£114k fund to promote creativity in Wakefield
Funding totalling £114,051 is being awarded as part of an ongoing grant scheme to support local culture and creativity in Wa…
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Fund for Welsh music organisations reopens
Music organisations working with young people in Wales have been invited to apply for grants in the second round of a fund run Ant…
Sector awaits details of proposed energy plan
Arts leaders have cautiously welcomed government plans to help businesses with their energy bills for six months, but are calling…
Arts Council NI awards £53k to nine projects
A total of £53,000 has been awarded to nine arts projects as part of the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s Small Gran…
Her Majesty’s Theatre to be renamed
Her Majesty’s Theatre will be renamed to His Majesty’s Theatre following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. A spokespers…
National mourning: arts sector ‘under no obligation to close’
In the absence of formal rules relating to national mourning of a monarch, arts and culture organisations were left to make indepe…
Coventry’s Albany Theatre launches youth initiative
The Albany Theatre in Coventry has expanded its Creative Engagement programme with two new youth theatre groups. The Albany Youth…
Arts sector pays tribute to Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully at Balmoral Castle yesterday.
Inc Arts to close with immediate effect
The diversity body Inc Arts UK has ceased trading after efforts to save it failed. The charity, founded in 2019 by Amanda Parker h…
Ireland’s Basic Income for the Arts pilot gets underway
The Irish Government has chosen 2,000 artists and creative arts workers to participate in its Basic Income for the Arts pilot…
Funding boost for social change arts programme
A programme designed to drive social change through high-quality participatory arts projects has been handed a funding boost. Cart…
Truss appoints Donelan Culture Secretary
Former Education Secretary Michelle Donelan becomes 11th Culture Secretary in last decade.
Arts Council Wales seeks views on future of arts
Arts Council Wales is calling on audiences and people involved with arts and culture to help it shape the future of the arts in th…
Call for BBC to give music higher television profile
The BBC should give new music more prominent exposure on television, the man in charge of the Mercury Prize has said. Geoff Taylor…
Norwich Theatre becomes RSC Associate Partner
Norwich Theatre has become an Associate Partner Theatre of Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). The organisations said the formal part…
Bristol festival showcases East and South East Asian art
Bristol’s first ever East & South East Asian (ESEA) arts and culture festival is taking place this weekend. MOON FEST wi…
Cost of living enquiry to explore impact on fundraising
The enquiry is one of eight scheduled over the next two years that will consider challenges facing arts, culture and heritage fund…
Worcester consults on arts and culture strategy
People in Worcester have been invited to give their views on a five-year arts and culture strategy. A draft strategy put together…
Manchester cultural grants programme opens
Arts and culture organisations in Manchester will be able to apply for up to £40,000 a year as part of the latest round of t…
Dorries departs from DCMS
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has announced she is stepping down. During her year-long tenure, Dorries instructed Arts Council…
Green energy funding for London’s Creative Enterprise Zones
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has pledged £1.2m to enable workspaces in London’s nine Creative Enterprise Zones (CEZ) to…
Former Turner Contemporary worker wins redundancy tribunal
A tribunal rules the former staff member, who worked on a zero hours contract for ten years, was eligible for redundancy as h…
Study recommends changes to ticketing practices
Report recommends changes to ticketing practice to make changing or cancelling tickets simpler.
Liverpool invests £1.6m in music development
Liverpool City Region (LCR) Combined Authority is investing £1.6m in its LCR Music Board. First set up in December 2018, the…
