United Kingdom/ 9. Sources and Links  

9.2 Key organisations and portals

Cultural policy making bodies

Department for Culture, Media and Sport 
http://www.culture.gov.uk

Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure (Northern Ireland) 
http://www.dcalni.gov.uk

National Assembly for Wales - Directorate for Culture, Welsh Language and Sport
http://new.wales.gov.uk/topics/cultureandsport/?lang=en

Scottish Government 
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Arts-Culture

Grant-giving bodies

Arts Council of Wales 
http://www.artswales.org.uk/

Arts Council England 
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk

Arts Council of Northern Ireland 
http://www.artscouncil-ni.org

British Council 
http://www.britishcouncil.org

Crafts Council 
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk

Craft Scotland
http://www.craftscotland.org

Heritage Lottery Fund 
http://www.hlf.org.uk

Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (formerly known as Re:source)
http://www.mla.gov.uk

National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts 
http://www.nesta.org.uk

Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission
http://www.niftc.co.uk

Scottish Arts Council 
http://www.scottisharts.org.uk

Scottish Screen 
http://www.scottishscreen.com

UK Film Council 
http://www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk

Visiting Arts 
http://www.visitingarts.org.uk/

Welsh Books Council
http://www.cllc.org.uk

Welsh Language Board
http://www.bwrdd-yr-iaith.org.uk

Professional associations

Arts & Business, UK 
http://www.aandb.org.uk

Association of British Orchestras
http://www.abo.org.uk/

British Film Institute 
http://www.bfi.org.uk

Business Support for the Cultural Industries in Wales  
(includes links to many other related websites) 
http://www.cultural-enterprise.com

Cultural Diversity Network
http://www.culturaldiversitynetwork.co.uk/

Independent Theatre Council
http://www.itc-arts.org/

Museums Association
http://www.museumsassociation.org/

National Campaign for the Arts
http://www.artscampaign.org.uk/

Theatrical Management Association / SOLT (Society of London Theatres)
http://www.tmauk.org/

Voluntary Arts Network
http://www.voluntaryarts.org/

Cultural statistics and research

Arts Research Digest
http://www.arts-research-digest.com/

Cultural Trends
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09548963.asp

Centre for Cultural Policy Research at the University of Glasgow
(includes Impact, the database for social and economic impact of culture and major events)
http://www.culturalpolicy.arts.gla.ac.uk/

DCMS Evidence Toolkit (DET)
http://www.culture.gov.uk/4822.aspx#2

International Intelligence on Culture 
http://www.internationalintelligenceonculture.org or http://www.rodfisher.org

Literature Review of the Evidence Base for Culture, the Arts and Sport Policy, Scotland
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/socialresearch

LISU research and information centre for library and information services, based in the Department of Information Science at Loughborough University, analyses statistical information on the UK library domain on behalf of the MLA:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/dils/lisu/

Culture / arts portals

Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales 
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk

Architecture and Design Scotland
http://www.ads.org.uk

BBC Charter Review:
http://www.bbccharterreview.org.uk/

Bòrd Na Gàidhlig
http://www.bord-na-gaidhlig.org.uk

Creative & Cultural Skills (Sector Skills Council)
http://www.ssda.org.uk/

Cultureonline
http://www.cultureonline.gov.uk

Culture Northern Ireland
http://www.culturenorthernireland.org

English Heritage 
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk

European Cultural Foundation - UK Committee
C/o European Institute, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE

EUCLID - UK Cultural Contact Point
http://www.euclid.info/

Historic Environment Advisory Council for Scotland
http://www.heacs.org.uk

The Lighthouse: Scotland's centre for architecture, design and the city
http://www.thelighthouse.co.uk

National Galleries of Scotland 
http://www.natgalscot.ac.uk

National Library of Scotland
http://www.nls.uk

National Library of Wales
http://www.llgc.org.uk

National Museums of Scotland 
http://www.nms.ac.uk

National Trust
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/

The National Virtual Museum
http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/

Parliamentary Select Committee - Culture, Media and Sport
http://www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/culture__media_and_sport.cfm

PASTMAP: a map enabled query system for Scottish National Archaeological and Architectural Datasets
http://www.pastmap.org.uk

Public Lending Rights Homepage
http://www.plr.uk.com

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland
http://www.rcahms.gov.uk

SCAN (Scottish Archive Network) online catalogue of over 50 archives
http://www.scan.org.uk

Scotland's Culture - Cultural Portal
http://www.scotlandsculture.org

Scotland's website for sustainable design in architecture
http://www.sust.org

SLIC (Scottish Library and Information Council)
http://www.slainte.org.uk

SMC (Scottish Museums Council)
http://www.scottishmuseums.org.uk

SCRAN (Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network) access to online learning material including over 300 000 images taken from Scotland's museums, archives and galleries
http://www.scran.ac.uk

Scotland's virtual architecture centre
http://www.Scottisharchitecture.com

Visiting Arts: Scotland Cultural Profile
http://www.scotland.culturalprofiles.org.uk

Visual Associations / AXIS artists database
http://www.axisartists.org/

Chapter updated: 29-11-2008