EXCLUSIVE: London authorities fail to pull their weight
London’s boroughs are relying on Arts Council England to make good a shortfall in their own arts funding relative to local a…
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Getting the play on the stage
What does it take to be a playwright in the community? Alan Spence reflects on the highs and lows of writing plays for community g…
NAO reveals the impact of Council cuts
Cultural services have seen bigger cuts than social care but are not the worst affected, according to a National Audit Office repo…
Where is the media coverage?
Our national media need to be more conscious of their influence in creating a sustainable cultural economy for the entire UK and n…
Wales fears the impact of council cuts
It is becoming increasingly less likely that culture and arts services will be able to play a meaningful part in delivering the Go…
Lies, damned lies and arts funding statistics
Liz Hill sets the record straight on the contribution that touring activity by London-based arts organisations makes to the rest o…
Fairer regional arts funding amounts to “glib London bashing”
Redistributing arts funding across England would bring “marginal if any long term benefits for people living outside the cap…
Regional funding imbalance “must be urgently rectified”
Greater fairness in Lottery funding would help to redress the wider geographic arts funding imbalance that sees London benefit &ld…
Creative Scotland commits to long-term funding
The number of arts organisations in receipt of three-year funding is to more than double, as the funding body responds to the sect…
Change as a way of life
Mira Kaushik records the changes that her dance company has made in response to sudden cuts in government funding.
‘Hard facts to swallow’ on England’s arts funding
A new report concludes that smaller organisations are being squeezed out as their share of Arts Council England’s regular fu…
Arts Council adds new gagging clause to NPO contracts
Arts organisations and those connected to them must be sure not to do anything that could damage ACE’s reputation as a Gover…
ACNI absorbs initial cuts to spare the sector
A quarter of a million pounds of savings will be made from the Arts Council’s internal budgets, but further cuts will be pas…
A serious slice of cake
Applying for Creative Europe funding for a Cooperation Project requires real commitment and many hours devoted to completing the a…
Local authorities playing it safe, report warns
The trend for closing arts services is continuing, with over a third of local authorities in England and Wales left with no arts o…
Arts Council of Wales given thumbs up by most clients
Majority of stakeholders find the council’s work effective, relevant and fair, but some areas for improvement are identified…
Nesta calls for arts funding shake-up
Investment in R&D, venture funding, and crowdfunding are major missed opportunities for the arts sector, according to a new re…
Arts and culture valued by vast majority of local authorities
NLGN praises local authorities seeking new models for delivering arts and culture, and calls on more to do the same in the face of…
Investing in change
A funding system that protects the status quo is preventing arts organisations from developing innovative new business models that…
NAO report demands greater funding transparency
Arts Council England is preparing to make its funding data more accessible as the National Audit Office reports on Government gran…
Touring organisations fight ACE decision to cut funding
NPOs that focus on touring and those working with young people were twice as likely to experience cuts in the latest round of fund…
Lottery pretence ends as funding streams merge
End of an era for ‘additionality’ as Arts Council England grants major players three-year NPO funding from Lottery, wh…
Opera and ballet review exposes venue/company friction
The failure to share data is hindering audience development and must be addressed as a condition of funding, says ACE.
Status quo preserved in Arts Council’s NPO funding round
Arts Council England’s National Portfolio sees a net loss of 20 organisations in the North but only 9 in London. “Math…
