Somerset Arts & Culture Business Survey 2019

Would you like to help support the arts and culture sector in Somerset? Would you like to help inform where investment and funding agencies put their money? Would you like to have a say in arts and culture development for Somerset? If so, and you are ain arts and culture sector, we would love you to take part in our ‘Somerset Arts & Culture Business Survey 2019’.

We are interested to hear from the following providers:

·         Artists (visual arts, sculptors, ceramics, installation artists, textiles)
·         Designers (graphic, fashion, digital, illustration)
·         Theatre companies, actors, directors, street performance, circus etc.
·         Festival and event organisers/providers
·         Arts and crafts, jewellery
·         Musicians, bands and composers
·         Venues, theatres and art centres
·         Art therapists and community art workers
·         Art and music teachers
·         Dance
·         Video, film and animation
·         Gaming (design and illustration)
·         Photographer
·         Museums and galleries
·         Writer, poet
·         Other creative practice

This survey is designed to equate the business and practitioner needs of arts and culture providers and to gauge the state of the arts in Somerset. Your information will not be shared with any third parties and will be kept private and confidential. Results will be made public via the Somerset Arts Business Cultural Alliance website and discussed at a county wide conference in Spring 2019, and used to attract investment and funding into Somerset. More about us at www.somersetculture.org.uk

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* 1. Which arts and culture activity do you produce or are involved in? Please select a minimum of 1 or maximum of 3.

Artists (visual arts, sculptors, ceramics, installation artists, textiles)

Designers (graphic, fashion, digital, illustration)

Theatre companies, actors, directors, street performance, circus etc.

Festival and event organisers/providers

Arts and crafts, jewellery

Musicians, bands and composers

Venues, theatres and art centres

Art therapists and community art workers

Art and music teachers

Dance (performance and teaching)

Video, film and animation

Gaming (design and illustration)

Photographer

Museums and galleries

Writer, poet

Other creative practice

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* 2. Which district council area of Somerset are you based?

Mendip

Taunton Deane

Sedgemoor

South Somerset

West Somerset

Just outside of Somerset

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* 3. Where do you operate from?

Work from Home

Work in my own studio away from home

Work from a shared commercial office/studio

Work from my own commercial premises

Work from a commercial premises owned by the company I work for

Work from a community owned building

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Are you full or part time?

Full-time

Part-time

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* 5. How long have you been trading as a practitioner or business owner?

Less than 1 year

2-3 yrs

4-5 yrs

6-8 yrs

9-10 yrs

11-15 yrs

16-20 yrs

21-25 yrs

26-30 yrs

31-40 yrs

41-50 yrs

50 yrs +

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* 6. Please state your age range?

Under 18

18-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

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* 7. Which best describes your ethnic origin:

Asian/Asian British (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, Other background)

Dual Heritage (White and Black Carribean, White and Black African, White Asian, Other Background)

Black/Black British (Caribbean, African, Other Background)

Other ethnic Group (Arab, Other Background)

White (British, English, Irish, Northern Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Gypsy, Irish traveller or Roma, Other Background)

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* 8. Do you consider yourself to have a disability?

Yes

Prefer not to say

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* 9. Are you paid as an employee or self employed?

Employee paid

Self employed (sole trader, limited company, CIC, etc)

Neither I am a start-up business/practitioner

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* 10. What type of trading organisation do you own or are part of?

Charity

Limited Company

Partnership

Sole Trader (self-employed)

Community Interest Company

Other form of social enterprise (cooperative etc.)

Community Organisation or Group

None – I am a pre-start-up business/practitioner

Don’t know

Other (please specify)

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* 11. Research shows that the average artist or independent musician earns around £10,000 per year. To help us confirm this please state income you received from your work in the past year as an individual practitioner or business. If you are employed please state your annual earnings.

Less than £5k

£6-10k

£11-20k

£21-30k

£31-40k

£41-50k

£51-60k

£61-70k

£71-80k

£81-90k

£91-100k

£100k+

£200k+

£300k+

£400k+

£500k+

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* 12. On average how many hours do you work a week in your arts and culture practice or business?

80+

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* 13. As a practitioner or business please estimate how many hours per year you donate or volunteer using your arts and culture talents and skills for community benefit.

To help you work this out here is a link to an online calculator https://tinyurl.com/y8esskyu

Less than 10 hours per year

10-20 hours per year

21-30 hours per year

31-40 hours per year

41 - 50 hours per year

51-60 hours per year

61-70 hours per year

71-80 hours per year

81-90 hours per year

91-100 hours per year

101-200 hours per year

201-300 hours per year

301-400 hours per year

401-500 hours per year

501+ hours per year

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* 14. Do you provide arts education or delivered arts and culture workshops in the past year?

