A&B
|
Arts
& Business |
www.aandb.org.uk |
| ABO |
Association
of British Orchestras |
www.abo.org.uk |
| ABTT
|
Association
of British Theatre Technicians |
www.abtt.org.uk |
| ACAS |
Advisory,
Conciliation and Arbitration service |
www.acas.org.uk |
| ACE |
Arts
Council of England |
www.artscouncil.org.uk |
| ACU |
Active
Community Unit |
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/acu |
| ADO |
Arts
Development Officer |
www.nalgao.org.uk |
| ADSL |
Asymmetric
Digital Subscriber Line (broadband) internet connection |
|
| AGM |
Annual
General Meeting |
|
| AMA |
Arts Marketing
Association |
www.a-m-a.co.uk |
| AN |
AN
Artists Information Service |
www.a-n.co.uk |
BACS
|
bank automated
credit system |
|
| Bcc |
blind
carbon copies |
|
| BSL |
British
Sign Language |
|
| BECTU |
Broadcasting,
Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatrical Union |
www.bectu.org.uk |
| BFI
|
British
Film Institute |
www.bfi.org.uk |
CAF
|
Charities
Aid Foundation |
www.cafonline.org |
| CIQ |
Cultural
Industries Quarter |
|
| CIM |
Chartered
Institute of Marketing |
www.cim.org.uk |
| COSHH |
Control
of Substances Hazardous to Health |
www.hse.gov.uk/hthdir/noframes/coshh/ |
| CP |
Creative
Partnerships |
|
| CPD |
Continuing
Professional Development |
www.training
zone.co.uk/icpd/ |
| CSR |
Corporate
Social Responsibility |
|
DAF
|
Disability
Arts Form |
www.ndaf.org |
| DCMS |
Department
of Culture, Media & Sport |
www.culture.gov.uk |
| DDA |
Disability
Discrimination Act |
www.disability.gov.uk/dda/ |
| DRC |
Disability
Rights Commission |
www.drc-gb.org |
| DSC |
Directory
of Social Change
description
|
www.dsc.org.uk |
| DfES |
Department
for Education and Skills |
www.dfes.gov.uk |
| DNA |
Development
Needs Analysis |
link
to All Ways Learning material |
| EAZ
|
Education
Action Zone |
|
EGM
|
Extraordinary
General Meeting |
|
| ENGAGE |
|
www.engage.org |
| ENO |
English
National Opera |
www.eno.org |
| ESF |
European
Social Fund |
www.esfnews.org.uk |
| EU |
European
Union |
www.cec.org.uk |
| EO |
Equal
Opportunities |
|
| EOC |
Equal Opportunities
Commission |
www.eoc.org.uk |
| EOP |
Equal
Opportunities Policy |
|
FCD
|
Foundation
for Community Dance |
www.communitydance.org.uk |
| FE |
Further
Education |
|
| FOH |
Front of
House
|
|
| FX |
Effects
– in theatre |
|
GDP
|
Gross
Domestic Product |
|
| HE |
Higher
Education |
|
| HLF |
Heritage
Lottery Fund |
www.hlf.org.uk |
| H&S |
Health
& Safety |
www.hsedirect.com |
| HSE |
Health
and Safety Executive |
www.hse.gov.uk |
| HRD |
Human
Resource Development |
|
| HTML |
HyperText
Markup Language |
|
ICOM
|
Industrial Common Ownership Movement |
|
| ICT/
IT |
Information
(& Communications) Technology |
|
| IP |
Intellectual
Property |
|
| ISAN |
Independent
Street Arts Network |
www.streetartsnetwork.org.uk
|
| ISP |
Internet
Service Provider |
|
| ITC |
Independent
Theatre Council |
www.itc-arts.org |
LA
|
Local
Authority |
|
| LEA |
Local Education
Authority |
|
| LETS |
Local
Exchange Trading Schemes |
link |
| LRC |
Learning
Resource Centre (Library) |
|
| MA |
Masters
of Arts – higher degree |
|
| MBA |
Masters
of Business Administration |
|
| MCPS |
Mechanical
