Arts Council Wales chief urges ‘national debate’ on value of arts
Comments follow the Senedd's decision to reduce Arts Council Wales' annual funding by 10.5%.
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Cultural festival awarded £30k from ACE
A new cultural festival in Broxtrowe, Nottinghamshire, has received £30,000 of Arts Council England (ACE) funding. Run…
Coventry Culture Trust administration extended
Administrators investigating a charity's spending have been given another year to continue their work. Since Coventry City of…
Somerset Council plans culture budget cuts
Cost-saving proposals include reducing support to the county’s theatres as the council faces a £100m funding shortfall…
Opening up career opportunities in the cultural sector
A pioneering educational programme for neurodivergent young people has been given a boost from social impact investment. Seva Phil…
Use philanthropy to increase arts funding, says Robertson
Scotland’s Cultural Secretary Angus Robertson says exploring new funding streams in addition to government funding, and work…
Peterborough theatre undergoes £5m refurb
Peterborough's Cresset theatre has closed for a month to allow all of its 876 seats to be replaced as part of a £5m refu…
Council seeks reallocation of government cash to save arts centre
Woking Council will ask the government if it can use money provided for digital strategy to keep an arts centre open. The BBC repo…
ACE portfolio extension: NPOs wary of ‘standstill funding’
Arts leaders have reacted to Art Council England's decision to extend its current funding portfolio until 2027.
ACE extends National Portfolio to 2027
The 985 arts and culture organisations making up Arts Council England's National Portfolio will be able to apply for an additi…
Local authority funding cuts causing profound damage
For the fifth time since assuming the leadership of Nottingham Playhouse, Stephanie Sirr is galvanising objections to a major fund…
Does ACE’s latest intervention go far enough?
More can be done to help struggling arts organisations, says Arts Professional's Neil Puffett.
ENO staff vote for strike action
English National Opera plans to axe 19 posts in its orchestra, and make the chorus, orchestra and music staff part-time as part of…
Northern Ireland artists receive £1m from National Lottery
Arts Council of Northern Ireland has named 292 artists awarded funding from a £1.04m National Lottery fund as part of its Su…
Councils of despair
As cuts to the arts continue to bite, Robin Cantrill-Fenwick asks why some local authorities feel able to walk away from funding o…
Fringe festival chiefs call for regular government funding
Leaders of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society say the city’s status as host of a leading cultural festival is in jeopardy…
Natural heritage sites to share £15.6m of funding
National Lottery Heritage Fund will introduce a landscape and nature-focused initiative later this year as part of its 10-year str…
Major arts development in Rochdale gets go ahead
Work to improve Touchstones Rochdale is being funded by Arts Council England and Rochdale Borough Council.
Cornwall museum awarded £2.1m Levelling Up support
Successful grant bid for the Royal Cornwall Museum comes less than two years after it faced closure following a loss of council su…
Smaller NPOs urged to establish university links
National Portfolio Organisations with the highest levels of public funding three times more likely to be working with universities…
Debbonaire: More money for arts ‘my first priority’
Shadow Culture Secretary pledges to explore opportunities for additional investment in the arts, describing proposed cuts to local…
Hampshire Council cuts puts cultural organisations at risk
Hampshire Cultural Trust said that four of its museums and an arts centre could be forced to shut their doors within 12 months.
Thousands sign petition against Middlesbrough museum closure
Around 4,000 people have signed a petition calling for Middlesbrough Council to keep the town's Captain Cook Birthplace Museum…
Equity: Arts cuts ‘threaten economic growth’
Performers' union Equity has criticised plans by Suffolk County Council to cut its entire arts budget, warning that the move c…
