Offence-focused group work has been used to reduce re-offending. Louise Heywood explains two key techniques that help offenders to…

Louise Ridley looks at the research indicating that arts projects can encourage prisoners to take part in formal rehabilitation pr…

Naomi Joseph talks to Lucy Perman about how Clean Break works with female ex-offenders not just in theatre-making but also offerin…

Hannah Hull believes in the importance of critical thinking for socially engaged arts practitioners, now the subject of one of the…

Hayley Skipper is pleased at the response to an open brief for the Jerwood Open Forest initiative.

As the first arts venue to be awarded a 3* Industry Green rating, the Lyric Hammersmith is a model of best practice. Kim M Grant d…

Laura Coleman explains why she went ahead and set up an arts organisation to explore environmental art, despite the advice of many…

Bethany McDonald Shepherd believes that students must develop their business knowledge and practice, and the Commercial Education…

Louisa Davies asks if England’s funding structures are hampering the development of our emerging artists.

Mila Oshin describes a cross-artform showcase that presents the work of like-minded artists, many of whom have been ‘emergin…

The White Moose seeks out emerging contemporary artists who fall between commercial art and the publicly funded sector. Milica Lew…

Prime Studios in Windsor is a space for artists to work, interact and display their art. Dan Eastmond explains why he wants it to…

Cate Gordon describes how the Young Associate Scheme at Harrow Arts Centre offers a clearer career progression route for young peo…

Lindsey Butcher discusses the issues that emerging aerial dance artists face in an artform that itself is just emerging.

How do you start out as a theatre director? Lisa Spirling describes a regional programme which nurtures visionary, young directors…

The findings of a visual arts project for people with mental health problems make the case for further investment in the arts, hea…

A three-year theatre residency at a secure clinic for forensic psychiatry patients is benefiting not just patients but carers and…

Many participants in the Old Vic’s community projects now lead healthier and more active lifestyles, according to Alexander…

Andy Wild gives an artist's perspective on how his work has had a positive impact on his life since he was diagnosed with canc…

Clive Niall describes two hospital projects where young people showed what was possible through participatory art practices.

Dance workshops, courses and events in Somerset have allowed over 400 people with mental health issues to ‘escape their trou…

A drama project has brought research on dementia to life for healthcare professionals as well as directly benefiting people with t…

Ten years ago Belgrade Theatre Coventry had to find new sources of income. Joanna Reid tells how its production services subsidiar…

Cultural investment in Salford’s regeneration may have created The Lowry, but its impact comes from a distinctive, entr…