A play at Gloucester Cathedral with a cast drawn from local people sparked real change among participants and spectators alike, wr…

Arti Prashar was told to never create a job that no one else could fill. She looks back on 13 years as CEO of Spare Tyre Theatre C…

To unlock the full value of culture, Arts Council England needs to support villages, towns and cities across the country to work t…

The place in which a cultural organisation finds itself can determine how it thrives, survives or even dies, but many organisation…

Jonathan Gross and Nick Wilson reflect on their recent research into cultural ecology and suggest what the future of progressive p…

A perpetual, community-led art project is transforming neighbourhoods in Exeter, street by street. JoJo Spinks explains why handin…

Arts Council England’s Deputy Chief Executive has reassured those concerned about its new strategy that they should “b…

New research suggests that cultural organisations are reluctant to admit to failure for fear of losing their funding. To make genu…

The Creative Civic Change programme has granted multi-year funding to communities with a track record of using the arts to address…

A study of 50,000 people found that regardless of skill level, taking part in activities like painting, pottery or music helps peo…

Frustrated with the decline of arts and creative subjects in schools, Nick Corston gave up his day job to form a not-for-profit en…

Challenging the notion of a ‘hard-to-reach community’ in Luton, Imrana Mahmood explores the need to create pathways th…

What is it like to lead a large and complex organisation? Having just spent some time as an interim chief executive, Matthew Brown…

In the wake of budget cuts, local arts groups in Birmingham have come together to help shape a new democratic approach to culture…

Libraries will always be about books and information, but in Manchester they’re also a place for local communities to enjoy…

What makes socially engaged and participatory arts projects successful? Elizabeth Lynch and Miriam Nelken talked to artists, commi…

A recent survey found that four in five Londoners would contribute at least £2 towards public art in their local area. Marin…

What does climate change mean to the generation it will impact most? Brad McCormick explains how primary schoolchildren have been…

Opening up decision-making about what art gets made and by whom doesn't lead to people 'playing it safe', but to progr…

Lucy Neal welcomes François Matarasso's nuanced and passionate exploration of the growing field of participatory art.

The city region authority is offering a prize of £800 for a “simple but visually impactful” design to be used ac…

When invited to carry out a creative evaluation of the first three years of Creative People and Places, Sarah Butler decided that…

The tendency for people from higher social grades to be more likely to attend arts events is down to a mismatch between current fu…

A popular dance-based falls prevention programme offers effective treatment on the NHS, with a growing network of local groups hel…