The grant will be used to both prepare for the year of activities and fund the programme of work.

Jo Marsh and Sarah Featherstone explain how relocating Wrexham’s art gallery to a market and parking complex has helped make…

Dover’s contribution to the Armistice Centenary in November will be a collaborative community production about the arrival o…

Michelle Walker said she welcomed ongoing dialogue with residents as she takes on responsibility for culture in a project that wil…

A new report recommends a framework for good governance that includes partnership working and effective leadership.

The strategy, being developed in the wake of the city’s failed City of Culture bid, will renew a commitment to the arts, inc…

Three outer city venues around Leeds were found to have generated committed core audiences in areas perceived as barren.

In an evidence session examining the success of Hull 2017, the DCMS Committee has heard differing views on how the City of Culture…

No one in need should put any faith in this toothless ‘regulator’, which has just spent two years squirming out of its…

Outdoor events have been key to attracting tourists to Kent’s coastal towns and driving culture-led regeneration, says Sarah…

Bhathena, who joins from the Greater London Authority, has pledged to reach all communities across Coventry, not just regular arts…

Open House arts festival took a risk when it moved from Belfast to Bangor in Northern Ireland, but one that is paying off now that…

The success of Hull’s year as City of Culture proves the arts have the power to transform lives. Martin Green says it’…

The Government’s £15m Northern Cultural Regeneration Fund has awarded grants to three major capital projects in the No…

Cultural regeneration in London has seen local communities priced out of their homes, but an arts organisation in Bradford is dete…

A new Nesta report finds demand for ‘repayable finance’ is growing as the arts sector looks to increase its earned inc…

Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury Arts Centre and Salisbury International Arts Festival will be known as Wiltshire Creative and recei…

£500k is being shared by eleven shortlisted boroughs to develop plans to support artists and creative businesses in their ar…

East London Dance and Urban Development will use the funding to create the UK’s first National Talent House for Urban Cultur…

The UK City of Culture competition brings great benefits – to the losers as well as the winners – but as more cities,…

A collaboration with the Wolfson Foundation will see theatres of all sizes eligible for up to £20k in funding this year to m…

Collaborative placemaking initiatives could be a much quicker route to regenerating coastal towns than waiting to win the city of…

Ten London boroughs will each receive £50k to create permanent affordable creative workspaces and provide support for artist…

Seven levels of Peckham’s multi-storey municipal car park have been converted into a mixture of new artist studios, co-worki…