South West towns join forces in ‘creative coastline’ vision
Arts organisations in the new Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch city region have backed a new long-term enquiry into placing cul…
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Arts Council of Northern Ireland could re-introduce multi-year funding
The funder has also set out plans to create a consultative assembly of arts professionals, after hearing calls to communicate more…
Politicians polarise in their opinions of Arts Council England
Labour politicians are increasingly positive about the Arts Council’s work, while sentiment among Conservatives has moved in…
Universities challenge call for fewer creative arts degrees
Claims by the Onward thinktank that young people should be steered away from “low value” degrees because they leave ta…
Looking beyond the obvious
It is right to celebrate those local authorities committed to funding culture, but long-term sustainability may depend on developi…
Culture funding falls in Scottish budget
The budget allocation for 'Creative Scotland and other arts' includes £10m for Screen Scotland and a £6.6m boo…
Income rises at national institutions despite funding cuts
In real terms, institutions sponsored by DCMS have increased their income by over a quarter in the past decade, despite a 19% redu…
Cultural sector continues to grow faster than the UK economy
The economic output from the cultural sector is now just under £30bn, having grown by 7.3% in one year.
Shadow minister: arts funding ‘should be conditional on ethical employment’
Justin Madders made the comments in relation to a tribunal hearing concerning the employment rights of art educators at the Nation…
Review highlights evidence of class bias in arts funding
The tendency for people from higher social grades to be more likely to attend arts events is down to a mismatch between current fu…
New network to support governance best practice
Arts Council England says that if necessary, it will step in and insist on a change of leadership at its funded clients.
Book review: What Matters?
James Doeser dissects the convictions underpinning Meyrick et al’s contempt for proliferating attempts to measure and quanti…
Government plans social prescribing academy
The institution will champion non-drug treatments and create a body of knowledge to support healthcare workers.
Parents and carers in the arts face £3,000-a-year ‘career penalty’
A new survey finds that 43% of women with caring responsibilities would increase their working hours if “adequate” chi…
Expansion of social prescribing promised in loneliness strategy
Arts Council England has been instructed to fund arts and health projects and share best practice.
Culture needs a ‘5-a-day’ campaign, MPs hear
A committee investigating the positive impact of culture and sport on mental and physical health heard that a lack of funding and…
ACE could stand by NPOs that break funding agreements
England’s national funder would consider the local, national and strategic importance of organisations in “acute finan…
NPOs failing on access basics, say disabled artists
A Leeds-based collective has named a lack of accessible toilets, snobbish staff and ‘mega-expensive’ coffee among cont…
The consistency illusion
The arts are important because they matter to us, and any attempts to further justify them lead to an impoverished and less human…
Are we misunderstanding cultural democracy?
Has Arts Council England got cultural democracy wrong? Steven Hadley and Eleonora Belfiore argue for a more thorough questioning o…
Call for free business support for arts sector
Arts professionals show a “continuing aversion” to the language of business support, despite a strong interest in acce…
Embedding the arts in healthcare
Clinical psychologist Katherine Taylor explains how Greater Manchester is putting the arts at the heart of its mental health strat…
Wasted youth
Laura Bailey explains how Kent County Council is aiming to integrate arts and culture into its commissioned services across the bo…
Disabled people more engaged with arts than ever, figures reveal
Data from the Government’s Taking Part survey also suggests that 2017/18 saw record levels of arts engagement in England as…
