Tackling isolation: Know your neighbourhood
Can creativity have an impact on the rising issue of loneliness and isolation? And if so, asks Jessica Plant of Creative Lives, ho…
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Fundraising: Finding connection, creating empathy
When it comes to bid writing, many grant givers demand predicted impact. But for Lucie Davies and Alex Mayer, there is profound va…
Can creative practice catalyse policy change?
UP Projects aims to combine artistic excellence with social value. But, asks Emma Underhill, can it also influence…
Let’s talk about excellence: A view from social arts practice
A key question for the new government has to be how to create the conditions for artists of all backgrounds to flourish, argues Pa…
Creativity for creativity’s sake
Does your website give equal priority to main house shows and community events? Lauren James has some tips on how to use your webs…
Taking poetry to the people
Professional boxer and former Young Birmingham Poet Laureate Matt Windle has been working with a group of ‘hard-to-reach&rsq…
Campaign for equity in Scotland
There is significant under- and misrepresentation of the Black community in the creative industries. Emma Sithole of Be Unite…
We make the road by walking
Long-term Heart of Glass collaborator Chrissie Tiller reflects on working with the Merseyside-based NPO and how, by building deepe…
Community culture in Bradford gets £1m boost
Scores of community-led arts, culture and heritage initiatives in Bradford will get combined funding of £1m, it has been ann…
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,…
Arts in health: What’s changed in 25 years?
The role of arts in healthcare settings has become part of the recognised creative landscape, but this is far from how things were…
Young people as changemakers
For ten years, The Agency has supported young people to create social change projects for their communities. Andrew Westle shares…
Everyday barriers to creativity
New guidance on Supporting Everyday Creativity has been released by Arts Council England. But, as Kirsty Lothian of Fun Palaces&nb…
Post-NPO life
Following the closure of the Bridge network earlier this year, and an unsuccessful bid for ACE funding, Nick Owen of The Mighty Cr…
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…
Women & Theatre at 40
Women & Theatre is celebrating 40 years of pioneering work. Founder member and Artistic Director Janice Connolly reflects on h…
Rural arts in Northern Ireland receive £400k
A total of 63 rural arts projects will share £400,000 of funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, it has been anno…
‘Art Doctors’ to work with libraries in Kirklees
An arts project aimed at reducing loneliness and isolation is launching in West Yorkshire after receiving £30,000 funding fr…
High streets: The future is now
More than half of England’s high streets were built over a century ago, with buildings now falling into disrepair. Ellen Har…
Dancing for wellbeing
When arts organisations embed participation into their core purpose, they can connect with exciting and radical ideas and ensure p…
Worcester Mela receives funding for ‘melting pot’ project
South Asian Arts Organisation Worcester Mela has shared details of a project set to reveal the "hidden stories"&nbs…
Spotlight on new NPOs: Trigger
Based in North Somerset, Trigger is a group of shapeshifting creatives who dream-up, create and produce bold and brave, live and d…
Spotlight on new NPOs: Hospital Rooms
In the first of this series on new entrants to ACE's National Portfolio, Tim A Shaw and Niamh White share how this is enabling…
Everyday creativity – for everyone?
Our recent research into everyday creativity reveals new ways cultural organisations could serve wider communities. But making the…
