Chair named for Creative Scotland review
Scottish Culture Secretary Angus Robertson has confirmed that Dame Sue Bruce will chair a review of Creative Scotland to assess ho…
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Heritage Fund invests £27m in seven heritage sites
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) is sharing £27m between seven lesser-known UK heritage sites deemed to be at significan…
Equity urges rethink on Bristol arts cuts
Performers’ union Equity has called on Bristol City Council to drop plans to cut hundreds of thousands of pounds from its arts and…
Grantium: ACE pledges detail on improvements by spring
Arts Council England has promised changes to the user experience of its much-maligned funding portal Grantium, which it says will…
Nottingham Council moots museum charges
Free entry to Nottingham’s Natural History Museum could be scrapped under proposals being considered by Nottingham City Council….
Welsh arts workers facing ‘unsustainable pressure’
The Welsh performing arts sector has reached a “critical tipping point” as ongoing funding cuts place “unsustainable pressur…
The state of opera
Harry Hyman, founder of the International Opera Awards, reviews the state of opera in the UK and outlines what needs to be done in…
Edinburgh festival director calls for funding increase
The director of Edinburgh International Festival says the event is in need of a rise in public and philanthropic investment. Speak…
The power of the imagination
The culture sector has suffered years of neglect. But David Micklem is infused with optimism about what might lie ahead.
Bradford 2025: Major boost to economic growth
Arts Minister Chris Bryant has announced an additional £5m in funding for Bradford City of Culture 2025. This takes the total amo…
Artists awarded £1.2m by Arts Council Northern Ireland
204 artists from across Northern Ireland are set to benefit from a total of £1.2m in funding from the Arts Council of Northern Ir…
£1.25m National Lottery boost for historic churches
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has announced £1.25m of funding for eight places of worship to develop their plans for the fut…
Plymouth to reconnect citizens with the sea
Plymouth Culture has secured £1.6m from Arts Council England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund for a project to engage its r…
Bradford theatre company closes due to ‘precarious’ funding climate
Freedom Studios will begin winding down its operations, with its work anticipated to cease at the end of the current financial yea…
National Theatre Wales ‘ceases to exist’ as company adopts new model after grant cut
National Theatre Wales (NTW) will no longer exist in its current form following the loss of its core funding from Arts Council Wal…
Who leads the UK’s arts councils?
After a year of change across the government and arts councils of the UK, here’s a handy, end-of-year round up of the current chai…
Former Portfolio Organisation announces closure amid ‘challenging funding landscape’
London-based immersive arts organisation Coney has announced that it will close in April 2025 after over 16 years of operation due…
DCMS expects to lose over £25m in Covid loan repayments
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will not recover between £24.9m and £28.7m in repayments from Covid-era suppo…
Nandy confirms new ACE review headed by Hodge will consider ‘wider cultural funding ecosystem’
A new review of Arts Council England (ACE) will look at the role the funding body plays in the wider arts and culture ecosystem, a…
Public urged to report council culture cuts as research reveals 50% drop in arts spending
The Campaign for the Arts (CFTA) has launched an open call for information about new proposed cuts to arts funding as local author…
Serota’s tenure as ACE chair extended for 18 months
NICHOLAS SEROTA’s tenure as chair of Arts Council England has been extended by a further 18 months. A statement from the Departmen…
Baroness Hodge to head independent review of Arts Council England
Culture Secretary LISA NANDY has announced that former Culture Minister Baroness MARGARET HODGE has been appointed to lead an inde…
Nandy: ‘We haven’t scrapped Archer ACE review’
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has countered assertions that the Labour government has “scrapped” a review of Arts Council Engla…
Keeping ‘true north’ in difficult times
With financial pressures mounting, staying true to social purpose can be a challenge for cultural organisations. The team at The A…
