Factsheet United Kingdom
Layers of Government
Province: England: 39 counties and 7 metropolitan counties
Scotland: 9 regions, 3 islands areas
Wales: 9 counties
Northern Ireland: 6 counties
Capital: London
Dep. of Culture: Department for culture, media & sport
2-4 Cockspur Street
London SW1Y 5DH
Great Britain

phone: +44 (0)20 7211 6200

e-mail: enquiries@culture.gov.uk

www.culture.gov.uk/arts
National 'umbrella' organisations
General
Voluntary Arts Network
PO Box 200
Cardiff CF5 1YH
United Kingdom

phone:
+44 (0)29 2039 5395
fax: +44 (0)29 2039 7397

e-mail: info@voluntaryarts.org

www.voluntaryarts.org

contact: Roger Fox
chief executive

e-mail: roger@voluntaryarts.org
Arts Council England
14 Great Peter Street
London SW1P 3NQ
United Kingdom

phone: +44(0)207 333 0100

e-mail:
enquiries@artscouncil.org.uk

www.artscouncil.org.uk

Scottish Arts Council
12 Manor Place
Edinburgh
EH3 7DD
United Kingdom

phone: +44 (0) 131 226 6051

e-mail:
media.office@scottisharts.org.uk

www.scottisharts.org.uk

Arts Council Wales
9 Museum Place
Cardiff
CF10 3NX
United Kingdom

phone: +44 (0) 29 20 376500

e-mail: feedback@artswales.org.uk

www.artswales.org
All Change Arts Ltd
177 Upper Street, Islington
London N1 1RG
United Kingdom

phone:
+44 (0)207 359 9585

e-mail: all.change@virgin.net

www.allchangearts.org
Art and Power
St Werburgh`s Community Centre Worley Rd

St Werburgh`s BS2 9TJ
United Kingdom

phone:
+44 (0)117 982 4278

www.artandpower.com
Dance
Dance UK
Battersea Arts Centre
Lavender Hill
London SW11 5TN
United Kingdom

contact: Ian Bramley (director)

phone:
+44 (0)20 7228 4990
fax: +44 (0)20 7223 0074
e-mail: info@danceuk.org

www.danceuk.org
Anima Dance
Regent College, Regent Road
Leicester LE1 7LW
United Kingdom

phone:
+44 (0)116 2757788

e-mail: admin@animadance.co.uk

www.animadance.co.uk
British Dance Council
Terpsichore House
240 Merton Road
South Wimbledon Surrey SW19 1EQ
United Kingdom

phone:
+44 (0)208 399 4881

www.british-dance-council.org
All England Dance Association
PO Box 312
Welwyn Garden City
Herts AL8 7ZQ
United Kingdom

phone:
+44 (0)132 984 1515

e-mail:
ydn@all-england-dance.org.uk

www.all-england-dance.org.uk
British Association of Teachers of Dancing
23 Marywood Square
Glasgow G41 2BP
Scotland
United Kingdom

phone:
+44 (0)141 423 4029

e-mail: enquiries@batd.co.uk

www.batd.co.uk
     
Drama
Amateur Stage
Hampden House
2 Weymouth Street
London W1N 3FD
United Kingdom

phone: +44 (0)207 636 4343

e-mail: cvtheatre@aol.com

www.amstage.cvtheatre.co.uk
English Drama Association
11 Howard Road, Yardley
West Midlands B25 8AL
United Kingdom

phone:
+44 (0)161 283 0715
International Theatre Exchange
c/o Drama Association of Wales

The Library, Singleton road
CF2 2ET Cardiff
Wales
United Kingdom

contact: Mr. Aled Rhys-Jones

phone:
+44 (0)292 045 2200
fax: +44 (0)292 045 2277

e-mail: aled.daw@virgin.net
Central Council for Amateur Theatre
355 Norwood Road
Tulse Hill SE23 7BQ
United Kingdom

contact: Gordon Hewlett

phone:
+44 (0)127 942 3821
National Drama Festivals Association
Honory Secretary, Bramleys
Main Street, Shudy Camps
Cambridge CB1 6RA
United Kingdom

