A couple of quick tables based on today’s announcement about which organisations are getting what cash from Arts Council England (ACE) from 2015-18.
They’re what are known as the National Portfolio organisations. Over the three years ACE will be spending just over £1bn on them – around £100m of it in Yorkshire.
Here’s a breakdown of where the cash is going in the Yorkshire region by local authority.
And here’s a little table showing how much of the total cash for the Yorkshire region (48.7%) is snaffled by the top four big Leeds arts organisations.
You can draw your own conclusions from the data, but here’s one: Opera North gets more funding than all the organisations in Sheffield, York, Bradford, Hull, Kirklees, Doncaster and Barnsley combined.
You can download the data here.
Worldly Winds 
Running local governments and arts communities seems to have similarities the world over.
Yes they do. Not an easy job especially in this economic climate.
…and then they wonder why folk complain…
Indeed!