Yes

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* 15. If so how many people do you teach each year?

Not applicable

1-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

61-70

71-80

81-90

91-100

150-200

201-250

251-300

300+

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* 16. Please tick themes or areas of arts and culture that you have been involved in the past year. Tick all that apply.

Arts & health & wellbeing

Arts and heritage

Arts and youth work

Arts and community engagement

Arts and place making

Arts in the public realm

Art festivals

Arts education

Arts and special needs

Arts and social change

Other (please specify)

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* 17. Which areas of business support or skills do you feel you need help or assistance on? Tick all that apply.

Business planning and growth

Marketing & sales

Social media

Digital adoption e.g. digital art, image editing, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality

Funding and Grants

Financial Planning and Book keeping

Community projects

Education and learning (teaching others)

Finding contracts, tenders and commissioned calls

Fundraising

Leadership development

Trustees, boards and policies

One-to-one support e.g. mentoring/coaching

Portfolio development

Audience development

Developing and introducing new products and services

Operational improvement, e.g. adopting industry best practice

People management and HR

Social Impact Recording

Other (please specify)

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* 18. Please rate your IT skills and abilities e.g. using your computer to do tasks, social media updates, creating spreadsheets and documents, managing projects using IT, etc. 1 being low and 10 being high

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* 19. Have you received any funding for your practice or business in the past year or received funding for projects?

Yes

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* 20. If yes to question 19 please state the average amount of funding you received?

Less than £2k

£3-5k

£6-8k

£9-10k

£11-15k

£16-20k

£21-30k

£31-40k

£41-50k

£51-60k

£61-70k

£71-80k

£81-90k

£91-100k

£101-£150k

£151-200k

£200-300k

£301-400k

£401-500k

£501k+

Not applicable

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* 21. Do you know where to go for business support when needed?

Yes

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* 22. Do you do any social accounting e.g. measure the social impact your work and projects has on the wellbeing of the community or individuals.

Yes

Don’t know what social accounting is

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* 23. Please explain what things Somerset should do to create a vibrant and sustainable arts and culture sector?

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* 24. Please feel free to let us know any other comments you would like to make about Somerset arts and culture.

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* 25. Somerset Arts Business Cultural Alliance is a sector support organisation offering free membership to anyone in the arts and culture sector. It shares trade and business opportunities and networking within the creative industries. Would you like to join for free to stay informed of this survey and other future activities?

Yes

Somerset Arts & Culture Business Survey 2019

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* 1. Which arts and culture activity do you produce or are involved in? Please select a minimum of 1 or maximum of 3.

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* 2. Which district council area of Somerset are you based?

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* 3. Where do you operate from?

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* 4. Are you full or part time?

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* 5. How long have you been trading as a practitioner or business owner?

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* 6. Please state your age range?

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* 7. Which best describes your ethnic origin:

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* 8. Do you consider yourself to have a disability?

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* 9. Are you paid as an employee or self employed?

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* 10. What type of trading organisation do you own or are part of?

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* 11. Research shows that the average artist or independent musician earns around £10,000 per year. To help us confirm this please state income you received from your work in the past year as an individual practitioner or business. If you are employed please state your annual earnings.

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* 12. On average how many hours do you work a week in your arts and culture practice or business?

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* 13. As a practitioner or business please estimate how many hours per year you donate or volunteer using your arts and culture talents and skills for community benefit. To help you work this out here is a link to an online calculator https://tinyurl.com/y8esskyu

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* 14. Do you provide arts education or delivered arts and culture workshops in the past year?

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* 15. If so how many people do you teach each year?

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* 16. Please tick themes or areas of arts and culture that you have been involved in the past year. Tick all that apply.

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* 17. Which areas of business support or skills do you feel you need help or assistance on? Tick all that apply.

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* 18. Please rate your IT skills and abilities e.g. using your computer to do tasks, social media updates, creating spreadsheets and documents, managing projects using IT, etc. 1 being low and 10 being high

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* 19. Have you received any funding for your practice or business in the past year or received funding for projects?

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* 20. If yes to question 19 please state the average amount of funding you received?

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* 21. Do you know where to go for business support when needed?

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* 22. Do you do any social accounting e.g. measure the social impact your work and projects has on the wellbeing of the community or individuals.

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* 23. Please explain what things Somerset should do to create a vibrant and sustainable arts and culture sector?

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* 24. Please feel free to let us know any other comments you would like to make about Somerset arts and culture.

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* 13. As a practitioner or business please estimate how many hours per year you donate or volunteer using your arts and culture talents and skills for community benefit.

To help you work this out here is a link to an online calculator https://tinyurl.com/y8esskyu