High Peak Community Arts future longer questions

Thankyou for completing our first questionnaire. This one asks some more in depth questions - but please feel free to answer as much or as little as you have time for - all feedback will be useful!
High Peak Community Arts, established in 1979, now finds itself at a cross-roads. Having received Arts Council regular funding for 35 years, this financial support will end in March 2015, despite their ongoing appreciation for the value of what we do, "serving the interests and often acute needs of local people who would otherwise not be engaged in arts activity".
This is a time for some big decisions and drawing strength to make big changes, if necessary. We will be spending the next few months planning and fund raising for alternative sources of revenue support.
To help us make these decisions, and to make sure that we are travelling in the right direction we are asking all our stakeholders (partners, participants, colleagues and supporters) to give us feedback on the value of having a local community arts organisation in the High Peak. We want to know what you would miss if we weren’t here and what you think we could be doing in the future.

Sum up what you would miss if High Peak Community Arts was no longer providing arts activities in the High Peak.

How has taking part with High Peak Community Arts made changes for you or people you know?

What skills have you, or people you know, gained? Or what have you, or others, learned?

Has working with High Peak Community Arts changed your attitude to anything or the attitude of those you know? If so, in what way?

How important is the quality and professionalism of the artwork produced? And why?

Out of the artforms { Painting / Drawing, Photography, Other visual art, Public art, Music, Creative writing, Story telling, Other arts in the Yurt, Dance, Performance, Drama, Film, Visual projection} Which are most effectively used in projects? And why?

What do you think are the greatest challenges for people in the High Peak?

Do you think participation in the arts has a role to play in helping face these challenges?

What other areas would you like see High Peak Community Arts work in? Perhaps you may have seen projects somewhere else that you think could work in the High Peak…

Thank you for your time in answering these questions. If you would like to be more involved in the discussion and development of future work, please get in touch to talk over the phone, or arrange to meet the team. Thanks. Alison, Jan, Rick and Sophie. 01663 744 516