Copyright Protection Society |
www.mcps.co.uk |
| MOMI |
Museum
of the Moving Image |
link |
| MU |
Musicians
Union |
www.musiciansunion.org.uk |
NAA
|
National
Artists’ Association |
link |
| NALGAO |
National
Association of Local Government
Arts Officers |
www.nalgao.org.uk |
| NCVO |
National
Council for Voluntary Organisations |
www.ncvo-vol.org.uk |
| NDAF |
National
Disability Arts Forum |
www.ndaf.org |
| NDPB |
Non Departmental
Public Body |
|
| NESTA |
National
Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts |
www.nesta.org.uk |
| NGO |
Non
Governmental Organisation |
|
| NI
(C) |
National
Insurance (Contributions)
A UK tax on employment, paid by Employees and employers |
link to Gov. dept |
| NRTF |
National
Rural Touring Forum |
www.nrtf.org.uk |
| NVQ |
National
Vocational Qualification |
|
OD
|
Organisational
Development |
|
| PAT |
Portable
Appliance Testing – H&S |
link |
| PAYE |
Pay
As You Earn – Income Tax paid by employees, collected by
employers |
link
to Inland Rev site |
| PI |
Performance
Indicators |
|
| PFI |
Public
/ Private Finance Initiative |
www.pfi.ogc.gov.uk/govlinks.asp |
| PPE |
Personal
Protective Equipment |
|
| PPL |
Phonographic
Performance Ltd |
www.ppluk.com |
| PRS |
Performing
Right Society |
www.prs.co.uk |
| PSI |
Policy
Studies Institute |
www.psi.org.uk |
QUANGO
|
Quasi
Autonomous Non Governmental Organisation |
|
| QCA |
Qualifications
and Curriculum Authority |
www.qca.org.uk |
| RAB |
Regional
Arts Board
Description
|
arts.org.uk |
| RFH |
Royal
Festival Hall |
www.rfh.org.uk |
| RIDDOR |
Reporting
of Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations |
|
| RSA |
Royal Society
for the Arts |
www.rsa.org.uk |
| RSC |
Royal
Shakespeare Company |
www.rsc.org.uk |
| RTM |
Read the
Manual |
|
| ROH |
Royal
Opera House |
link |
SAC
|
Scottish
Arts Council |
www.sac.org.uk |
| SBC |
South
Bank Centre |
link |
| SEMLAC
|
South East
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council |
|
| SLA |
Service
Level Agreement |
|
| SOAL |
Statement
of Assets and Liabilities |
|
| SOFA |
Statement
of financial activities |
|
| SOLT |
Society
of London Theatres |
www.solt.co.uk |
| SORP |
Statement
of Recommended Practice on Accounting and Reporting by Charities |
link |
| SSE |
Sign
Supported English |
|
| SRB |
Single
Regeneration Budget |
|
| SSC |
Sector
Skills Council |
www.ssdauk.co.uk |
| SSCDA |
Sector
Skills Council Development Agency |
www.ssda.org.uk |
TIE
|
Theatre
in Education |
|
| TLA |
Three
Letter Acronym |
|
| TMA |
Theatrical
Management Association |
www.tmauk.org |
| TMI |
Too
Much Information |
|
| TOIL |
Time
Off in Lieu |
|
| TTTS |
Theatre
Technical Training Scheme |
www.ttts.co.uk |
| UNESCO |
United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
www.unesco.org |
| URL
/URI |
Uniform
Resource Locator / Identifier |
|
| USP |
Unique
Selling Point |
|
| VAGA |
Visual
Arts and Galleries Association |
www.vaga.co.uk |
| VAN |
Voluntary
Arts Network |
www.voluntaryarts.org |
| VAT |
Value
Added Tax |
link |
| VDU |
Visual
Display Unit |
hse.gov.uk |
| WYSIWYG |
What
You See Is What You Get |
|
| YPT |
Young
Peoples Theatre |
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