About artsrichmond

artsrichmond - the Richmond upon Thames Arts Council - is a voluntary organisation and registered charity whose objective is to assist cultural organisations make the most of the extraordinary cultural assets in the borough.

artsrichmond is partly financed by small grants from the borough council and the bigger local charitable trusts, but at least half our income comes from the societies affiliated to us and from our Friends of the Arts and Libraries. These are people who care about the arts in the borough and support our work, contributing because they believe it is important rather than for any membership benefits they might expect to get.

We are always on the lookout for new Friends and volunteers to support us and help with our own events, all of which are designed to support other cultural activities in the borough.

Our objectives

  • Promotion of arts activity in the borough, most especially but not exclusively of the activities of our 90 or so affiliated societies
  • Stimulus to participation, in particular through competitions and exhibitions encouraging individual activity
  • Encouragement of accessibility to events by all parts of our society
  • Encouragement of diversity of participation by performers and audiences

Publicity and publications

artsrichmond publishes each year 11 monthly four-page newsletters distributed to members and to the public, and provides a monthly mailing for members as a vehicle for societies’ own cost-effective promotion.

Grants and donations

We gratefully acknowledge grants from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, from the Richmond Parish Lands Charity, and from the Hampton Fuel Allotment Trust, and donations from St George plc, Mrs Joan Russell Williams, Mrs Kay Williams, Cllr Marc Cranfield Adams and the David King Trust.