Aaaargh! I tend to use full stops between paragraphs to give emails etc some
format and this system thinks a full stop alone on a line means the message
is finished! What I meant to say was:
"Atta Chui" <
forums@theiac.org.uk> wrote:
Do IAC get funding from Arts Councils, National Lottery, etc.? If not, why
not?
So far as I am aware IAC itself does not get such funding.
In the past the natural source would have been the British Film Institute
but some officers of that body did not find our organisation worthy of support.
They looked at the difference between the work of most amateurs and most
independent film makers and found us wanting.
Those who hand out money on behalf of the public have to think hard about
it. We seem to be no more than a group of hobbyists having fun making holiday
movies and family pictures for the most part. Why should our hobby get support?
Individual clubs have had some success with lottery grants - mainly for projection
kit - and in return they are expected to give shows to groups of people in
hospitals, community centres and so on. That way the public funding benefits
lots of people not just the club.
IAC gets some help in the form of tax payback when people pay their subs
using Gift Aid. The tax they have paid on their income - or on that part
of their income they use to pay the IAC membership fee - is passed on directly
to IAC if we claim it each year.
Dave W