Royal Ballet School widens membership scheme
The Royal Ballet School has launched a digital membership programme to widen access for those wanting to support its operation. Th…
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Manchester’s Factory venue sells naming rights for £35m
The new £210m Factory International venue in Manchester has been renamed Aviva Studios in a naming rights deal worth £…
AI and the future of arts fundraising
Amid recent concerns about the safety of artificial intelligence, Ben Wilson looks at its potential as a resource for fundraising,…
Foundling Museum makes ‘urgent’ appeal to secure future
The institution is seeking £1m in additional funding by September to secure the long-term future of its building and collect…
Vagina Museum reaches fundraising target for relocation
The Vagina Museum has exceeded a fundraising target to allow it move into a new premises situated between two railway arches in Ea…
How can arts organisations improve online giving?
In the competitive field of fundraising, digital gift giving has been experiencing a boom, as Stephanie Clark explains.
Concert for musicians in need hit by copyright charges
A London charity concert for musicians in need has been hit by a copyright claim from the Performing Rights Society (PRS). The eve…
Wisbech museum to charge visitors due to ‘financial crisis’
Historic museum introduces admission charges for the first time in its history, warning that its future beyond the end of the curr…
Charitable legacies: The time to act is now
In the next 30 years, a record £5.5 trillion is set to be transferred between generations, as either inheritance or gif…
Income generation is harder than ever
All arts organisations are under pressure to diversify income. In the latest in our series of case studies looking at strategies b…
Theatre launches fundraising bid to cover Covid rent bill
A London theatre is raising money to pay a £120,000 bill from rent arrears built up during the pandemic. Sasha Regan, founde…
Anatomy of a project grant application
Applying for project funding from Arts Council England is time-consuming, fraught and very often unsuccessful, as Tony Haynes know…
A systematic approach to ‘making the ask’
Making the ask, in person, to a major donor can be one of the most stressful parts of fundraising. Bernard Ross summarises the fiv…
Crafts Council reports first financial loss in four years
Effects of pandemic and inability to attract tenants for spare office space see Crafts Council record financial loss.
Funding shortfall puts Margate art school at risk of closure
The Margate School has announced it is at risk of closure due to a funding shortfall of £150,000. The independent post…
Art to help out?
Since 2020 the sector has faced a series of crises, first Covid and now an even more uncertain future related to the cost of livin…
Manchester arts venue warns of closure without financial support
A community arts centre in Manchester has launched a crowdfunding campaign to stay open, warning that it "won't make it t…
Drama school to remain open thanks to crowdfunding
READ College in Reading has been saved from closure after raising £40,000 to help pay for the building’s running costs…
Drama school ‘faces closure in weeks’
A drama school in Reading has warned that it will be forced to close by the end of the year if it cannot raise sufficient funds wi…
Do prizes work?
What is the point of prizes? What impact – if any – do they have on the organisations that win them? Paul Owens explor…
‘Being with’ in theatre
A new report from Oily Cart explores making theatre for and with children who have the most barriers to access. Ellie Griffiths su…
Historic artist’s barn to be sold after funding shortfall
Pioneering German artist Kurt Schwitters’ rural retreat in the Lake District is slated to be sold for development after repe…
Fundraisers are a scarce resource, let’s not make them scarcer
As we recover from Covid and navigate the cost-of-living crisis, fundraisers are ever more important. Yet we continue to undervalu…
ACE rejects Lowther Pavilion funding application
Supporters of a planned redevelopment of a theatre in Lancashire have vowed to push ahead with the project after Arts Council Engl…
