proposed

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networks which meet the following criteria:

- The network is focussed on a particular collection type not covered by another network

- There is clear and robust evidence of the need for the network

- There is satisfactory evidence of support from members or proposed members and their host institutions

- The application is made through a lead applicant who is either a formally constituted organisation with a track record in delivering services to the museum sector or an Accredited museum on the network’s behalf

Applicants applying as a new network must have a mandatory conversation with the Manager, Collections Management and Designation, Arts Council England about their proposal and their eligibility for the fund prior to submission.

All lead applicants must be either a formally constituted organisation with a track record in delivering services to

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the museum sector or an Accredited museum.

When is the deadline for applications?

12pm (midday) on Thursday 23 August 2018

How much can be applied for per application?

Between £10,000 – £80,000

When must the activity take place?

Activities must start no earlier than 1 January 2019

Activities must end no later than 30 June 2020

Minimum match funding from other sources

10% of total project budget. This can include in kind support.

When will we make our decision?

We will aim to notify applicants of our decision no later than 7 December 2018

Contents

Section one – introduction............................................................5Welcome......................................................................................5

Background...................................................................................5About Arts Council England........................................................6About Arts Council England’s Development funds 2018-22.......6

Section two – purpose of Subject Specialist Networks.................8Aims and outcomes.......................................................................8How much funding is available?.................................................9

Section three – eligibility............................................................10Consortia and partnership agreements....................................14

Section four – what you will be expected to deliver....................15Section five – how to apply..........................................................17Talking to us about your application – the ‘mandatory conversation’ for new networks interested in applying............17Making an application..............................................................18

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When to apply...........................................................................18Making an application..............................................................18Assistance with your application..............................................20After you submit your application............................................20

Section seven – Freedom of Information Act..............................25Section eight – Data Protection..................................................26Contact us...................................................................................26Appendix A – Arts Council England recognised Subject Specialist Networks as of July 2018............................................................27

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Section one – introduction

Welcome Thank you for your interest in Subject Specialist Networks 2018-20.

BackgroundSubject Specialist Networks exist to develop the museum sector’s curatorial knowledge by capturing and sharing expertise associated with collections in a sustainable way.

Arts Council England supports Subject Specialist Networks in order to meet our own strategic aims around enabling all museums staff to have the required skills to proactively develop, care for and also maximise public engagement with their collections. This underpins Arts Council England’s Goal 3 and Goal 4 and this is further explored in Section two and Section four.

The importance of maintaining and developing Subject Specialist Networks was highlighted in the recent Mendoza Review and they are also central to the Art Fund’s ‘21st Century curator’ report which looks at the evolving role of the UK museum curator and their future needs. The Mendoza Review highlighted that museums are struggling to make best use of their collections and to maintain sufficient curatorial expertise with the result that many collections are considered to be too static and underused. During 2018-2020 we will be re-thinking how best to support Subject Specialist Networks in the context of the Mendoza Review implementation and our work with NMDC and DCMS to develop a framework for museum partnerships and our new 10-year strategy.

The strength of Subject Specialist Networks lies in their place to act as a conduit to curatorial knowledge. They act as a recognised forum for the sharing of expertise, research, mentoring and the development of best practice across and beyond the sector. Sustainable Subject Specialist Networks are alert to the needs of network users and provide and maintain tools for knowledge exchange such as an accessible web platform to share ideas, issues and debate which will strengthen expertise across the museum sector. This enables networks

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to connect to the widest pool of knowledge and expertise, which will not always exist within the museum sector but may be levered in from academia, practitioners working across the subject area itself or a wider expert forum.This current funding opportunity will support Subject Specialist Networks in their key role of equipping museum staff with sufficient subject expertise to confidently and effectively curate museum collections so that they can deliver high quality cultural experiences, create interesting and insightful narratives for users and contribute to new avenues of academic enquiry and research around material culture.

Subject Specialist Networks are either charitable bodies in their own right or are less formal networks managed by a host museum, which have a mission statement and a defined purpose as a Subject Specialist Network. They also have a governance structure, such as a committee or board. Host museums are often nationally funded museums or an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation.

