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National Association of Local Government Arts Officers (nalgao)

With over 325 Local Authorities from all over England and Wales as members, nalgao is the largest organisation in the country representing local government art interests.

Apart from the Society's Chaor, Vice Chair, Treasurer and Secretary, the nalgao National Executive is entirely made up of regional representatives. Local members meet together regionally and their views are represented by their regional representatives at Executive meetings. Local members can therefore directly inform the National Exectutive's decisions and direction.

Some local authorities do not yet have arts specialists, yet they are being asked to respond to requests for information, advice and grant aid; they are expected to produce Arts Policies and Strategies; they are being asked to help organise or market Arts events and avtivities. Most Nalgao members are Arts specialists and they can be called on for practical help and advice.

It means being part of an organisation with direct experience of working with the Arts locally, regionally, nationally and internationally, whose members work on projects of every possible type and scale; from working with a small group of people with special needs to organising events involving thousands and from working with budgets of a few hundred pounds to working on major Arts projects with capital expenditure involving millions; from hospitals to hillsides, and schools to swimming pools, with every kinf of creative experience from CD-ROM to choral concerts and South Indian dance to art designed street lighting.