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Appendices
8.3
Focus Group session plan
11.00 – 11.15 – LR introduction
11.15 – c11.35 (20 mins)
Survey response
Qu 1 – what is your general response to this breakdown of funding? Is there anything
surprising about it?
Qu 2 - 12% of respondents received no external funding (100% of funding from parent
organisation) – what are your thoughts on this?
Qu 3 – do you think the low response rate is reflective of any issues regarding financial
literacy or accountability?
c.11.35 – 12.15 (40 mins)
Funding mix
Qu 4 – Is this a mix we should aspire to, and if not what should we the ideal funding mix
we should be working towards?
Qu 5 – Which areas of funding do you think the sector has most potential to capitalise
on and why?
Qu 6 - Prioritise these?
c.12.15-13.00 (45mins)
Funding techniques
Qu 7 – what is your response to this? Is there anything surprising about it?
Qu 8 – should TNA seek to support archive services in improving their confidence in
these fundraising techniques or should it focus its attention on national interventions?
Are there other bodies that need to be involved in this work?
Qu 9 – 56% of respondents stated that they could access fundraising expertise and
resource from their parent organisation? How could this resource be used more
effectively?
Lunch – 1.00 to 1.55
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8.4
Bibliography
8.4.1
Publications
In addition to those publications listed in the Literature Review (8.1), the following publications
and web resources were used in writing this report.
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ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND, 2010, Endowments in the arts report
ASSOCIATION FOR UK INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT 2012, UKIE Crowd Funding
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8.4.2 Websites
All accessed July 2012
Arts Council England www.artscouncil.org.uk/
Arts & Business www.artsandbusiness.org.uk
The Big Give http://www.thebiggive.org.uk/
Department for Culture, Media and Sport www.culture.gov.uk
Heritage Lottery Fund www.hlf.org
Mission Models Money www.missionmodelsmoney.org.uk
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (archived website)
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110802101741/http://www.mla.gov.uk/
National Funding Scheme http://www.nationalfundingscheme.org/
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