

Image Credit: alevision.co
Download Project Report

On Monday night, we were at the award ceremony for the 2017 Achates Philanthropy Prize – a prize which BOP proudly sponsors, alongside Achates Philanthropy and Spektrix.
The Prize was created in 2016 to support innovation in the cultural sector and the development of models enabling organisational resilience.
The two worthy winners of the evening were North Devon’s The Plough Arts Centre and first-time cultural philanthropists, Claire and Ray Gard, who took away the Individual Philanthropy Award, and November Club and Hexham & Northern Marts, who won the inaugural Corporate Award. Further information on their great work can found here.
In our 20th year, we’ve worked with hundreds of cultural organisations of all shapes and sizes, and the people who support them across all part of the UK: artists, managers, boards, volunteers, funders, sponsors, local politicians. Where public support declines, the question of how we bring more private support into the sector has never been more urgent.
What the work of Achates has shown, is that the potential to increase private giving and support is enormous; in the UK we are only scratching the surface - especially outside London.
More information on Achates’ work can be found here.
Cultural Philanthropy rewarded
Achates Philanthropy Prize 2017 winner announced
Nov 29, 2017
ABOUT US
EXPERTISE
A global research and consulting practice for culture and the creative economy
Nov 4, 2021
How are major cities around the world responding to climate change through cultural policies and programmes?
The Green World Cities of Tomorrow: Culture and Sustainability
Paul Owens
Apr 22, 2021
5 Priorities for World Cities in the post-covid recovery period
Culture and the Climate Emergency
Paul Owens
Dec 4, 2020
Culture can play an important role in recovery and renewal across the UK, if the right local decision-making is put in place
Culture and the Recovery: Levelling Up Culture?
Callum Lee
Sep 23, 2020
This focused, coordinated set of measures can not only rescue the sector, but position it to lead the recovery
Central London’s celebrated cultural offer is in peril
Jonathan Todd
Aug 21, 2020
Three big questions as applications close for Arts Council England’s Cultural Recovery Fund
COVID-19: Government support packages for culture and creative industries #3
Paul Owens
Jul 30, 2020
The UK’s £1.57 billion recovery package: priorities for a New Deal
COVID-19: Government support packages for culture and creative industries #2
Paul Owens
Jul 20, 2020
Cities are using their unique capabilities to lead recovery and renewal
COVID-19: Cities, Culture and the 3 ‘P’s: powers, partnerships, place
Paul Owens
Jul 7, 2020
Investing in recovery, planning for transformation
COVID-19: Government support packages for culture and creative industries #1
Paul Owens
Jun 30, 2020
Recovery and renewal will depend on how we address the three dimensions of the crisis
COVID-19 is a triple blow to culture and the creative industries
Paul Owens
Jun 3, 2020
In the face of radical uncertainty leaders and policy-makers will have to take planning and collaboration to whole a new level
‘Plans are useless, planning is essential’
Paul Owens
May 13, 2020
Nobody knows what will happen next, but we have a good idea of the three necessary steps out of the crisis
Relief, Recovery and Renewal: navigating our way to a new kind of future
Paul Owens
Dec 20, 2019
A cause for optimism
Weaving the Golden Thread into the 2020s
Paul Owens
Related Articles
By BOP Consulting
Paul Owens
Co-Founder and Director
Paul is a leading international advisor and practitioner in cultural policy and creative economy. He is Co-Founder of BOP, and alongside his fellow directors he has pioneered now well-established methods to measure the impact of cultural policy.
Planning a new project?
If you are interested to learn more about our work or if you have a project you would like to discuss, get in touch.