About Arts Council EnglandArts Council England is the national development body for arts and culture across England, working to enrich people’s lives. We support a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries – from theatre to visual art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections. Great art and culture inspires us, brings us together and teaches us about ourselves and the world around us. In short, it makes life better. Between 2018 and 2022, we will invest £1.45 billion of public money from government and an estimated £860 million from the National Lottery to help create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country. www.artscouncil.org.uk

About Arts Council England’s Development funds 2018-22Our Development funds help us to target particular challenges, opportunities or gaps, creating the environment for further development to take place in the arts and culture sector. Ultimately, they help us meet the goals set out in our strategy, Great art and culture for everyone. Our goals, for reference, are as follows:

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Goal 1: Excellence is thriving and celebrated in the arts, museums and libraries

Goal 2: Everyone has the opportunity to experience and be inspired by the arts, museums and libraries

Goal 3: The arts, museums and libraries are resilient and environmentally sustainable

Goal 4: The leadership and workforce in the arts, museums and libraries are diverse and appropriately skilled

Goal 5: Every child and young person has the opportunity to experience the richness of the arts, museums and libraries

All of these goals are important, but the Subject Specialist Network Fund will prioritise applications that respond to Goal 3 and Goal 4.

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Section two – purpose of Subject Specialist Networks

Aims and outcomes

The central aims of this fund will support Subject Specialist Networks to:

Build confidence in the museum sector in relation to dynamic collections management and increased public engagement by sharing subject specialist knowledge

Contribute towards ensuring that staff working with collections have the opportunity to develop and improve specialist subject knowledge

Support the museum sector to develop and share curatorial knowledge around given subject areas

Enable the museums sector as a whole to develop new curatorial knowledge around specialist subject areas

Subject Specialist Networks have a significant role to play in relation to meeting our aims around dynamic collections curation and management, particularly when museum staff need to make complex curatorial decisions around collections management and require the back-up of peer expertise. We recognise the huge responsibility that collections management and engagement represents and the necessity of having access to expert knowledge for curatorial work, which is not always available in-house. The sharing of ideas and techniques learnt by experience of practice and study makes a crucial contribution to this work.

We expect that your project will have a primary emphasis on Goals 3 and 4. Whilst we are not prescriptive about what we will fund, examples of the types of activity that could be supported through Subject Specialist Network funding are listed in Section four.

We also believe that Subject Specialist Networks should be able to grow organically and respond flexibly to the needs of the specialist subject to which they relate. We do not want to fund projects which merely support the Subject Specialist Network’s existence and we wish

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to prioritise projects which can evidence how they will deal with particular opportunities and challenges facing the subject area and which focus on activity which will develop and sustain curatorial knowledge exchanges into the future. We also expect proposals to have identifiable outcomes directly benefitting the specialist subject area in question and which explain why the network applicant is best placed to lead this project.

Benefits of the proposed activity should not be solely confined to the network’s membership. Funded activity must ultimately contribute to the core mission of museums to provide appropriate collections development and care and effective public engagement.

How much funding is available?The total budget available for this fund is £700,000. It is drawn from the Arts Council’s National Lottery funding.

Awards will be between £10,000 and £80,000.

We will accept applications for funding from organisations listed in Appendix A of this guidance document, or, applications from new networks which can meet the criteria set out in Section 3 and have had a mandatory conversation with the Manager, Collections Management and Designation, Arts Council England. We will also accept applications for funding from organisations working in a consortium. One organisation must act as the lead organisation and submit the application.

Geographical focus of the fundThe geographical focus is designed to support Arts Council's intent to ensure that a minimum of 75% of our Lottery funding is spent outside London. See the balancing criteria for more information.

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Section three – eligibilityPlease read the eligibility requirements for the fund carefully. If you do not meet any of these requirements we will be unable to consider your application for funding.

Who can apply? We will accept applications from the following:

Subject Specialist Networks which are already recognised by Arts Council England. These networks have been identified as supporting major collection areas and they revolve around a subject specialism and are drawn from established professional membership bodies, or less defined networks of museums. These networks help to develop the knowledge and expertise associated with specialist collections. They act as a democratic forum for the sharing of expertise, research, mentoring and developing best practice. Please see Appendix A for the full list of currently recognised Subject Specialist Networks.

