Untitled - Literature Wales

Reserves PolicyIt is the policy of Academi to attempt tomaintain unrestricted funds, which arethe free reserves of the Society, at a levelwhich equates to approximately six monthsunrestricted expenditure. This aims toprovide sufficient funds to cover managementand administration and support costs andto respond to emergency applications forscheme and other support which arise fromtime to time.Main Functions& Schemes– Writers On Tour - operating largely withmatch funding from partners. Supportsmore than 900 events annually– Programme Support - offers support toorganisers of festivals and sequencesof specialist events– Young People’s Writing Squads - supportsmore than twenty-five squads across Wales– Writers Residencies - supports longervisits by authors to educational and otherinstitutions– Writers Bursaries - offering financial supportto authors to develop specific projects– Wales Book of the Year – annual bookawards for the best books from Wales– Cardiff International Poetry Competition– John Tripp Award For Spoken Poetry– Rhys Davies Short Story Competition– Lingo Competition for Welsh Learners– Academi Direct Promotion (includingBayLit, Dylan Thomas, Laugharne andTŷ Newydd Festivals)– Academi Members Activities– Information and Advice Services for Authors– Literature Promotion and Marketing– Writers In Prisons – Write for Life Project– Fieldwork in West Wales, North Walesand South East Wales– Literature Development in Gwyneddand Anglesey– Publications (Taliesin, A470, The WelshAcademy Encyclopaedia of Wales)– Cultural Tourism Promotions– Literature & Health Schemes– Literature Training– Representation of the Interests of Writers– Information and Advice to Readers– Glyn Jones Centre– Literary activities and co-operationsat Wales Millennium Centre– Literary activities and co-operationsat National Eisteddfod– Minority Community Literature Development– National Poet– Bardd Plant Cymru– Wales at Hay Literature Festival– Information and advice oninternational literary co-operations