Comments on: Doom and gloom http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2010/02/02/doom-and-gloom/ Tue, 31 Jan 2017 09:45:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bridget Riley: Flashback « More Canals than Venice http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2010/02/02/doom-and-gloom/#comment-60138 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:09:02 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=4998#comment-60138 […] all the more reason to visit (…and donate)! Created in Birmingham highlighted the difficulties facing the cultural sector just the other day and I also have concerns. The wonderful Urbis in […]

]]> By: Lee http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2010/02/02/doom-and-gloom/#comment-60136 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:41:20 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=4998#comment-60136 5% is plenty, as a practicing artist delivering these grant funded projects, I dream of the day when we can afford to put 5% into our overheads, rather than working a 70 hour week and still having to apply for family tax credit. But of course, I’m not bitter at all.

]]> By: Fiona Glass http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2010/02/02/doom-and-gloom/#comment-60114 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:25:43 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=4998#comment-60114 The bunny brightened my day, even if the article makes for depressing reading…

]]> By: West Midlands Dance links for 3 February 2010 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2010/02/02/doom-and-gloom/#comment-60113 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:08:41 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=4998#comment-60113 […] Created in Birmingham – Doom and gloom over arts cuts […]

]]> By: Lyle http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2010/02/02/doom-and-gloom/#comment-60112 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:24:16 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=4998#comment-60112 That is one cute bunny

]]> By: WillH http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2010/02/02/doom-and-gloom/#comment-60111 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:07:46 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=4998#comment-60111 Bad news overall, particularly the 5% part.

Anyone working in any funding sector (arts/culture, sport, heritage etc) will know that a 5% overhead target is practically unworkable without major cuts and compromises in the quality of the support given to grantholders and applicants.

This will mean wholesale job losses for the sector, without a doubt.

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