Extracts from the company reports by GGA's Chairman, Roy McEwan and Director, Julie Tait. To view the full report please click here.
ROY McEWAN
CHAIRMAN
Glasgow Grows Audiences Ltd
THIS YEAR’S REPORT SHOWS HOW STRONG OWNERSHIP BY GGA’S MEMBERS AND CLIENTS SEES AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT FLOURISH IN GLASGOW AND BEYOND.
However, for GGA, 2007/08 has been particularly significant in other ways. We sit alongside a network of audience development agencies which operate across the UK. While most share the same broad aims, the scale and nature of their operation differs considerably. This is a reflection of the very different organisational needs, the contexts they operate in and the priorities they juggle. One thing we do have in common is that we all benefit as strategic organisations to a greater or lesser extent from public funding because we assist arts organisations, Arts Councils, local authorities and other public agencies in delivering their core objectives. Although some receive less and some more, on average, an agency obtains around 38-45% of its turnover in regular core funding.
JULIE L TAIT
DIRECTOR
Glasgow Grows Audiences Ltd
"UBUNTU" IS A CONCEPT, ORIGINATING FROM THE BANTU LANGUAGE AND DESCRIBING AN AFRICAN WORLD VIEW. IT RECOGNISES THAT OUR SUCCESS AND WHO WE ARE RELIES ON OTHER PEOPLE, "A PERSON IS ONLY A PERSON THROUGH THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS."
It entered the political lexicon when former US President Bill Clinton referred to it in his address to the Labour Party conference in 2006. When thinking about the year, I felt that this idea had powerful resonance with our work at GGA - that when one organisation improves everyone gains and when empty galleries, theatres and concert halls prevail, everyone is diminished. To develop and sustain audience growth for the arts, organisations must work together.