Shadow Culture Minister stands up for the regions
Arts Council England must act to avert the regional crisis growing from local authority arts funding cuts, says Helen Goodman.
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DCMS pulled strings to support the National Funding Scheme
The digital fundraising pilot scheme was granted almost £100k from Arts Council England’s ‘hidden’ strateg…
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Sarah Stannage warns that many arts organisations may be missing out on European and Government funding available through Local En…
ACE budgets £10.3m for hidden projects
Arts Council England (ACE) is this year budgeting £10.3m for ‘strategic funding’ of projects for which there is…
Parliament to take up the regional arts funding baton
A House of Commons Select Committee has opened an inquiry into the work of Arts Council England and its regional funding policies.
NPO scheme to merge ACE grant in aid and Lottery funding
End of an era for England’s arts funding as ACE drops additionality requirements and prepares to support core funded organis…
More DCMS cuts will see ACE grant in aid budget squeezed again
Arts Council England prepares to cut NPOs again next year, but strategic funding will take the hit from 2015/16.
Sector says no to using Lottery funding for core activity
AP’s first Pulse survey has revealed that three-quarters want a separate application process for Lottery funding and tw…
Better access will make the arts vote winners, says Goodman
Labour calls for Lottery money to be better attuned to the different regional needs and communities.
Fairer funding call by regional theatres
Receiving venues are lobbying MPs to intervene for a fairer share of Lottery funding in the regions.
European cooperation
Christoph Jankowski introduces Creative Europe, the new EU funding progamme for the cultural and creative sectors.
Briefing reveals ACE intentions for Lottery
Festivals, circus and participatory arts are set to be deemed additional to core arts activity as ACE prepares to fund some Nation…
New ACE strategy: Keep calm and carry on…
Arts Council England's update of its 10-year 'strategic framework' makes for sober and serious reading. But while ther…
A simple proposition
Peter Stark, Christopher Gordon and David Powell provide a personal reflection on reactions to Rebalancing Our Cultural Capital, t…
National media stoke the regional arts funding debate
ACE blames local authorities while DCMS points to the Lottery as the sector starts to examine the regional arts funding imbalance.
Tipping the balance
If ‘access for everyone’ is the policy goal, then regional funding is the elephant in the room, says Liz Hill.
New figures reveal the true extent of the London/regions divide
An ongoing funding bias towards London is denying huge proportions of England’s population fair access to the arts, accordin…
Lottery Wars take a new turn
A new threat to arts funding is emerging as the Health Lottery partners with the betting industry in its battle to take a bigger s…
What prevents rich people from giving?
Theresa Lloyd and Beth Breeze share some insights from their study of the attitudes and habits of potential donors.
Festivals for the future
Gillian Taylor looks at how festivals can involve communities in making site-responsive works that create a sense of pride in lost…
Not out of Africa
Working in partnership with a Ugandan arts organisation has been a fraught experience (an understatement) for Blackpool’s Tr…
More dancing
The government’s new primary sports funding will increase dance provision in primary schools. Sally Fort urges dance practit…
Pitching for local funding
Oxford City Council has launched CREATE, a peer-to-peer, cultural micro-funding and collaboration event, which is offering new opp…
Tight times
Arts Development UK’s latest survey on arts spending in local authorities in England and Wales reveals a "dramatic and…
