New Arts Council England mapping tool

Arts Council England has just launched a new, very useful culture and place data explorer, which enables users to customise a map to view the different regions and areas of ACE investment. This can be used to understand exactly which places fall into the South West region, which is determined by Arts Council’s investment areas.

It’s also possible to access reports about different places, giving an insight into funding investment and the makeup of areas, and explore the map by filters such as education providers and libraries.

It’s a great tool to use in conjunction with VASW’s free resources about funding. In particular we recommend reading Strengthening Your Funding Applications which outlines why mak­ing a case for invest­ment is impor­tant when writ­ing fund­ing appli­ca­tions and how to do this well, and A guide to funding for early career artists.