Tag Archives: Arts Council of Wales

Something I forgot to mention about the Arts Council of Wales

I wrote to the chief executive of Arts Council of Wales (ACW)  on 5 August 2012 to make a formal complaint about the way it dealt with the requests he made for information over the preceding 20 months. ACW’s chief executive responded on 15 August 2012. I was not satisfied with the response, so I wrote to the […]

Brian Hennessy – guest contributor

For many years I served as a trustee of the Welsh Jazz Society.  Brian Hennessy was the Managing Director until the Arts Council of Wales decided to pull the plug – see other posts on this topic and more to follow. Brian has a marvelously well developed sense of humour and considerable business nous and expertise. This letter is Brian’s complaint to […]

Arts Council of Wales with draws its funding for the Welsh Jazz Society

The Arts Council of Wales announced that they were withdrawing funding by letter dated 29 January 2008 and the Welsh Jazz Society appealed against the decision on 2nd April 2008. In January 2008, as a result of a three year review of a number of ACW funded organisations, the Arts Council of Wales wrote to the Welsh Jazz Society giving […]