Putting arts education in place
With the general election looming, Jason Jones-Hall explains why all parties should embrace an arts-led approach to place to enhan…
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Culture and place: Why we need to look beyond cities
Arts and culture are integral to shaping the places we live. We now need to understand the effects cultural placemaking practices…
Arts centre criticised over rent hike
An arts centre in London has been criticised by a local theatre group after it was told it the rent for space it hires was going u…
Arts projects to benefit from lottery fund expansion
The National Lottery Community Fund, which has previously funded arts projects supporting wellbeing, young people and the elderly,…
A hostile environment for artists?
Welcome to Metroland. We are in Brent, London’s fifth largest borough, an urban sprawl and home to 340,000 people. But, as L…
The race for London’s City Hall
Voters across England go to the polls next week (2 May) to elect many thousands of new councillors and 10 metro mayors – one…
Harlow Council’s plans for new arts quarter given green light
Plans for a new arts and cultural quarter in Essex have been give the green light by a council planning committee. Harlow Council…
City of Culture: Bradford nears £42m funding target
Corporate sponsorship deal sees amount raised by Bradford City of Culture 2025 reach 90% of predicted costs of year-long programme…
Sunderland gets investment for ‘Music City’ project
Sunderland Music Arts and Culture Trust has received more than £300,000 for a music initiative designed to provide people fr…
Place isn’t just geography – it affects how we feel
Cara Pickering and Sarie Mairs Slee examine how place-based collaboration can support innovative, creative-led regeneration of our…
Residents to decide West Cumbria’s cultural spend
A citizens' jury of 30 West Cumbrian residents will advise and create a new cultural project with a budget of £100,…
Under half of England’s local authorities have a cultural strategy
Analysis from the start of last year found less than half of England’s local authorities have a publicly available cultural…
Cornwall museum awarded £2.1m Levelling Up support
Successful grant bid for the Royal Cornwall Museum comes less than two years after it faced closure following a loss of council su…
Cultural project for North Yorkshire gets ACE funding
Three towns in North Yorkshire have been awarded £350,000 in funding from Arts Council England (ACE) to stage cultural event…
Creative corridors ‘a growth engine’ for creative industries
Following plans for a Northern creative corridor, research identifies six more areas of the UK that could adopt the model to stimu…
Young people as changemakers
For ten years, The Agency has supported young people to create social change projects for their communities. Andrew Westle shares…
Study reveals added economic value of cinemas
A new study has quantified the additional social value provided by cinemas to its local communities for the first time. Commission…
Coalition forms to deliver ‘Northern Creative Corridor’
BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are among those to sign a charter committing them to support at least one cross-regional initiative in the…
£2.3m arts centre opens in Northern Ireland
A £2.3m arts and culture centre has opened in Derry/Londonderry as part of an initiative funding projects in five urban area…
Plans for £25m heritage railway project revealed
Plans to transform a former Yorkshire ironworks have been unveiled by Barnsley Council as it explores funding for the £25m p…
Bradford to benefit from Royal Opera House collaboration
The Royal Opera House has announced a three-year programme of work in Bradford ahead of its tenure as City of Culture in 2025. Beg…
Consultation on culture strategy for Manchester launches
Manchester City Council is calling on residents and cultural organisations to have their say on a new decade-long plan for culture…
Outdoor arts festival gets £1m ACE funding boost
Global Streets brings free outdoor arts events to communities across England.
Landmark arts centre opens in Manchester
After years of delays and spiralling costs, a landmark arts venue has opened in Manchester. Located on an industrial heritage site…
