£3m culture budget for Birmingham
Birmingham City Councillors are being asked to approve a standstill culture budget of nearly £3m for 2022/23. The local auth…
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Edinburgh commits to £4.7m culture funding
Edinburgh has committed to £4.7m of culture funding for 2022/23, £2m of it for Edinburgh International Festival. Recog…
Keir Starmer: Government is ‘attacking’ British creativity
Labour Leader promises action on EU touring if elected and says the creative industries deserve more "respect".
Big Issue invests in east London venues
Iconic London venues Village Underground and EartH have received a boost from Big Issue Invest, the social investment arm of the h…
Powys venues at risk over council funding cuts
Powys County Council in Wales plans to cut nearly £63,000 of arts funding. The same amount has already been cut from this ye…
£10m jobs and skills fund in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland’s creative industries are set to benefit from a share of a £10m jobs and skills fund. The Covid Recov…
Levelling Up White Paper targets cultural engagement outside London
Arts Council England will spend 100% of its budget uplift in the regions as Government commits to "significantly increasing&q…
New entrants eligible in latest Wales CRF
The third round of Wales' Cultural Recovery Fund (CRF) is open, with organisations that have not previously received support e…
What is in the £50m for creative businesses
£18.4m will be available to businesses outside of film and gaming.
Yes, CRF grants are taxable
Income tax on Culture Recovery Fund and other emergency grants is due next week – a shock to some following mixed messages from th…
Guildford theatre faces council funding cut
A Guildford theatre faces a "deeply demoralising" cut to its council grant. Guildford Borough Council plans to gradually…
£1.1m granted to museum and heritage projects
The Art Fund has announced recipients of the second and third wave of its Reimagine grants programme. More than £1.1m will b…
NPO applications: here’s what you need to know
Timelines, deadlines and what Arts Council England is looking for in its 2023 portfolio.
Council set to cut all arts funding
The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council must reconsider plans to abolish all grant funding for local arts from April,…
Catford theatre starts £7m refurb
Catford’s Broadway Theatre is closing this month for a £7m renovation project. Funding for the work comes from Lewisha…
Art Fund grants support curatorial talent
Four curators have been awarded a share of £150,000 through Art Fund's New Collecting Awards. Louis Platman (Museum of t…
Key Theatre saved by Selladoor
Peterborough's Key Theatre has been saved by Selladoor, which operates the local New Theatre. The venue closed earlier this we…
Metro seeks artists to decorate fleet
A "unique opportunity" to create art that will be seen by millions is on offer in North East England. Tyne and Wear Metr…
UK misses out on €100m Creative Europe boost
A bumper budget has been passed for 2022 – but the UK won't see hardly a penny.
Dorset offers capital grants for arts and culture
Dorset Council is offering up to £25,000 for cultural redevelopment projects benefitting the local community. The Capital Le…
Progress in campaign to save Thurrock theatre
Community groups may soon be able to take over a theatre at risk of closure. Thurrock Council has changed its position on selling…
ACE to mandate social class reporting on audiences
The Culture Secretary has asked the Arts Council to collect the data and consider NPOs' "track record" when they app…
Wales adds £10m in emergency funding
The Welsh Government has made another £10.1m of Culture Recovery Fund money available to organisations affected by recent re…
New foundation to fund international residencies
A new foundation will focus on facilitating the international exchange of ideas and practices at the intersection of digital…
