A most deserving audience
The North East Children’s Theatre Consortium ensures that fantastic theatre for children and young people remains centre-sta…
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Life after funding
When Box Clever learned that it would be losing its small but significant funding from Arts Council England, Michael Wicherek fear…
Pickles advises councils to lease unused art
The Secretary of State has called for local councils' gallery archives to go on loan to make money.
Local Authorities Arts services merge and search for alternative funding
Local Authority arts services are being increasingly asked to justify their economic impact and are actively seeking out external…
Let’s get commercial
Sean Egan believes that the new Localism Act gives local authorities the opportunity to enter into a more commercial relationship…
Swings and roundabouts
Rick Bond weighs up the implications of transferring to a trust
Opera Holland Park is cutting its ties with the local authority
Opera Holland Park is cutting its ties with the local authority in which it was founded and is planning its first season as a priv…
Paying the police
Policing of events used to be provided at no cost to the event organiser, but this is no longer the case. Andy Grove explores the…
A fine balancing act
Outdoor arts have risen in profile over the past ten years. Bill Gee examines the position of the sector in relation to the curren…
Lights dim on Broadway
The future of The Broadway performing arts venue in Barking, East London, hangs in the balance following an announcement of propos…
A new Encounter
This July sees the launch of Encounter, a programme of art in public spaces of North Kent, and the culmination of a long period of…
When the going gets tough…
Ralph Lister on what’s next for Somerset’s arts
Big Society?
I originally agreed to write a blog a couple of weeks ago on The Big Society, and what it might mean for arts organisations. Havin…
Last Word
It is no surprise that the latest report on local authority arts expenditure shows a decrease to two-thirds of the levels reached…
Local authority budgets crash
Arts services departments are being restructured in an attempt to mitigate the impact of the cuts
Cuts framework to guide LAs
Local authorities considering cutting funding to voluntary and community organisations will have to consult, engage with the bodie…
Henley Review sparks shake-up of music education
New structures will emerge for music education and funding, but curriculum issues remain.
London cuts on hold
Proposed cuts were not fully assessed for gender, disability and race equality impacts, judicial review finds
Seismic shifts
Sean Egan on the changing landscape for local authorities and the arts
Child performance law overhaul
Local authorities and amateur groups are being encouraged to give children every opportunity to perform in local shows, as new Gov…
Thinking ahead
Like anyone involved in running an Arts Council England RFO, it was difficult to think about much else last week except our Briefi…
The sector speaks
WEB EXCLUSIVE: Louise de Winter, Mark Pemberton, Roy Clare, Marcia Hutchinson, Stephen Cottrell, Hannah Nicklin, Michael Boyd, Fra…
A select gathering
It was standing room only earlier this month at the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee investigating Funding of the Arts an…
Fears for local authority arts funding
Concerns are mounting that non-statutory local authority services, including the arts, will be seen as an easy target for cuts
