As local authority cuts continue to squeeze culture and heritage budgets, libraries offer a way for councils to preserve access to…

Laura Bailey explains how Kent County Council is aiming to integrate arts and culture into its commissioned services across the bo…

Cultural spend has been reallocated or cut to zero at four more councils this year, and some local authorities are turning a profi…

Arts and museum attendance are higher predictors of Remain voting than arts participation and library usage, both of which are les…

The Director of HOME hopes to make Manchester a ‘sticky city’ and to collaborate with Mayor Andy Burnham on integratin…

A call out for evidence seeks submissions on how planning, tax and fundraising reform could support arts organisations to become m…

What – or who – needs to change to achieve cultural democracy and how can we remove the tension between official and e…

The Government’s £15m Northern Cultural Regeneration Fund has awarded grants to three major capital projects in the No…

Librarians in a London Borough have developed a more commercial mindset and the CEO of a crafts gallery is more confident to appro…

When is it the right time to approach a council with your idea for an arts project? And what support can you expect to receive?&nb…

Ten London boroughs will each receive £50k to create permanent affordable creative workspaces and provide support for artist…

Bristol Old Vic has lost 65% of its council funding but 13 arts organisations will receive core funding for the first time.

As the infrastructure of local authority arts provision starts to crack under the strain of funding cuts, Christy Romer examines t…

With local authority arts funding slumping, are trusts and foundations picking up the bill? Christy Romer assesses a landscape und…

What lessons can be learned from Harrow Arts Centre about the complex and risky business of moving arts services into independent…

A survey of arts workers has revealed the strains funding cuts are putting on the sector and shown that many local authorities are…

Arts organisations are resourceful, collaborative, entrepreneurial and imaginative, but we must recognise that the long-term decli…

The shared commitment to extending access to arts and culture comes as London Mayor Sadiq Khan begins a review into the supply of…

At a Culture Summit this week, Councillor David McDonald outlined how the city’s new government would deliver the SNP’…

Mayor Sadiq Khan hopes to make the capital’s nightlife about more than just pubs and clubs.

As more and more local authorities reduce funding and staffing for the arts, how can we ensure they have the capacity to fulfil th…

Sally Staples explains how East Sussex Arts Partnership has simplified its grant-giving system by match funding successful Grants…

The Canterbury Heritage Museum has attracted fewer and fewer visitors in recent years, but a rescue plan involving the Marlowe The…

When the six counties in the north of Wales suddenly found themselves in competition with one another for funding, they decided to…