Culture Diary aims to raise UK’s international profile

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13 May 2014

A UK-wide event-planning and anti-clash website will help government bodies and agencies to support a drive for tourism and cultural exports.

Culture lobby targets UN development agenda

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08 May 2014

Global networks are calling on governments to recognise culture’s role in sustainable development.

Music Education Hubs strive for financial sustainability

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07 May 2014

Hubs are engaging with the majority of schools in their areas, but more needs to be done to reach children from all backgrounds, report finds.

New regional centres for Arts Council Collection

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02 May 2014

Three more museums and galleries will create “long term visible homes for the Collection” and develop supporting digital activity to maximise its reach.

Influence of academic research set to grow

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01 May 2014

The “most relevant and robust research” about the cultural sector is being made more accessible to arts practitioners through a King’s College London initiative.

Poor areas suffer highest local authority arts cuts

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01 May 2014

Shadow Culture Minister used Freedom of Information to reveal the impact of Government cuts on local authority spend on culture and libraries. 

London is among the lowest funded, claims the GLA

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30 Apr 2014

Witnesses defend their views of fair arts funding distribution as the Select Committee releases a new tranche of evidence.

Lottery rebate to support international growth

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28 Apr 2014

Most of the money released to the arts following the closure of the Olympic Lottery Distributor will be used to support cultural exchange and overseas touring.

Lottery funding landscape laid bare

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25 Apr 2014

The distribution of Lottery funding for the arts is a closed system, operating for the benefit of a small number of arts organisations but to the detriment of wider society and the economy, according to a new report by the authors who recently revealed England’s regional arts funding imbalance.

Arts engagement equivalent to £1k pay rise

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24 Apr 2014

New evidence of the social benefits of engagement in culture boosts the economic case for the arts.

Cultural access scheme for disabled arts attenders

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17 Apr 2014

Creu Cymru is to lead on the development of a ‘National Disabled Visitors’ Card Scheme’ in Wales.

Pressure mounts on councils to cut music education funding

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17 Apr 2014

The Department for Education is warning that there should be no money in local authority education budgets for extra-curricular music and arts. 

Attitudes soften toward tax-funded arts subsidy

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11 Apr 2014

Public support for the arts has grown over the past 12 months, with improved access being top of the list of objectives for public funding.

Earned income disparity compounds regional funding imbalance

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09 Apr 2014

The combined value of earned and contributed income generated by NPOs in London has grown by £71m since 2010, but the North East has seen growth of just £1m over the same period.

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