contact: Tony Broscomb

phone: +44 (0)179 958 4920
fax: +44 (0)179 958 4921

e-mail: tonybroscomb@compuserve.com

www.amdram.co.uk/ndfa
     
Music
Making Music
The National Federation of Music Societies

7-15 Rosebery Avenue
London EC1R 4 SP
United Kingdom

contact: Robin Osterley
chief executive

phone:
+44 (0)870 903 3780
fax: +44 (0)870 903 3785

phone: +44 (0)870 872 3300
fax: +44 (0)870 872 3400

e-mail:
robin@makingmusic.org.uk
info@makingmusic.org.uk

www.makingmusic.org.uk
Contemporary Music-Making for Amateurs

Tonybee Studios
28 Commercial Street
London E1 6AB
United Kingdom

contact: Chris Shurety

phone:
+44 (0)20 7247 7736

e-mail:
chris.shurety@coma.org
info@coma.org

www.coma.org
Drum Corps United Kingdom

Edale Road, Sneinton Dale
Notts NG2 4HT
United Kingdom

phone:
+44 (0)115 948 3200

e-mail: sec@dcuk.org.uk

www.dcuk.org.uk
TONSIL

(The ONgoing SInging Liaison group)

www.singbarbershop.com/tonsil
National Association of Choirs
Fig Tree House
9 The Green
Glinton PE6 7JN
United Kingdom

phone: +44 (0)870 760 7356

e-mail: gensecnac@gensecnac.f9.co.uk

www.ukchoirsassoc.co.uk
British Association of
Barbershop Singers

1 Orchard Way
Herts HP3 OJD
United Kingdom

contact: Mike Lofthouse
(director Education and Music Services)

phone: +44 (0)1442 392457
fax: +44 (0)8701 302968

e-mail: mike_lofthouse@ntlworld.com

www.barbershop.org.uk
Sing for Pleasure

Northonthorpe Mills
Wakefield Road
Scissett
Huddersfield HD8 9LA
United Kingdom

phone: +44 (0)148 486 0404

e-mail:
admin@singforpleasure.org.uk

www.singforpleasure.org.uk
English Folk Dance and Song Society
Cecil Sharp House
2 Regent`s Park Road
London NW1 7AY
United Kingdom

phone:
+44 (0)207 485 2206

e-mail: efdss@efdss.org

www.efdss.org
National Operatic and Dramatic Association

58-60 Lincoln Road
Peterborough PE1 2RZ
United Kingdom

contact: Mark Pemberton
(chief executive)

phone:
+44 (0)870 770 2480
fax: +44 (0)870 770 2490

e-mail:
everyone@noda.org.uk
mark@noda.org.uk

www.noda.org.uk
     
Art Education
Music Education Council
54 Elm Road
Hale, Altrincham
Cheshire WA15 9 QP
United Kingdom

phone:
+44 (0)161 928 3085
fax: +44 (0)161 929 8548

e-mail: ahassan@easy.co.uk

www.mec.org.uk
     
Representatives in the Netherlands
British Consulate-General
Koningslaan 44
1075 AE Amsterdam
The Netherlands

phone:
+31 (0)20-6764343
The British Council
Keizersgracht 269
1016 ED Amsterdam
The Netherlands

contact: Anne Douque

phone: +31 (0)20-5506060

e-mail:
anne.douque@britishcouncil.nl
education.info@britcoun.nl

www2.britishcouncil.org/netherlands

The British Council
Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal 328/5
1012 RW Amsterdam
The Netherlands

phone: +31 (0)20-5247676
   
Artists/initiatives
JAC 'live' JAC Travel

Events and Performing Arts

62-64 Chancellors Road
London W6 9RS
United Kingdom

contact: Kathryn Birds

phone: +44 2078708461

e-mail:
kathryn.birds@jactravel.co.uk

www.jac-europe.com

JAC 'live' is organizing the
international amateur music festival Bristolive!
All-England Theatre Festival

contest for one-act plays in performance

www.amdram.co.uk/aetf
British Federation of Festivals
for Music, Dance and Speech


includes over 300 festivals which provide a platform
for amateur performers whose reward is the
verbal and written advice of a professional adjudicator

info via
www.artsfestivals.co.uk/relatedsites