Your questions answered on ACE’s new strategy
Arts Council England’s policy leads respond to questions on its plans for the next ten years.
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New diversity targets: ACE’s policy leads share their thinking on draft strategy
Arts Council England responds to questions from ArtsProfessional and the sector exploring its plans for the next 10 years.
Helen Whately appointed Arts Minister
The former Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Education Minister recently came under fire for supporting education policy that…
Labour could bring in tourist tax, says Tom Watson
The Shadow Culture Secretary said “a crude skills and salary approach to migration simply won’t work for the creative…
The ‘end of austerity’? ACE unlikely to benefit from DCMS funding boost
DCMS has received £100m extra annual funding in the spending review, but Arts Council England has not ruled out revising fun…
Five years left for rural arts?
England’s rural arts leaders have serious concerns about the future of their organisations and are calling for more support…
Introducing ACE’s new investment principles
It’s not unreasonable to expect organisations funded by the public to be relevant to their communities and stakeholders, arg…
£10m ‘Hat District’ takes shape in Luton
The revamped Hat Factory Arts Centre will form part of a ‘creative cluster’ that aims to create jobs and attract 100,0…
ACE awards £7m to develop arts leadership
The 18 successful bids include projects working with potential leaders from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and those with learn…
How we doubled attendance at the UK’s most northerly arts centre
By working in partnership and refusing to patronise audiences, Lyth Arts Centre in Caithness has attracted record numbers, says Ch…
Decline in creative GCSEs continues
The number of students taking Art and Design has increased, but campaigners said it is “not enough to correct several years…
Investment in the arts is no soft option
With a budget fast approaching, Arts Council England’s Chief Executive Darren Henley calls on the new Government to back up…
Cultural Education Partnerships’ development stalls
Four years after the scheme was launched, only a third of partnerships believe they are established and delivering.
Why the arts need more partnerships with business
The cultural sector needs to follow Samuel Beckett’s words and “fail again…fail better”, argues Arts Coun…
ACE ‘may have to revise’ NPO funding agreements from 2020
The Arts Council has warned that if its grant-in-aid from DCMS is cut in the forthcoming spending review, it may not be able to af…
Tax relief for arts and culture grows by one fifth
More money was refunded to both large and small organisations last year – but freelancers are missing out.
Fundraising Regulator: voluntary levy is ‘not optional’
The authority says charities that don’t pay “need to reflect on the fact that they are not contributing to the costs o…
What will Brexit mean for European arts partnerships?
The prospect of leaving the EU inevitably creates uncertainties – but a silver lining is a greater understanding of the valu…
Who gets ACE funding? Diversity data reveals surprising trends
BME-led organisations were 60% more likely to fall at the first hurdle of Project Grants applications – while LGBT-led group…
‘A national shortage of artists’: Immigration rules for creatives relaxed
It is set to become easier for UK organisations to recruit dancers, choreographers, musicians and artists from outside Europe &nda…
The power of collaborative communities
To unlock the full value of culture, Arts Council England needs to support villages, towns and cities across the country to work t…
Boris Johnson and Munira Mirza: dream team or death knell for the arts?
Boris Johnson's Government has announced £2.1bn more to support planning for a no-deal Brexit – but what will its…
London receives a third of all ACE funding
The capital continues to dominate Arts Council funding allocation, but distribution of the agency’s National Lottery Project…
Nicky Morgan is Culture Secretary. What does that mean for the arts?
The former Education Secretary has previously expressed support for the EBacc and once claimed that studying the arts is not &ldqu…
