Submission History: Motion by Bailie Christy Mearns:- "Council congratulates Impact Arts on reaching its 30-year anniversary, a huge milestone for the staff, volunteers and all those that the charity provides life-changing opportunities to. Council notes that the charity carries out award-winning work, having reached over 300,000 people since being founded, with the primary objective of tackling poverty and inequality through the arts; that this provides meaningful and long-lasting positive impacts for communities across Glasgow, and ensures that all are valued and celebrated as part of a rich society. Council notes that the charity has won a number of prestigious awards for its work, which has included recognition of its Chief Executive, Fiona Doring, who has won awards from Scottish Women in Business Awards and IoD Director of the Year Awards; notes that the charity has gone from strength-to-strength, from being established in 1994 by Susan Aktemel, to more recently having launched an exciting new Glasgow headquarters, at the Boardwalk in Merchant City's Brunswick Street. Council endeavours to do all that it can to continue to support this charity and the great work it does; and resolves to consider further opportunities to promote the charity on its 30-year anniversary, including promoting The Boardwalk as a unique conference and events venue to Council partners, delegates and other relevant groups. Finally, Council commits to continuing to make the case for increased funding for arts and culture; to resist future funding cuts to culture spend nationally; and to ensure that meaningful progress is made on developing local fiscal mechanisms, such as the Transient Visitor Levy, which could be used to financially support independent arts and culture organisations in Glasgow." Help Icon

This is the history for the submission "Motion by Bailie Christy Mearns:- "Council congratulates Impact Arts on reaching its 30-year anniversary, a huge milestone for the staff, volunteers and all those that the charity provides life-changing opportunities to. Council notes that the charity carries out award-winning work, having reached over 300,000 people since being founded, with the primary objective of tackling poverty and inequality through the arts; that this provides meaningful and long-lasting positive impacts for communities across Glasgow, and ensures that all are valued and celebrated as part of a rich society. Council notes that the charity has won a number of prestigious awards for its work, which has included recognition of its Chief Executive, Fiona Doring, who has won awards from Scottish Women in Business Awards and IoD Director of the Year Awards; notes that the charity has gone from strength-to-strength, from being established in 1994 by Susan Aktemel, to more recently having launched an exciting new Glasgow headquarters, at the Boardwalk in Merchant City's Brunswick Street. Council endeavours to do all that it can to continue to support this charity and the great work it does; and resolves to consider further opportunities to promote the charity on its 30-year anniversary, including promoting The Boardwalk as a unique conference and events venue to Council partners, delegates and other relevant groups. Finally, Council commits to continuing to make the case for increased funding for arts and culture; to resist future funding cuts to culture spend nationally; and to ensure that meaningful progress is made on developing local fiscal mechanisms, such as the Transient Visitor Levy, which could be used to financially support independent arts and culture organisations in Glasgow."".

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Glasgow City Council 12/09/2024 Click here