Manchester seeks £71.8m to ‘safeguard and stimulate’ culture
Efforts by Manchester and the West Midlands to secure extra money highlight fears that rescue funding will be directed toward…
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ABRSM under fire for ‘colonial legacy’
UK music exam board ABRSM is being urged to diversify its syllabuses after research found 99% of pieces were by white compose…
£2m ‘incubator fund’ to harness diverse young talent
Youth Music has announced a new fund for music developers to support the careers of young creatives. Grants of up to £30,000…
Arts trail behind as a fundraising good cause
Three-quarters of adults give money to charity in some form or other, but giving to the arts is bottom of a list of the 15 charita…
Long-term funding commitment to mental health work
Organisations that use the skills of professionally trained artists to focus solely on offering creative opportunities to people l…
Musicians lobby religious leaders to save the choral jobs
The Incorporated Society of Musicians (ISM) has written to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of Westminster, and the Ch…
What happened to STEAM? The push to re-brand arts subjects as SHAPE
Academics behind the campaign say a new label will “unite and celebrate” these subjects and their role in rebuilding a…
Grant package will ease pressure on London’s studios
Artist studios across the capital are to benefit from £1.6m of emergency funding from the Mayor’s Culture at Risk Busi…
Outdoor performances given green light for July 11
Indoor performance pilots with the London Symphony Orchestra will shape further reopening plans amid concerns about the safet…
ACE grants just one third of emergency funds, holds on to £56.9m
The funder says 95 National Portfolio Organisations that applied “were not able to demonstrate they needed urgent funding&rd…
Assistant roles undervalued in the cultural sector, research finds
Executive and administrative assistants in the cultural sector are a vital but overlooked section of the workforce, according to r…
Study will examine Covid impact on cultural participation
A new research project is set to “explore and demonstrate the role of innovation, collaboration and participation in shaping…
Research reveals limited appeal of digital broadcasts
Surveys across a number of US cities have revealed that 59% of cultural organisations’ audiences have not watched any digita…
Free courses, resources and new ideas show The Way Forward
Using cultural spaces as classrooms… a new chat room for dance professionals… 360° virtual reality events&hellip…
Talent drain set to begin as parents and carers look for alternative careers
Campaign group PiPA (Parents and Carers in Performing Arts) has found that workers with caring responsibilities are considering ab…
Unprecedented £1.57 billion package to save the arts from the brink
Sector leaders have responded with a mixture of relief and gratitude for a Government package that will secure the medium-term fut…
Red lights spell danger for theatres
Theatre buildings across the UK have been lit up in red to draw attention to their plight – staff unable to return to work for the…
Bus factory to become creative centre
Creative industry professionals plan to turn a Nottingham bus factory into a business centre and arts event space. They say the ce…
‘Socially distanced’ concert arena for Newcastle
Promoters plan to launch the UK's first socially distanced concert venue in Newcastle this summer. SSD Concerts and production…
Netflix donates £500k to theatre practitioners
Netflix has donated £500,000 to help theatre practitioners who are unable to work and ineligible for Government aid. Benefic…
Welsh Culture and Race Taskforce launched
The collective seeks to influence decision makers and put race at the forefront of the sector’s recovery, but the Arts Counc…
Scottish Government makes first move to save the performing arts
Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop has announced a Performing Arts Venues Relief Fund that will “meet the immediate needs”…
Audiences ‘would consider returning’ to socially distanced venues
A new survey shows audiences are more likely to attend events with seat spacing and scheduled arrival times, but ticket sales rema…
Expand tax credits for Covid-19 recovery, MPs told
Wider application of the Theatre Tax Relief scheme would allow arts centres to reopen “within weeks”, a coalition of v…
