Scottish communities to get creative funding boost
Communities in Scotland will receive more than £130k as part of a creative funding boost in the latest round of the National…
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Creative industries: £35m fund seeks to drive growth
Money will be invested in creative businesses across the UK in order to meet government targets to boost value of the sector by &p…
ACE reaches settlement over harassment case
Arts Council England (ACE) has confirmed that it has reached a settlement with a former member of staff whose claim of being haras…
Derby Museums facing ‘existential challenge’
National Portfolio Organisation warns that reductions in public funding combined with rising costs makes its current business mode…
Conservation costs at National Trust hit record high
The National Trust (NT) has reported spending a record £179m on conserving its historic buildings and collections last year….
EXCLUSIVE: Arts and theatres face £60m council cuts
Combined local authority funding for arts, theatres and museums is predicted to be 6.3% down on last year, a real terms drop of &p…
Council approves ‘urgent’ repairs to Blackpool Grand Theatre
Planners have given the go-ahead for the Grand Theatre in Blackpool to undergo “urgent” repairs after it was discovere…
North of England ‘creative corridor’ prototype to launch
Concept previously backed by Labour will see clusters of creative and cultural activity across the North of England linked up to c…
Commissioners to oversee Birmingham Council asset sale
The UK Housing Secretary, Michael Gove, is expected today (Tuesday 19 August) to appoint commissioners to manage Birmingham City C…
Renewed calls for freelance commissioner
Culture, Media and Sport Committee hears from sector leaders that more joined-up thinking is required to address precarity of crea…
Secondary school jointly run with orchestra opens
A new state school run in partnership with a professional orchestra has opened in the West Midlands, offering enhanced music educa…
Gender blind theatre course launched at Chichester University
The University of Chichester has launched a new postgraduate master's course in musical theatre that will offer gender non-con…
Framework to support creative health projects
A new tool aims to offer “clarity and consensus” to all stakeholders involved in arts and culture initiatives that sup…
Funding for traditional heritage crafts project in Rochdale
A heritage project to explore, celebrate and preserve the heritage crafts of refugee and asylum seeker communities in Rochdale wil…
AHRC funds research into blind people’s experience of art
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has awarded £250k for research into how blind people experience art in museu…
Brand allegations: Bectu urges regulator action
Union calls for broadcasters to fund setting up of new creative sector regulatory body to support people suffering abuse, harassme…
Campaign to save Edinburgh Filmhouse launched
Edinburgh Filmhouse has launched a campaign to secure its future, after it agreed a short-term lease with the building's owner…
Music festival suffers ‘crucial’ funding cut
Organisers of a prominent festival in the UK’s classical music calendar have said they are “appalled and saddened&rdqu…
Second report questions Scottish arts funding
A new report submitted to the Scottish government has warned that £104m of additional funding is required to secure the…
Vogue World raises £2m for London-based arts organisations
A fundraising event staged by fashion magazine Vogue has raised £2m for London-based arts organisations that saw their suppo…
Brixton Academy to reopen once it meets safety conditions
The safety measures, proposed by the venue operator and agreed on by Lambeth Council, include stronger doors, new crowd management…
Music education body assembles youth advisory board
The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) has convened its first youth advisory board. The board is made up of 30…
Majority of heritage sector yet to utilise AI
Latest Heritage Pulse survey finds almost two thirds of heritage organisations are yet to consider how they might use AI in the fu…
DJ warns of ‘boys’ club’ music industry where freelance women feel ‘unsafe’
The DJ and author Annie Macmanus has told MPs that the music industry is "a boys' club" with a system “r…
