The trouble with arts funding…
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EXCLUSIVE: ACE pays off debts for the select few
Major London institutions were given multi-million pound capital grants for which no application process was required.
Outdoor arts aim for broader funding base
Five arts organisations are joining forces with ISAN, the national membership organisation for the strategic development of outdoo…
Transition plans take shape in Scotland
New large capital awards are put on hold during 2014/15 as Creative Scotland develops its new funding model.
Regional funding imbalance exists, ACE tells Select Committee
More support will be directed to the arts outside London but the Culture Minister rejects claims of a regional funding crisis.
Lottery funding to sustain England’s National Portfolio
£180m of Lottery funds will be used for the core funding of NPOs involved in touring or working with children and young peop…
No more feast or famine
The AccessArt website has switched from being project-funded to self-sustaining thanks to its membership income. Paula Briggs tell…
Book review: Journal of the Plague Year
Are you up to the challenge? Vicky Prior says there’s much to learn from Max Stafford-Clark’s journal from the years f…
Painful progress?
Louisa Davies asks if England’s funding structures are hampering the development of our emerging artists.
In a room full of foreigners
UK membership of the European Union gives cultural organisations access to a wide variety of funds and initiatives. Why are we not…
Poor areas suffer highest local authority arts cuts
Shadow Culture Minister used Freedom of Information to reveal the impact of Government cuts on local authority spend on culture an…
London is among the lowest funded, claims the GLA
Witnesses defend their views of fair arts funding distribution as the Select Committee releases a new tranche of evidence.
Lottery funding landscape laid bare
The distribution of Lottery funding for the arts is a closed system, operating for the benefit of a small number of arts organisat…
Aiming to fly higher
Making a career for himself in circus, Tim Lenkiewicz explains how he is aiming to make his circus-producing company commercially…
Attitudes soften toward tax-funded arts subsidy
Public support for the arts has grown over the past 12 months, with improved access being top of the list of objectives for public…
Fresh start at Creative Scotland
A ten-year plan and a new approach to funding aim to demonstrate more support for arts organisations and provide greater clarity a…
Arts and health: commissioning bodies need to be on-side
Demonstrating the effectiveness of arts interventions in dementia treatment will be key to unlocking funding, says new report.
Committee releases evidence in readiness for first hearing
The first written evidence to be published by the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee reveals deep divisions in the sector o…
A tough month
Crowd-funding was a rough but eventually successful ride for Gill Kirk. She reveals the highs and lows of her month-long campaign.
It’s England, Jim, but not as you know it
Liz Hill concludes that Arts Council England’s ‘This England’ report is based on a carefully constructed analysi…
Fairer funding for all
In light of the current debate about ACE's distribution of funding, Carol Reid explains how the regional allocation formu…
EXCLUSIVE: Arts sector favours more production outside London
The latest AP survey reveals overwhelming support for more cultural production outside the capital, but the sector is less united…
First among equals?
In an era of cuts, what choices would you make? Three arts professionals make the case for their priorities.
The commissioning game
Do commissions from funding bodies based on measurable outcomes really benefit arts organisations? Ross Harvie reflects…
