Co-creating change
How do we enable people to create real change through art and culture? David Price believes it's through harnessing the &lsquo…
How do we enable people to create real change through art and culture? David Price believes it's through harnessing the &lsquo…
When and why did the art world decide that everyone’s creativity should be celebrated and supported? What change does it pro…
As he reflects on Arts Council England’s 75th anniversary, Robin Simpson thinks it’s not unfair to say it has never qu…
Many organisations seek to put community at the heart of their work. But Maddy Mills asks why is it important and what does it act…
How do artists engage with people living with dementia? Stephen Higgins, Electra Perivolaris and Nina Swann share their diffe…
Once derided as the Festival of Brexit, the eight-month mega event will "prove the naysayers wrong".
The arts have a huge role to play in health and wellbeing. Jane Rich shares how creative practitioners can support mental hea…
A citizen's assembly on the role of arts and culture – the first of its kind anywhere in the world – has begun. A new website…
Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery, a small volunteer-run museum in Alnwick, has been named the UK's most family friendly….
Newbury's Corn Exchange has received funding to begin the next stage of a legacy creative ageing programme. A new team dedicat…
Art for the People, believed to be the first citizen's assembly for arts and culture, will decide on projects for the Cit…
Birmingham 2022 has released details of the six-month festival set to run across the West Midlands as part of the Commonwealth Gam…
A group of artists from Deaf, disabled and neurodiverse communities have been working on a project to transform accessibility. Nic…
A catalogue featuring the favourite artworks of 101 Members of Parliament is now available online. John Lilbourne, 18, curated the…
All cultural organisations are concerned with making their work more accessible. A new report by Maria Varvarigou on sensory and i…
Contact Theatre says it is focussed on putting young people at the forefront of its work after the challenges of the past yea…
Working around Covid-19 restrictions actually bolstered the vitality and value of local arts projects, research finds.
It's widely agreed that arts and creativity can boost mental health and wellbeing. But less well known is the positive effect…
After thirty years at the frontline of grassroots creativity, Voluntary Arts has relaunched as Creative Lives. David Bryan re…
The pandemic has proved the power of the arts in addressing isolation. Eleanor Sutton shares how a volunteering programme is benef…
Having promoted singing and brass instruments as safe last summer, the Government now believes they are more likely to spread Covi…
Following a £3m research and development phase, diverse teams of artists, scientists and engineers will receive £…
Up to two thirds of UK orchestras are already working in health and social care settings. With NHS support, they could be "at…
New research shows 70% of visitors to Surrey arts venues would not have come into town – and spent an extra £40 o…