Applications from a consortium of recognised networks working together. One organisation must act as the lead organisation and submit

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the application. Applications from new networks, or

proposed networks which meet the following criteria:

- The network is focussed on a particular collection type not covered by another network

- There is clear and robust evidence of the need for the network

- There is satisfactory evidence of support from members or proposed members and their host institutions

- The application is made through a lead applicant who is either a formally constituted organisation with a track record in delivering services to the museum sector or an Accredited museum on the network’s behalf

Applicants applying as a new network must have a mandatory conversation with the Manager, Collections Management and Designation, Arts Council England about their proposal and their eligibility for the fund prior to submission.

All lead applicants must be either a formally constituted organisation with a track record in delivering services to the museum sector or an Accredited museum.

Who cannot apply? Individuals Applicants that are not already on our

recognised list of Subject Specialist Networks, unless they are a new network who meet the requirements as set out above and have had a

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mandatory conversation with the Manager, Collections Management and Designation, Arts Council England prior to submission

Organisations based outside of England

What activity can be supported?

We expect that your project will have a primary emphasis on Goals 3 and 4. Whilst we are not prescriptive about what we will fund, examples of the types of activity that could be supported through Subject Specialist Network funding are:

Developing best practice guidance Developing downloadable collections

expertise, resources and tools Publishing new research around the

subject area Developing subject-focused advocacy

materials for museum staff Skills development opportunities Leadership development around the

subject area Fellowships and bursaries Emerging curators initiatives Seminars with a continued

professional development focusWhat activity cannot be funded?

In general, we will not support the following expenditure: Collection purchase or acquisition Collections work with no explicit public

benefit in the longer term Activities that will not benefit the

regional museums sector in England Activities that duplicate work that

already exists General running costs and overheads that

are already paid for by other income,

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including your own funds Ongoing overheads relating to equipment

or buildings, such as insurance and maintenance costs

Activities that do not benefit or engage people working with museum collections in England or that do not help curators and museums staff to carry out their work

Activities (including buying goods or services) that have started, been bought, ordered or contracted before we make a decision about your application. This is because we cannot fund activity retrospectively

Costs that are already paid for by other income including your own funds or any other funding

How much can be applied for per application?

Between £10,000 and £80,000

How much match funding from sources other than ACE is required?

At least 10 per cent of the total cost of the activity to come from sources other than the Arts Council. This can include cash and in kind support

Delivery timetable Activities must start no earlier than 1 January 2019

Activities must end no later than 30 June 2020

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Consortia and partnership agreements

We will accept applications for funding from recognised Subject Specialist Networks working as a consortium. One organisation must act as the lead organisation and submit the application.

All partners within the consortium must show a firm commitment to joint working. Your application must show the benefits and rationale of working as a consortium.If we decide to fund your project we will enter into a legally binding grant agreement with the lead organisation. This organisation must accept our terms and conditions of grant and will be solely accountable to us for all monitoring information, how all the money is spent and for the full and successful delivery of the project.

One of our standard terms and conditions of grant is that the organisation we enter into a grant agreement with cannot subcontract any of the project to other organisations without our prior agreement in writing. So if we award a grant, before the project can start, we must

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approve a partnership agreement between the lead organisation and the other partners involved in the project.

There is further guidance about Partnership agreements on our website.

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Section four – what you will be expected to deliver

We welcome applications that will make a contribution to achieving the aims and outcomes outlined in Section two above.

We expect that your project will have a primary emphasis on Goals 3 and 4. Whilst we are not prescriptive about what we will fund, examples of the types of activity that could be supported through Subject Specialist Network funding are as follows:

Activity responding to Goal 3: Updating existing curatorial guidelines or developing new best

practice guidelines in subject areas Developing accessible collections advice resources and tools

which can be made available on a sustained basis Publishing new research around the subject area Developing subject-focused advocacy materials for museum staff Convening seminars and conferences in the subject matter Delivering expert-led training courses in a variety of accessible

formats Undertaking collections research which will be of benefit to

museums working within the relevant subject matter Gathering research data around identified collections areas for

the use and benefit of the whole museum sector

Activity responding to Goal 4: Providing skills development opportunities for curatorial staff to

develop expertise or develop emerging curators initiatives Provide leadership development around the subject area Fellowships, bursaries and mentoring schemes in relation to

developing curatorial subject knowledge Emerging curators initiatives Providing leadership development and the creation of fairer entry

and progression routes, as well as more diverse leadership and governance that reflects the diversity of society as whole

In relation to projects offering training, applicants are strongly encouraged to think about knowledge exchange models which offer a

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variety of support mechanisms to ensure that the widest possible constituency of museum staff are supported in the longer term.

