Scottish Funding Council cuts grants to university museums
University museums, galleries, and collections in Scotland are facing a 20% reduction in the grants they receive from the funding…
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Frazer struggles to name any ‘at risk’ arts organisations
Culture Secretary says that while she has concerns about the state of local authority finances, tax reliefs introduced by governme…
General election: Arts leaders seek funding pledges
Sector leaders call for arts, culture and the creative industries to be central to policy plans of parties contesting the forthcom…
Creative Scotland accused of misleading MSPs
Scotland's First Minister John Swinney has demanded "a very full and comprehensive explanation from Creative Scotland&quo…
Welsh arts organisations share £675,000 grant
Arts organisations in Powys are set to benefit from a share of £675,000 of grant funding from the government's Shared Pr…
Open letter to Dame Mary Archer
Representatives from across the cultural sector have written an open letter to Dame Mary Archer, who is due to chair the governmen…
Parts of heritage sector ‘on brink of collapse’
Heritage Alliance calls on government to do more to help the heritage sector and establish an Arts Council England-like national s…
Public in favour of council support for museums
There is strong public support for local authority funding of museums, a survey has found. YouGov research commissioned by Art Fun…
Campaigners call on council to save art centre
Campaigners have called on Shropshire Council to protect a charity-run art centre amid concerns that the local authority plans to…
Equity vows to fight ‘reckless’ cuts to WNO’s chorus
Performers' union Equirty has voiced its opposition to Welsh National Opera's (WNO) plans to cut the salary of its chorus…
‘Deteriorating’ museum plans to secure new premises
The trustees of a museum in Worcestershire are considering plans to register a local building as an 'Asset of Community Value&…
Cultural organisations to share £24m of capital investment
Arts Council England says the money will 'help secure the creative future' of English communities by improving access and…
Arts Council Northern Ireland publishes 10-year strategy
Generating more income for the arts sector from private, public and philanthropic funders will be central to Arts Council Northern…
Dorfman Theatre to close for ‘urgent’ renovation
A decade on from its reopening, the Dorfman Theatre is due to close for “urgent” renovations and infrastructure upgrad…
Isles of Scilly museum project gets £3.4m cash boost
A scheme to renovate an Isles of Scilly building and turn it into a museum has secured an additional £3.4m in funding. The p…
Birmingham Council ‘making cuts based on imagined data’
Cuts to a wide range of services across Birmingham including arts and culture are based on "imagined data", it has been…
Philanthropy is about empathy
In the first of our series looking at the role of philanthropy in arts funding, Caroline McCormick of the Cultural Philanthropy Fo…
V&A Director calls for tourist levy
Leading museum figures push the idea of a tourist tax as a way to help fund museums and galleries in the face of ongoing econ…
ACE seeks to simplify ‘onerous’ reporting requirements by 2027
Chief Executive of Arts Council England says that while data collection from funded organisations is a necessity, he hears the sec…
Community theatre asks public for support amid rising costs
A community theatre in Kent has asked the public for help maintaining its programme of activities after rising energy and supply c…
Theatres Trust awards small grants to 24 venues
More than £100,000 in grants will be split between 24 theatres across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales through…
Plans to reopen Oldham Coliseum ‘back on the table’
Council says it is working on plans to bring the historic venue back to life following its controversial closure last year.
A hostile environment for artists?
Welcome to Metroland. We are in Brent, London’s fifth largest borough, an urban sprawl and home to 340,000 people. But, as L…
Work on £2.5m creative hub for Loughborough begins
Building work to transform a former industrial building in Loughborough into a creative arts centre will begin this month. The BBC…
