January 2019

The Inquiry into the Civic Role of Arts Organisations seeks to promote the valuable role that arts organisations do and could play nationally and in their communities. Consultations with arts organisations about our Phase 1 research have shaped what we plan to do next. Phase 2 will deliver plans you have helped us develop.

This summary outlines the feedback we received on our findings and sets out our priorities and next steps. In Phase 2, we plan to fund strategically, galvanising networks and groups that will embed ‘the civic’ into arts organisations, arts funding and arts policy.