Each grant recipient will be expected to build in capacity to evaluate impact. Grant recipients will be encouraged to self-audit against an agreed framework to assess their age friendliness before and after the activity supported by the grant.

Grant recipients will also be asked to write a public facing version of their final report and to describe the impact of their activity and lessons learned.

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Section five – how to apply

Talking to us about your application – the ‘mandatory conversation’ for new networks interested in applying

If you are a new network, once you have read the guidance and started to think about your application, you must speak to the Manager, Collections Management and Designation, Arts Council England about your proposal in detail. We use the term ‘mandatory conversation’ to describe this scheduled, structured conversation, which often takes place by telephone. The purpose of the mandatory conversation is to ensure that new networks have fully considered all of the criteria and requirements of the fund before submitting an application.

You must have this mandatory conversation before submitting your application for Subject Specialist Network funding. The deadline for mandatory conversations to have taken place is Thursday 2 August 2018. Please contact our Customer Services team to find out more about this.

We will arrange a time to speak with you. As a general guide, we would aim to cover the following points:

How is the network constituted or hosted? What is the remit of the network and how has this been

formalised? What evidence has been gathered to demonstrate the need for

this network? What will be its governance structure? How does the network currently communicate with colleagues

working with collections relating to the specialist subject in question?

How will the network finances be managed?

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Once you have had this conversation with the designated member of staff, we will send you an email to confirm that the mandatory conversation has been completed. You can then submit your application at any time, uploading a copy of the email we have sent you as supporting information (see the Attachments section of the online application form for instructions on where to do this).

We will not be able to read or provide written comment on draft applications.

It is your responsibility to develop and write the application, including what you feel to be all the relevant information. We will talk with all potential new networks but cannot guarantee success for any applicant.

Making an application

When to applyThe online application form will open on Grantium at 12pm (midday) Thursday 12 July 2018. Applications must be submitted by 12pm (midday) on Thursday 23 August 2018. Applications submitted after this time will not be considered.

Before you can start an application, you need to create a user account and applicant profile. You cannot start your eligibility questionnaire or application until we have approved your new applicant profile, which may take up to ten working days from when you submit to us.

For a step by step guide to creating a user account and applicant profile, and advice and guidance about using our grant management system, please see the pages on our website here.

Making an application1. Read this guidance carefully and contact us.

This guidance gives you information on how to apply and answers some common questions. If you have any further questions you can contact our Customer Services team at [email protected]

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2. Prepare and submit your proposalYou must apply through Grantium

For technical guidance on how to submit your application through Grantium please read our Grantium guidance for applicants – Development Funds.

Proposal

The proposal can be a maximum of 40,000 characters, divided into three sections: ‘Meeting the Brief’ (20,000 characters), ‘Management of the activity’ (10,000 characters) and ‘Financial viability’ (10,000 characters). You do not need to use the full character count if you do not feel it is necessary. Use the criteria/prompts in section six of this guidance to help you structure your proposal.

Attachments

You must upload the following mandatory attachments on the ‘Attachments’ screen:

A detailed budget for the activity showing proposed income and expenditure (as an Excel sheet or similar)

A cashflow for the project activity A work plan for the proposed project, including milestones

and key review dates The email we sent confirming that you had a mandatory

conversation with the Manager, Collections Management and Designation, Arts Council England (if applying as a new network)

Financial statements for your previous financial year, prepared to the relevant legal standard for an organisation of your size and status (non-National Portfolio Organisations only)

Your latest management accounts (non-National Portfolio Organisations only)

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You may also upload the following optional attachments:

Up to three other relevant attachments. These must each be a maximum of five pages in length.

Allowable formats: jpg, xls, xlsx, jpeg, pdf, doc, docx, pptx, and ppt.

