VITAL ISSUES This is a country that boasts 79% of arts council investment goes to most deprived areas of NI spectacular buildings and • The Arts can be seen as ‘elitist’: Despite the level of funding for a wealth of artistic talent in communities living in deprived areas, fields ranging from music to there is a view that the arts are “not theatre and drama to TV and 80% of the population has atten. [...] They received funding through the workshops to contribute to set and costume design and Community Foundation’s Acorn Fund Legacy Grants in early construction and music production: Afasic, Jigsaw and the 2016 for a production of Rashomon by Fay and Michael Kanin, Foyle Down Syndrome Trust. [...] The project energy efficient and saw the opportunity appear to be concerned about issues installed 16 solar panels on the roof of of applying to a local windfarm community like climate change - are we doing a community building to help with high benefit fund to save costs, improve the enough to prepare for the effects running costs with direct savings made into environment and provide additional s. [...] The Community • Cost and knowledge of and access to many people are experiencing social and Voluntary sector needs to help the healthy eating: There is a distinct lack of isolation. [...] • Inadequate investment: Poor planning and investment is believed to reduce the accessibility and appeal of • Training schemes are inadequate: Young people feel that areas in the North and West, thus adding to the unequal government schemes, targeting those ‘not in education, distribution of growth.
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