Heritage Fund selects first areas for place-based funding
Funder to offer ringfenced support to 20 towns, cities and landscapes across the UK as part of its new 10-year strategy.
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Releasing the potential of UK heritage
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has launched its 10-year strategy – Heritage 2033. Its Chief Executive, Eilish McGuinness…
National Theatre Wales appeals over funding cut
National Theatre Wales has said it will contest Arts Council Wales' decision to remove its core funding, warning the company f…
Arts Council England pauses funding for new NPO
Closure of performance spaces at Wigan-based National Portfolio Organisation results in massive loss in revenue, prompting Arts Co…
Northern Ballet ‘in serious financial trouble’
Ballet company confirms it is considering touring without an orchestra as part of efforts to save money in the face of rising cost…
Bristol artists label funding delay ‘cruel and disrespectful’
Arts organisations and Equity members in Bristol claim they are struggling financially after the city council paused its cultural…
Hampshire arts venues threatened by proposed funding cuts
Hampshire Culture Trust has said the closure of multiple museums and arts venues across the county is “inevitable” if…
Theatre company announces venue closure
Artistic Director of Nottingham's Nonsuch Studios warns that costs faced by smaller venues cannot be sustained "without s…
Support for increased arts funding in Northern Ireland
An independent survey commissioned by Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI) has found widespread support for continued and incre…
National Theatre Wales ‘deeply shocked’ over funding loss
Acclaimed theatre company says it will have to rethink its future plans after having its core funding cut by Arts Council of Wales…
Calls for Birmingham to keep ‘precious’ heritage assets
Three of the country's most prominent cultural organisations have urged Birmingham City Council not to sell off its “pre…
Performing arts among fastest growing sectors of economy
Government figures reveal the economic value of music, performing and visual arts is outperforming the rest of the economy, but se…
Scottish government criticised over ‘betrayal of culture sector’
A cut to the funding Creative Scotland receives from the Scottish government is going ahead, despite the proposals being dropped e…
Creative Scotland’s Open Fund awards nearly £900k
Creative Scotland has awarded over £897k of National Lottery funding to Scottish cultural organisations and artists as part…
Creative Scotland has ‘no clear artistic priorities’, festival organisers claim
The Lammermuir Festival has released an open letter to Creative Scotland calling on the funding body to change its system. The let…
‘Anger and concern’ over Peterborough council plans
A proposal by Peterborough City Council to set up a non-profit company to run Peterborough Museum, Flag Fen and its libraries unti…
Heritage sites to be ‘transformed into community hubs’
National Lottery Heritage Fund says money provided to heritage sites will fund restorations that will 'breathe new life into h…
Theatre to be rebuilt with government funding
Sterts Arts and Environmental Centre will build a new venue, after its previous structure was condemned due to damage from extreme…
Scottish communities to get creative funding boost
Communities in Scotland will receive more than £130k as part of a creative funding boost in the latest round of the National…
Creative industries: £35m fund seeks to drive growth
Money will be invested in creative businesses across the UK in order to meet government targets to boost value of the sector by &p…
Derby Museums facing ‘existential challenge’
National Portfolio Organisation warns that reductions in public funding combined with rising costs makes its current business mode…
EXCLUSIVE: Arts and theatres face £60m council cuts
Combined local authority funding for arts, theatres and museums is predicted to be 6.3% down on last year, a real terms drop of &p…
Commissioners to oversee Birmingham Council asset sale
The UK Housing Secretary, Michael Gove, is expected today (Tuesday 19 August) to appoint commissioners to manage Birmingham City C…
Funding for traditional heritage crafts project in Rochdale
A heritage project to explore, celebrate and preserve the heritage crafts of refugee and asylum seeker communities in Rochdale wil…
