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Petition update, 29 April 2008

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Nearly 200 arts organisations, including 37 theatre companies, have been told they are to lose all revenue funding from Arts Council England, in the bloodiest cull in ACE's 61-year history.

The move to axe subsidy completely from 195 organisations, for most from April 2008, is leading to threats of closure and redundancies across the country.

Not only will this deprive many areas of any cultural output but also ghettoise diversity and create a more divided and less integrated society when this public money should be doing the opposite.

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• Fiona Orr
• Vivien Grahame
• Michael Mackenzie
• Guy Henderson
• Eleanor Charleston
• Clare Calvert
• Stuart McAlpine
• Sally Scothern
• Masumi Kako
• Sarah Gray
• Caroline Sparrey
• Jack Wilkinson
• Serge Alvarez
• Sam Harvey
• Aina Hassam
• Simon Greenhough
• Kelly Williams
• Timothy Beckmann
• Stephenie Wright
• Claire O'Connell
• Mark Braby
• alan brown
• Denise Kennedy
• Rachel Dashwood
• Liz Rath
• Carolynne English
• Pamela Meade
• Claire Logan
• Charlotte Steatham
• lynne Stone
• Danica Gilland
• Hayley Chisnell
• Naomi Kilby
• Caroline Coombs
• Sam Dowson
• Angela Tinkler
• Vanessa Chapman
• Veronica Lowery
• adrian bean
• Steve Hignett
• Mayita Wyldeck-Kelly
• Rebecca Mackay
• jon morrell
• Claire Dodds
• Emma Baggott
• Vicky Lomax
• ian poole
• Elizabeth Brown
• Sheena Penson
• Ruth Rogers
• Lyndon Owen
• jacqueline bibby
• Michael Smith
• phil minton
• Susan Pipe
• Alyson Malach
• Louise Turnbull
• Sue Ryding
• Dave Stapleton
• Lee Jones
• Karen Lee van de Weg
• Alison Bean
• Penny Andrews
• Gillian Hush
• Marissa Anderson
• Arlan Collins
• Elissa Evans
• Susie webb
• Emma Hunt
• sam gray
• Joseph D'Ovidio
• sadie walker
• Shelley Illingworth
• Beverley Gough
• Hannah Reeves
• Anthony Bradley
• Elizabeth Dibble
• Kenny Blyth
• Sadie Dixon-Spain
• Jessica Sedler
• Katja Janus
• stephanie withey
• Graham Padden
• Glen Wilson
• K Simon
• Hayley James
• Polly
• Rebecca Osorio
• Genevieve Ray
• Felicity Butler
• Grace hHerbert
• Martin Williams
• Alison Cooper
• Rachael Daniel
• Malcolm Lomax
• Mark Distin
• Claire Aston
• Katherine Shearer
• Olwen Medi
• Ashley Maclauchlan
• Sophie fox
• Jennifer Carpenter
• Sean Bookless
• Rachel Hollingworth
• PAUL BENNETT
• Carlie Newman
• Lisa Diveney
• William Alder
• Gary McErlane
• Zoe Lawrenson
• Catherine Holborn
• Ariane Barnes
• Louisa FitzGerald
• Sian Macgregor
• Laura Rutherford
• Zara
• Chris Parslow
• steve noble
• kim walsh
• JANETTE EDDISFORD
• Victoria Elizabeth Hartland
• Natalie Fry
• Liz-Anne Hendy
• Laura Sutton
• Francesca Bradley
• Leigh Millar Shepherd
• Emilie Bates
• Christine Talbot-Cooper
• Peter John Lomas
• Phil Barton
• Joanna Rosenfeld
• Matthew Hutchinson
• Fenella Mappin
• Nicola Dane
• kristina anne howell
• James Luff
• Stuart Arrandale
