£1m to support South Yorkshire’s cultural recovery
Creative and cultural start-ups and small businesses in South Yorkshire can now apply for grants supporting post-Covid recovery.&n…
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Green light for £75m Edinburgh concert hall
Plans for Edinburgh's first new concert hall in a century have been approved. Local councillors voted on Wednesday (Novem…
£12m fundraised for Birmingham 2022 festival
Funders have given £12m to secure the future of the Birmingham 2022 festival. The Commonwealth Games cultural event will fea…
Merged entity Creative UK launches
Creative England and the Creative Industries Federation have merged to become Creative UK. The amalgamation has been made official…
Culture hit twice as hard as rest of UK economy
Merseyside, South Yorkshire, and the West Midlands are among the regions that lost the most economic value due to Covid-19.&n…
UK Music looks beyond London in diversity plan
A "greater focus" outside London is needed to increase diversity in the music industry, UK Music says. The association w…
Royal Pavilion and Museum Trust eyes restructure
A restructure of The Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust (RPMT) will save £300,000 and affect more than a quarter of jobs, it i…
Protests against Thurrock theatre closure continue
More than 4,200 people have signed a petition against proposals by Thurrock Council to close a local arts complex. A second protes…
Scotland adds negative tests to passport scheme
Unvaccinated people will be able to attend venues in Scotland after negative test results were added to its certification scheme….
Dorries bites back at ‘a vocal number’ of her critics
The new Culture Secretary showed she won't back down easily in her first face off with committee MPs, raising claims of gender…
EU scheme offers artists grants to explore misinformation
UK artists can apply for up to €40,000 for projects exploring misnformation, data, technology and social media. The EU-f…
£6.5m works to restore sculptors’ society home
The Royal Society of Sculptors has begun a £6.5m project to turn its historic home into "a leading centre of sculp…
Plea to save NI arts from urgent ‘threats to very existence’
An anticipated £13m in Executive support may not be enough, as more than half the sector's jobs remain at risk.
Distanced performances ‘crucial’ over winter
Venues face a choice between offering lower capacity events or losing up to a third of their audiences, surveys suggest.
Neurodivergence manifesto a ‘call for change’
New recommendations around employment and lobbying for benefits will be “hard to ignore”, creatives say.
Covid cuts Northern Ireland arts workforce by a quarter
A quarter of Northern Ireland's arts workforce has been lost to Covid-19. The number of people employed by arts organisations…
Crafts charity rebrands for inclusive future
Crafts charity Devon Guild of Craftsmen has rebranded to MAKE Southwest ahead of redevelopment plans. A spokesperson said the new…
£300k to deepen curators’ collection knowledge
Eleven museum professionals will share a £302,500 fund aimed at deepening their knowledge of chosen collections. The He…
Scientists boycott Science Museum amid new sponsorship claims
Leading scientists have boycotted the Science Museum until it announces a moratorium on fossil fuel funding. An open letter signed…
Half of arts sector jobs were furloughed
The cultural sector has suffered a 60% drop in economic output over the past 18 months, a University of Sheffield study reveals. R…
Final West End theatres reopen post-Covid
In a milestone for the industry, London's Prince of Wales Theatre and Playhouse Theatre became the final West End th…
£107m Culture Recovery Fund round to sustain sector over winter
925 organisations will share the latest round of grants from the £2bn fund – 873 of them for a second o…
ACE restricts eligibility for key funding streams
DYCP applications will be limited and project grants applicants must prove their inclusivity and relevance.
Huddersfield moots £210m cultural centre revamp
Huddersfield will get a new art gallery, library, event venue and museum under proposals to create a new "cultural heart"…
