If you value the arts in your community here's a chance to make your voice heard

If you value the arts in your community, here's a chance to make your voice heard. Dear omss,     We thought you might like to know that a new UK-wide campaign I Value the Arts has launched this week, urging the public to voice their support for the arts. Everyone who values the arts in their lives and in their community is being asked to register their details via the campaign's website  www.ivaluethearts.org.uk/. Everyone who registers will be kept in touch with plans that could affect arts provision - across the UK, in Scotland, and locally - and with practical suggestions on what to do to strengthen the arts in their area. I Value the Arts is being led by the National Campaign for the Arts (NCA), the independent umbrella body for all the arts in the UK. Louise de Winter, NCA Director, commented: "Three quarters of the adult population attend or participate in arts activities every year and an even higher proportion of young people. At a time of recession, more and more people are turning to the arts and culture. Reduced opportunities to take part in the arts could have a major impact on the quality of people's lives and the vibrancy of their communities. As the Government is encouraging us all to get engaged and create a 'Big Society', we believe it is important for those people who care about the arts to get involved in the decisionmaking about what their communities will look like. This campaign gives everyone who cares a chance to have their voice heard and collectively show that the arts provide a valued public service." "This is a really simple and straightforward campaign. It will take thirty seconds for someone to visit the www.ivaluethearts.org.uk/ website to register their email address and postcode, and then we'll be able to keep them up to date with information about plans for their local area." The campaign website and associated technology has been made possible thanks to generous donations of skills, time and resources by industry suppliers. No public money is being used to fund the campaign.

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