• Louise Brown
• Eddie De Souza
• Christopher Dickins
• Christina Lavelle
• Jolie Pierce
• Isabel White
• Rebecca Owen-Fisher
• c bibby
• Adam Farhat
• John Landor
• Annie Tayler
• William Sauer
• Mervyn Bryn-Jones
• Elizabeth Dean
• Alex Watson
• Ray Leonard Hollands
• Ellie Rennie
• Brian Plumber
• William Albert Hancock
• Sam Britton
• Jeannie Farr
• Jo Withers
• John Ioannou
• Tessa Cushan
• Amr Mallassi
• janet axworthy
• Dee Parmar
• Karen Belfield
• Oliver Burnham
• Richard Clews
• rachel dobell
• katharine shephard
• Chris MacDonnell
• Karine Boccara
• JENNY ROWE
• Nina Fog
• Rachel Schofield
• Alex Holladay
• Jennifer Shaw
• harry myers
• Anna Lewis
• Julie Whitehill
• Ed Bennett
• Samantha Green
• Daisy Ward
• Sarah Dunbavand
• sarah-louise evetts
• Richard Miller
• Lisa Armytage
• Kathleen Doherty
• Emma Pierson
• Alex Hancock
• Kirsty Dickson
• Brian godfrey
• Ruth hubble
• Hannah Talbot-Cooper
• Kate Collinson
• imogen lucy tranchell
• Lee Peart
• Elizabeth Alexander
• Eleanor Talbot-Cooper
• Julian Rushton
• Ricchard Alexander
• Brenda Littlewood
• Michael Whittall
• Sarah Mann
• Richard Ihnatowicz
• Chloe Brayfield
• Tony MacDonnell
• Gina martin
• mia soteriou
• David Corden
• Helena Gough
• Elwyn Morgan
• Martin Clarke
• Grainne Barron
• Allon Kaye
• Miles Champion
• Stephen Jordan
• Daniel Jones
• Laura- Jane Whyte
• alison Allan
• David Jobbins
• J. Hughes
• hugo dunn-meynell
• Murray Macleod
• Andrew Barnes
• Veronica Contaor
• CARLA BARON
• Sonja Froebel
• Richard Boon
• Scott Wilson
• Capt.,Roger Henry PARRY [Retired]
• Dr Valerie Langfield
• Richard Rothar
• Eileen Barnett
• Annie Mahtani
• Dina Ahmad
• Ashley Rogers
• Helen Goatly
• eleanor fanyinka
• Gina Birch
• virginia denham
• scott sherry
• Niall Mullen
• Dave Le Good
• Sonya Williams
• Steve Beresford
• Judith Christopherson
• Ian Sturrock
• Lara Bradbeer
• Andy Vine
• Glenn Boulter
• Nick Burke
• Dr. Alan Bartley
• Simon Risley
• Judy Gough
• Malcolm Garrett
• Janet Smith
• Shamshad Ash
• jo coffey
• Ross Harvie
• Hugh Stockdale
• Cliff Eastabrook
• Debbie Greene
• Paul Midgley
• Caroline Bowen
• Anup Paul
• Pete Shelley
• Laura Grillo
• Harriet Sanham
• seamus merca
• Victoria Harrison
• Jonathan R Smith
• Ellis Saveker
• John Perkins
• Ian Braithwaite
• Hannah Marshall
• Theresa Mills
• Jade Bakare
• David A Youngs
• Sheree Goddard
• Jackie Rice
• Rebeccah Homer
• katie boulton
• Elizabeth Nunns
• Anne Lovett
• albert williams
• Michael Reynolds
• Peter Thomas
• Judy Moffat
• Jacqueline Dabnor
• Jennifer Small
• Rebekah Powell
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• Dec Hickey
• Daniel Allen
• John Mathers
• Renate Mathers
• Sarah Jackson
• Mark Ellerby
• Nick Crossley
• Chishimba Chisala
• Zara Nethersole
• Lizzie Rees
• Alistair Hoyle
• Barbara Parry
• James Smith
• john vesty
• Judith Cound
• Jamie Brook
• Linda Anderson
• jacky sellman-bartlett
• Shirley Harris
• Gregory Airey
• Gary Lynch
• Samantha Burke
• Krupa Pattani
• Paul Dundas
