A news update from Arts Council England on the extension of the 2023-26 National Portfolio Investment Programme…
‘To help create some thinking time – for us and our sector – we’ve decided to extend two of our major investment programmes for an extra year. We’ve already done that with our Creative People and Places National Portfolio. Today we’re announcing the extension of our 2023-26 National Portfolio Investment Programme to the end of March 2027. All those we currently support through these programmes will be able to apply for an extension to their funding. We plan to share more information in spring 2024.
We hope this will provide some certainty in an uncertain world and allow organisations to plan, look at new business models and increase collaboration. It will also give the Arts Council more time to build in your feedback to an improved, more accessible application process for the next portfolio.
We understand some organisations will be disappointed as they’d hoped to apply for the chance to join our National Portfolio sooner. For those organisations we will continue to support your plans and help you develop in other ways for this additional year – read on to find out more about our investment and development programmes, and how we will advocate for our whole sector.’
