The digital fundraising pilot scheme was granted almost £100k from Arts Council England’s ‘hidden’ strategic fund and is now being rolled out nationally.
Arts Council England (ACE) is this year budgeting £10.3m for ‘strategic funding’ of projects for which there is neither an application procedure nor a tendering process.
Support for the professional development of young directors will be extended to ensure that opportunities are accessible to young people from the widest breadth of social, ethnic, educational and cultural backgrounds.
Employment in music and the performing and visual arts has been growing more slowly than in the rest of the creative economy, but their financial performance is forging ahead.
Nine digital start-up businesses and SMEs are being given the chance to win a share of £225k and to work with cultural organisations as well as big-name commercial brands.
Boris Johnson has issued a statement supporting the preservation of Southbank’s undercroft skate park, a week after a petition against the Festival Wing plans was submitted with over 27,000 signatures.
A new survey examining revenue models in the contemporary performance sector aims to provide information to help organisations make more from philanthropy and commercial enterprise.
End of an era for England’s arts funding as ACE drops additionality requirements and prepares to support core funded organisations from both Lottery and grant in aid revenues.
Campaigning for policies that will affirm the value of local cultural infrastructure is at the heart of a three-year strategic plan to support the activities of the voluntary arts sector.
