Spending down: Opportunity or risk?
In spending down their assets, trusts and foundations are making a strategic change of direction which could pose a threat to the…
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Taking up the fight for regional opera
After Glyndebourne Opera cancelled its schedule of regional touring for 2023, Norwich Theatre’s Stephen Crocker was inundate…
Actors lead ‘flash mob’ to reopen Oldham Coliseum
Campaigners call for historic Oldham theatre venue to be reopened, claiming planned replacement will be too small for a producing…
Frazer extends government’s Creative Growth programme
Six areas across England are to be awarded a share of £10.9m to scale up hundreds of creative industry businesses. Culture S…
Exclusive: Creative and Cultural Skills to close
Loss of core Arts Council England funding a significant factor in the decision to close organisation established 18 years ago…
Funded organisations diversify income in Northern Ireland
Arts Council of Northern Ireland says increase in organisations leveraging investment from new sources is “positive news&rdq…
DCMS unveils £5m boost for grassroots music
New fund to support grassroots music will offer grants of up to £40k to rehearsal spaces, recording studios, festivals,…
Anger in Elgin as 93% of cultural funds go to one postcode
An Elgin councillor has branded Creative Scotland’s allocation of funds in the county of Moray “astonishing” aft…
Music initiatives launched to help dementia suffers
Two music programmes designed to provide support to people with dementia and their carers have been launched by The National Acade…
Edinburgh festivals receive more than £600,000
Festivals in Edinburgh will share more than £600k of funding from the Scottish government through Creative Scotland as…
ACE releases withheld payment for Wigan NPO
After a review of Wigan-based Arts at the Mill's finances, Arts Council England has deemed the NPO solvent and released a with…
Unions protest live music cuts at Northern Ballet
The Musicians' Union (MU) and Trades Union Congress (TUC) will participate in a joint demonstration against proposed cuts to l…
Rising number of unsuccessful NPO applicants shutting down
In the year since Arts Council England announced its funding decisions for 2023-26, the number of organisations shutting down afte…
Demand for opera remains strong, study finds
Research undertaken by regional theatre finds that despite a huge reduction in touring opera, demand for the artform has not decli…
UK ‘risks being left behind’ in global music race
UK music exports generated £4bn in 2022, but an industry body has warned that the sector needs more government support to co…
UK needs a ‘creativity bank’
The UK urgently needs an investment initiative for the cultural and creative industries, similar to those that exist for social en…
Plans for £25m heritage railway project revealed
Plans to transform a former Yorkshire ironworks have been unveiled by Barnsley Council as it explores funding for the £25m p…
Heritage sector receives over £1m to tackle workforce issues
The National Lottery Heritage Innovation Fund has announced 17 organisations that will benefit from a share of £1.17m of fun…
Belfast Council votes to contest arts cuts
Belfast City Council has voted in favour of a motion to support a campaign calling for a reversal of arts cuts in Northern Ireland…
MU calls on government to save UK orchestras
The General Secretary of the Musician’s Union (MU) has called on the Chancellor and Culture Secretary to take urgent action…
Exclusive: Donor revenue for cultural sector falls by a quarter
The amount of money being donated to UK cultural organisations dropped sharply last year.
ENO chorus cuts causing ‘profound anxiety’
Proposed cuts to English National Opera's (ENO) chorus will cause "profound anxiety" to freelance singers and have &…
Curious Monkey theatre company to close after 12 years
Curious Monkey, a theatre company that has worked with marginalised communities for more than a decade, will close next year citin…
Levelling up in the North East is ‘quietly catastrophic’
When one cultural organisation closes, it has a damaging knock-on effect across the region, says Jack McNamara. Funders must not i…
