NPO launches ‘doorstep culture’ initiative
A new free scheme enabling people to experience art and museum collections from the comfort of their own homes has been launched b…
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Hampshire Cultural Trust gets Lottery funding to develop volunteering programme
Hampshire Cultural Trust has been awarded £250,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to continue the development of its vol…
Culture and civil society
The government published its Civil Society Covenant Framework last autumn. Jason Jones-Hall of the cultural placemaking organisati…
Community programme to support wellbeing in Cornwall
An arts and wellbeing organisation will partner with nine local hubs across Cornwall to provide creative activities. Arts Well&rsq…
Chiswick House reveals ‘creative campus’ plans
Chiswick House & Gardens Trust (CHGT) has unveiled plans to create a new learning hub with facilities to support 200 volunteer…
Theatre faces criticism for going cashless
The Plaza Theatre in Romsey, Hampshire has defended its decision to go cashless after receiving criticism on social media. They wi…
Volunteers enlist to keep arts centre open
Bromsgrove venue that temporarily reopened to host shows from a theatre forced to close will continue to operate with help of comm…
Arts charity for vulnerable people to close
An arts charity which helps children and vulnerable people has announced that it will close due to financial pressures and falling…
Heritage sector ‘over reliant’ on volunteers, survey suggests
Dependence on volunteers is found to be highest in organisations with lower turnover, although issues of attracting volunteers fro…
Historic hospital secures £4.9m for restoration work
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded £4.9m for the restoration of historic buildings at St Bartholomew’s Hos…
Mass gift-making as a shared symbolic act
With athletes about to arrive in Birmingham for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, a mass gift-making initiative has been underway to we…
Inclusivity drive for independent music venues launches
Independent music venues will be encouraged to form a national network offering daytime programmes of music-based activities to en…
£3.9m for cultural volunteering
About £3.9m has been awarded to increase volunteering opportunities in the sector. Arts and culture organisations received m…
Fringe Festival volunteering ‘leans into ableism’
Allegations of discriminatory practices ignite calls for the festival to adopt new principles to tackle inequalities.
LEEDS 2023: levelling up in action
Since Britain’s exit from Europe, we have no longer been able to compete for European Capital of Culture. But, as Kully Thia…
Volunteering as a route into work
Without volunteering, many organisations in the cultural sector simply couldn’t operate. But it can also act as a route for…
Creative Lives: recognising exceptional people
After thirty years at the frontline of grassroots creativity, Voluntary Arts has relaunched as Creative Lives. David Bryan re…
Volunteers keep creativity alive
The creative activity that thrives in everyday society is often the most overlooked and unsupported, writes Robin Simpson. Here&rs…
The win-win-win of volunteering
Define. Diversify. Develop. This 3-D approach to working with volunteers will ensure that your volunteer programme adds value for…
Covid-19: Charities face £4bn ‘black hole’
Thousands of arts, culture and heritage charities improve communities, wellbeing and isolation – "functions t…
Creative conversations to start the day
How do you keep connected in our Covid-19 world? #CreativeNetwork is a chance to talk about creative responses to enforc…
Sector victory as council pulls ad for ‘volunteer community artist’
Wiltshire Council says it now knows asking for experienced, skilled and pre-vetted volunteers “was not the right approach&rd…
Without help, without permission
A perpetual, community-led art project is transforming neighbourhoods in Exeter, street by street. JoJo Spinks explains why handin…
Improving the volunteer experience
How can arts organisations best nurture a thriving and committed community of volunteers? Robin Hall shares her experience of gain…