The combined limit on file size for all the attachments taken together is 10 megabytes.

We will use the information you give us in your application form and any attachments to decide whether we will offer you a grant. If your application does not contain the information we need in the format we ask for it to be in, we might not be able to consider your application. After you have read this guidance, if you have any further questions please contact us.

Assistance with your applicationWe are committed to being open and accessible, and want to make the Subject Specialist Network funding application process accessible to everyone.

If you experience any barriers within the application process or require help to make an application, our enquiries team can be contacted by:

Telephone on: 0845 300 6200 Text phone: +44(0) 161 934 4428 Email: [email protected]

After you submit your applicationYou will receive an acknowledgement email confirming that we have received your application. This will be sent to the email address which you used to log into the portal.

We will conduct an eligibility check within ten working days of the deadline for applications. If your application is not eligible, this means that we cannot process it any further and it will not be considered for

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funding. If your application is not eligible we will write to you to let you know, and will explain our decision.

Section six – how we will make our decision

We will aim to notify applicants of our decision no later than 7 December 2018.

We will check your application to ensure that you have provided all the information we have requested.

We will make our decision based on the information you provide in your application, any further information that we request and, where relevant, data and information from the Charity Commission and Companies House websites relating to your constitution and audited accounts from the past two years.

Each criterion (‘Meeting the brief’, ‘Management of the activity’, and ‘Financial viability’) will be assessed using a five-point word scoring:

Not met

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The application does not meet the criteria Potential

The application does not meet the criteria but shows potential to do so

MetThe application meets the criteria

Met (strong)The application meets the criteria and shows strong qualities

Met (outstanding)The application meets the criteria and shows outstanding qualities

On the basis of these ratings we will recommend whether an application is suitable for funding. Applications that do not achieve at least 'met’ under all three criteria will not be recommended for funding.

We will assess each application against the following criteria:

CriteriaMeeting the briefCharacter count: up to 20,000 characters

Please tell us: How your application will deliver on the fund’s aims and

outcomes and all the elements of what you will be expected to deliver, as described in this brief

The research you have done in planning and developing your activity

How the activity relates to best practice How this activity fits in with your current work and its future

development, and how it makes the network more sustainable How it will support museum staff to enable more people to

experience or engage with museums How you will support museum staff to ensure that collections

and the knowledge which is shared and developed about collections, represents and reflects the diversity of

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contemporary England How you have considered access, equality and diversity in your

activity How you will support leadership development and the creation

of fairer entry and progression routes, as well as more diverse leadership and governance that reflects the diversity of society as a whole

How you will make the output and outcomes of the project available to the broadest range of beneficiaries

The role of collaborations or partnerships in your activity The expected longer-term impact and legacy of the activity How you will evaluate the outcomes outlined in your application How you will share the results of the activity with others and

the wider sector (including what you have learned from the activity and good practice)

Management of the activityCharacter count: up to 10,000 characters

Feasibility of workplan Demonstration of skill and capacity to deliver the proposed

programme Strong strategic fit with the applicant’s other activity Appropriate governance arrangements in place and/or planned,

including how partners are engaged What risks you have identified and how you will manage them How you have considered a progression strategy for the project

Financial viabilityCharacter count: up to 10,000 characters

Financial viability of the applicant and of the project Demonstration of appropriateness of proposed budget Robust plans for resourcing the activity effectively How you will manage the finances for the activity, including the

financial controls that are in place Evidence of organisational buy-in by applicant and project

partners, as cash investment and/or in-kind support

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In assessing the application, we will also consider these balancing criteria:

1. Geographical spread and reach: we will take into account the need to support work across the whole of England. We will take into account the potential reach of the portfolio of applications as a whole and we are particularly interested in how organisations plan to make the outcomes of their project available to all museum staff.

2. Diversity: we will also take diversity into account in terms of the focus and outcomes of the project itself as well as the beneficiaries of the project activity, and we are particularly interested in how organisations will make the output and outcomes of the project available to the broadest range of beneficiaries.

3. Network focus: we will also consider the coverage of curatorial subjects by the portfolio of applications. We are particularly interested in supporting a broad range of subject areas in order to meet the needs of museum staff working with as many different curatorial subjects as possible.

