Government youth fund distributes £3m to arts projects
Arts-centric youth organisations will receive more than £3m from the government's £90m Youth Investment Fund, with…
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Former NPO opens permanent base in Exeter
Touring theatre company Theatre Alibi is set to become an arts venue after opening a permanent base. Prior to losing its Arts…
Music in schools initiative gets further ACE funding
An initiative to perform live classical music shows in school playgrounds will tour schools and venues nationwide this year after…
Peterborough theatre undergoes £5m refurb
Peterborough's Cresset theatre has closed for a month to allow all of its 876 seats to be replaced as part of a £5m refu…
Young Vic arts education scheme helps ‘plug gaps’ in schools
Young Vic's Innovate programme embedded six artists into two local schools to help teachers deliver creative activities as par…
£500k announced for Barnet arts education programme
The charity Barnet Education Arts Trust in North London is to allocate £500k over the next three years to cultural activitie…
Meet the childhood friends transforming access to creative careers
Sam Hornsby and her best friend Mae Yip were sick of seeing young people experience the same lack of access to the creative indust…
Scottish Youth Music Initiative funds 52 community projects
The scheme, backed by the Scottish government, provides grants of up to £30k for music-making projects delivered outside of…
Arts Council England backs Darlington live music scheme
A scheme to offer young people in Darlington opportunities in the live music sector has received funding from the Arts Council Eng…
Rising popularity of arts degrees among Chinese students
A report published by admissions service UCAS says UK universities should take advantage of rising interest in creative arts degre…
Dance not taught at one in three primary schools
A third of UK primary schools are not teaching dance, despite it being part of the National Curriculum, a report has found. Ofsted…
Contact’s Artistic Director steps aside amid financial concerns
Iconic theatre sets out plans to tackle rising costs and place it on sustainable financial footing.
Peers urge greater opportunity to study creative subjects
A cross-party group of life peers call for accountability measures to be reversed to help buck the decline of exam entries in crea…
Theatre project for young people with care experience launches
A theatrical ensemble for young people with experience with the care system has launched in Scotland. WAC Pro aims to support prof…
Creative children, stronger families
Ben Dickenson is on a mission to create a National Centre for Children’s Creativity. He passionately believes in the power o…
Call for DfE to address music education funding shortfall
The Musicians' Union has written to Education Secretary Gillian Keegan calling for urgent financial support for music educatio…
Sector skills should be funded by employers, not ACE
The announcement last week (14 November) of the closure of Creative & Cultural Skills (CCSkills) was probably inevitable, writ…
University students fight to save music department
Students at Oxford Brookes University have launched a petition to save a music course after plans to axe it emerged last week. The…
Young people as changemakers
For ten years, The Agency has supported young people to create social change projects for their communities. Andrew Westle shares…
Birmingham Hippodrome launches teacher support initiative
Birmingham Hippodrome has launched a new programme for teachers and educators in the West Midlands in a bid to get more young peop…
ACE commits £1.2m to young people’s initiative in Sunderland
A multi-year programme providing free arts and culture activities to young people in Sunderland has been backed by a £1.196m…
Autumn Statement: Creative industries urge action on arts education
Lack of investment in art and design education is having a 'damaging impact' on one of the UK’s most successful sect…
Partnership offers hundreds of gigs for young artists
A partnership between two organisations based in Manchester is offering hundreds of paid gigs to young emerging artists. Live musi…
Creativity classes boost confidence of pupils and teachers
Teaching creativity in primary schools can help students and teachers improve their skills, according to new research funded…
