About the NCA

The NCA is the UK's only independent lobbying organisation representing all the arts.

Its mission is to be the leading independent and UK-wide voice for the arts world in all its diversity.

Its vision is that the value of the arts will be understood and recognised by government, and that the arts will be adequately resourced as a key element in our national culture.

The NCA works across the arts and political sectors to

- Provide a united voice for the arts, especially for arts organisations across the UK and for all artists, staff and volunteers who work in the arts

- Campaign for better access to the arts, so that everyone in the UK has opportunities to experience the arts and to take part

- Campaign for adequate and sustainable levels of resources and support for the arts.

Membership lies at the heart of the NCA. To ensure its independence, the NCA does not receive any public subsidy. It is dependent on membership subscriptions and the generous support of individual and corporate patrons to carry out its vital lobbying and advocacy work.

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With a growing UK-wide membership - of arts organisations ranging from small region-based groups to national institutions; and individual arts practitioners and supporters of the arts - the NCA is driven by the needs of the arts sector itself. It strongly believes that only by speaking with a united voice can the arts truly be heard.

The NCA works with its members to take a constructive lead on issues that matter to the arts constituency. Its lobbies and influences decision makers within government, the arts, and other relevant sectors; produces research and briefings to help raise the profile of the arts at national, regional and local levels; and assists its members through the provision of relevant advice and information to enable them to safeguard their own future development (click here for information on recent campaigns).

The NCA's contacts within government and its ability to work in partnership with a wide range of public bodies and arts organisations have ensured that it is widely recognised as a powerful and effective advocate for the arts, able to lobby the people who matter.

Company details
National Campaign for the Arts Ltd

Registered office
1 Kingly Street
London
W1B 5PA

Registered no. 1930446 (England)

President: Melvyn Bragg, Chairperson: Joan Bakewell, Director: Louise de Winter