These balancing criteria will be used in addition to the main criteria to ensure a good spread of funded projects according to each balancing criterion, and to differentiate between a number of proposals that are considered fundable.

Decision makingOnce we have scored your application and a recommendation has been made whether to fund it, we will make our decision. To do this, we will consider how strongly your activity scored against our criteria, the risks we have noted and any balancing criteria we have outlined above. We will also consider your activity alongside other applications to the fund.

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Complaints procedure If you are not happy with the way we have dealt with your application, please contact us and we will discuss this with you. If you are still unhappy, you can ask us for a copy of our complaints procedure.

Details can be found in Making a complaint , which is available on our website, www.artscouncil.org.uk, or by contacting our enquiries team by email to [email protected] or by phoning 0845 300 6200.

Please note that you can only complain if you believe we have not followed our published procedures when assessing your application. You cannot appeal against the decision.

Section seven – Freedom of Information Act

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The Arts Council is committed to being as open as possible. We believe that the public has a right to know how we spend public funds and how we make our funding decisions.

We are also listed as a public authority under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. By law, we may have to provide your application documents and information about our assessment to any member of the public who asks for them under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

We may not release those parts of the documents which are covered by one or more of the exemptions under the Act. Please see the Freedom of Information website at www.ico.gov.uk for information about freedom of information generally and the exemptions.

We will not release any information about applications during the assessment period, as this may interfere with the decision-making process.

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Section eight – Data Protection

The Arts Council is committed to using any personal information (or personal data) we collect on a lawful, fair and transparent basis, respecting your legal rights as an individual in accordance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679), the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and other applicable laws that regulate the use and privacy of personal data (Data Protection Law).

As part of us meeting this requirement, we have published our General Privacy Notice for you to refer to here. This tells you more about the personal data The Arts Council collects; the different purposes that we use it for and on what legal basis; who we may share that personal data with; how long we keep it; and your legal rights, including your right to contact us and receive information regarding the personal data about you that we may hold from time to time.

For further information about our obligations and your rights under Data Protection Law, as well as how to report a concern if you believe that your personal data is being collected or used illegally, please also see the Information Commissioner Office website at www.ico.gov.uk.

Contact us

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Website: www.artscouncil.org.ukPhone: 0845 300 6200Email: enquiries @ artscouncil.org.uk Textphone: +44(0) 161 934 4428

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Appendix A – Arts Council England recognised Subject Specialist Networks as of July 2018

These networks have been identified as supporting major collection areas and they revolve around a subject specialism and are drawn from established professional membership bodies, or less defined networks of museums. These networks help to develop the knowledge and expertise associated with specialist collections. They act as a democratic forum for the sharing of expertise, research, mentoring and developing best practice.

Many other types of communities of practice and groups exist – these tend to focus on generic topics such as learning and education, or broad museum activities like registrars, conservation or security. These are outside of the Subject Specialist Network remit, but often enjoy mutually supportive relationships with these networks.

1. Army Museums Ogilby Trust (AMOT)2. Art UK3. Association of Performing Art Collections (APAC)4. Association of British Transport & Engineering Museums

(ABTEM)5. Association of Curators for Collections from Egypt and Sudan

(ACCES)6. British Art Network7. British Aviation Preservation Council8. Chinese Collections Group9. Contemporary Art Society10. Contemporary Studio Ceramics11. Crime and Punishment Collections Network12. Dress and Textiles Specialists (DATS)13. European Paintings Pre-190014. Fire Heritage Network15. Geological Curators Group16. Human Remains Subject Specialist Network17. Inland Waterways Network

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18. Islamic Art and Material Culture Subject Specialist Network

19. Maritime Curators Group20. Medieval Pottery Research Group21. Money and Medals Network22. Museum Ethnographers Group (MEG)23. Musical Instruments Resources Network24. National Banner Initiative25. Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA)26. Plastics Subject Specialist Network 27. The Photographic Collections Network28. Rural Museums Network29. Seaside Heritage Network30. Social History Curators Group31. Society for Museum Archaeology32. Society of Decorative Art Curators33. Sport in Museums Network34. UK Medical Collections Group35. Understanding British Portraits

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