Why a council pulled the plug on a £17m arts centre
What lessons can be learned from Harrow Arts Centre about the complex and risky business of moving arts services into independent…
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Grantium saved Arts Council England £700k last year
The funder is considering rolling out changes to the application platform labelled “intolerable” and “useless&rd…
Grassroots arts suffering most under local authority cuts
A survey of arts workers has revealed the strains funding cuts are putting on the sector and shown that many local authorities are…
Local authority arts cuts: Optimism can only take us so far
Arts organisations are resourceful, collaborative, entrepreneurial and imaginative, but we must recognise that the long-term decli…
Matched crowdfunding increases public donations and fundraising skills
The average public donation to arts projects increased from £63 to £74 when backed by match funding.
Creative Scotland warns number of Regularly Funded Organisations will fall
Declining Lottery receipts will mean less cash for RFOs, although final funding decisions will be made after the national funding…
Arts Council England consults on future of Bristol’s visual arts
£3.3m will be invested in the city’s visual arts by 2022 after Arnolfini and Situations were dropped from the national…
Welsh arts leaders call for national arts advocacy campaign
A ‘brand Wales’ campaign would raise the profile of culture and help the sector raise more non-public funds, the Welsh…
Investing in enterprise
Arts organisations are increasingly diversifying their sources of income and for some that may require social investment to get an…
Will this policy trend spell the end of arts funding?
Steven Hadley shares his concerns about the shift towards hyperinstrumentalisation in arts policy, which is giving precedence to w…
New fund to help arts organisations develop immersive content
The Arts Council England-backed scheme has been announced the week after research found arts organisations are becoming less exper…
16 London boroughs set sights on £3m city-wide culture award
Eight boroughs will ultimately receive a slice of the funding through the Mayor’s London Borough of Culture competition, whi…
Hull ensures UK City of Culture legacy with £250m investment
An additional £1m will help the organisation delivering Hull 2017 establish itself as an independent company and continue to…
Theresa May wants UK to remain in European cultural programmes
The Creative Industries Federation welcomed the Prime Minister’s comments, but said it was time to “turn this rhetoric…
Bridge organisation establishes endowment to secure legacy
The Culture Bridge North East Fund will award grants of up to £1,500 to help young people in the North East access quality a…
Could £10,000 get your creative idea off the ground?
Two young creatives are now running their own businesses thanks to a Creative Enterprise award. Nicole Lovett introduces them…
Researchers sing praises of Creative People and Places
A three-year evaluation has commended the Arts Council England programme as a source of learning for community arts, but raised co…
Arts projects share youth development windfall
The Garage in Norwich and Travelling Light Theatre Company are among those to receive a grant from the one-off £40m fund.
Scotland pledges additional £10m for Edinburgh Festivals
Money for cultural content and skills development will be delivered across a five-year programme, starting in 2018.
National Funding Scheme under review again
The Charity Commission is reviewing the activities of the charity behind the DONATE digital fundraising platform for the second ti…
Arts Council spends Lottery reserves as income falls
A downturn in National Lottery sales meant a £41m fall in income for Arts Council England, the year before it pledged £…
Wise Children publishes Arts Council funding bid
Documents linked to its national portfolio application have revealed Emma Rice’s new company was unable to provide required…
UK arts threatened by planned £39m British Council cut
The UK’s Creative Europe desk, managed by the British Council, would be unaffected by the proposed cut.
Welsh Assembly bids to reduce arts sector’s reliance on funding
A government inquiry is examining how arts organisations in Wales can increase earned income, philanthropy and investment.
