Ms Monika Sapielak:

I echo those points. This arm's-length principle that guides the operations of the Arts Council could be expanded to these minorities-led organisations. A number of them that work directly with final recipients know what their needs are, they know the way to operate and they know how to support them to benefit to the best extent. That is the critical aspect that came up in all these previous suggestions. At the moment, even if the strategy or implementation by the Arts Council has been put in place to represent the minorities more, the majority of funding still goes to long-established organisations that just twisted it a little bit or added new aspects to the strategy. While that is brilliant and welcome, it is still an add-on for them and not the core mission. This affects the impact of the whole process.