"Experience and Experiment", the history of the United Kingdom
Branch of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, tells the story of a
significantly successful venture, one that has had profound effects
in the arts, social welfare and education in the UK since the
Foundation's establishment in 1956. The list of organisations that
the Gulbenkian has nurtured or supported from its earliest days is
both extensive and impressive and includes the Samaritans, Shelter,
the Runnymede Trust, the Royal Shakespeare Company, London
Contemporary Dance, the Tate Gallery and Snape Maltings. The
Foundation's seminal reports and publications have injected
intellectual rigour and fresh thinking into the national debate and
have prodded politicians into action - John Myerscough's "The
Economic Importance of the Arts in Britain" (with the Policy
Studies Institute, 1988), Ken Robinson's "The Arts in Schools"
(1982), Peter Newell's "Taking Children Seriously" (1991, 2000), to
name a few. The Gulbenkian has always acted as a catalyst,
initiating original grant programmes, taking stock of their effect
and leading the way for others to follow. Commissioned from two of
Britain's best-informed cultural commentators, the book is written
with critical perception and wit, and provides a fascinating
reflection on changes in British social, educational and cultural
policy, from post-war patrician attitudes to 'charity', through the
radical optimism of the Sixties to the cash-driven ideology of
Thatcherism and the emphasis on community self-help and capacity
building which prevails today. It is essential reading for anyone
interested in the development of social and cultural policy in the
UK and highlights the unique contribution that can be made by
enlightened independent trusts and charities.
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