collaborations and partnerships are important, whether informal amongst artists,

or formally amongst organisations - the more formal though, the more time and

effort to maintain so factor this in to planning

let the facts and figures speak: be realistic about budgets, count everything, put

monitoring in place to keep making the case

think about your structure; roles, responsibilities, who is deciding what, managing

who, how you support each other, keep a paper trail to formalise what is agreed

keep the vision for your project as clear and simple as you can,

and don’t promise to take on too much

artists activity at a grass roots level is an incredibly important part of the

arts infrastructure - it’s where most organisations come from

a good written plan is key: telling a clear,

compelling story about who you are, what you

want to do, what is the need and how you will

address it