• Paula Ranger
• Charles Weller
• Cara Griffith
• Murray John Simon
• Sue Fisher-Pascall
• Tess Maddock
• Fiona Eaglesham
• Helen Cox
• Jane Grant
• richard jones
• Antonia Reed-Felstead
• Ellie Higgs
• Naomi Morgan
• Bethan Kate Minter
• Oliver Mead
• John Rayment
• steve henry
• Phill Bowbanks
• Gemma Rigg
• Humphrey Astley
• Alison R Noyes
• Nana Klimek
• Ally Manson
• Abigail Oscroft
• Stacey Walkden
• steph oscroft
• Joel Wilkinson
• Ali Warner
• Mike & Anne Ford
• Benny McKay
• Davina Freedman
• Daniel Ayres
• Edward C H Burch
• Niharika Patadia
• Susan Jenkinson
• JASON TAYOR
• Julian Page
• Julien Guillamat
• Iain Challis
• Tina Pannell
• Lopa Patel
• Simon West
• Adam Dewhurst
• Adam Bright
• Daniel Everitt
• Oliver Leventon
• Ross Mullan
• jo reis
• Hilary Challis
• sian madigan
• Michael Madigan
• David B. Watkins
• Nicholas Robinson
• Shukti
• Calli Harris
• Rachel Osborne
• christo squier
• Tali Janner-Klausner
• Edward Banda
• Tom Ring
• Shobhna Wayland
• L Greeves
• Janet Heywood
• Vicky Fairall
• Kathryn Rutland
• Liam Hesse
• Fiona Whyte
• charlotte harrison
• Garry Whittaker
• Patrick Rutland
• Tara Godolphin
• Daxi Mocroft
• Christine Walton
• Tim Bennett
• William Gallegos
• Val Sturgess
• Stephen Wickenden
• James Carroll
• Lee Bradshaw
• Geraldine
• Ross Ellice
• Michelle Simpson
• Rupert M Coghlan
• maria gray
• Alex McNally
• Fiona Southworth
• Darren Martyn
• Rebecca Haigh
• Teresa Zoers
• Denise Gilfoyle
• Alex Rendall
• Bryn Evans
• Alison Poole
• Lee Heaver
• Madelaine Judioth Davidson Lees
• Geoff Perchard
• Marie Perchard
• Susan Meighan
• zoe hinks
• tony dunn
• James Carus
• John K Shield
• Ellen Goddard
• Mark Braby
• Stuart Henry Richman
• James Walkden
• mike boatwright
• Sandra Lock
• Emma Heron
• Stephen Rigg
• Susan Grenfell
• Martin Goodman
• Stephanie Joab
• Faith Marchal
• Ryan Davey
• Robert Bride
• James Curry
• Justin Hamilton
• Rosie Clarke
• Jillian Dean
• Alvaro Flores
• Lesley Shaw
• Hannah King
• Geoffrey Hall
• Pete King
• M B Fife-Schaw
• kathryn waller
• John bowker
• Alex Stasiak Perchard
• Vincent Thomas
• John Armstrong
• Luke Abbott
• Nicola Stuart-Hill
• ALexander Gibbins
• Elizabeth Baker
• Jack Severn
• joanna chard
• Maisie Turpie
• Adrian Bower
• Charlie Wickenden
• Rebecca Dart
• Clare Anderson
• Ellen Mell
• David Mell
• Cerian Gwyn-Jones
• Andy Kowalski
• Stuart Pinel
• Iain Quinn
• Carole Hicks
• Meghan Quigley
• Annie Crombie
• John Dowell
• Arthur Adams
• lynne zilkha
• Orit Sutton
• Adam Salter
• Joshua Kennedy
• Ian David Holmes
• M.Milward
• Claire Chard
• Jack Henry
• Sam Fluskey
• spiros
• Peter Granville-Edmunds
• Helen Clough
• laura strong
• James Claxton
• Eleanor Leech
• John Austin
• Isabell Austin
• Stephanie Dell
• Scott Jacobs-Lange
• kelly henderson
• Ed Lyons
• Richard Dyer
• Rachel Chapman
• Alexandra Ross
• Hilary Harvey
• Richard Wood
• Andrew Noble
• Raymond Waring
• Tom Hayes
• Tom Emlyn Williams
• sam a

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