• Access
• Education
• Music

As The Glasshouse International Centre for Music turns 20 this week, its managing director Abigail Pogson takes stock of the impact it has had on the communities, the region and mu…

• Disability
• Diversity
• Equality

Continuing our series looking at EDI issues in the sector, Carolyn Forsyth and Amelia Michaels of Talawa Theatre Company discuss the rapidly changing landscape.

• Disability
• Diversity
• Equality
• Placemaking

Creative People and Places (CPP) programmes take an action research approach to community engagement in arts, creativity and culture. Evaluator Jamie Buttrick has been working with…

• Access
• Disability
• Diversity
• Equality

Continuing our series exploring issues around EDI, Samantha Stimpson, founder of SLS 360, outlines the most important policy developments for arts professionals to consider in this…

• Disability
• Diversity
• Equality
• Governance

Since 2020, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion has been part of the governance code for charity boards. Yet, as Debra Allcock Tyler outlines, recent research from the Directory of S…

• Disability
• Diversity
• Equality
• Theatre

In the first of our series on the theme of EDI, Louise Perry of Chickenshed Theatre shares 50 years of embracing diversity and inclusion.

• Health and wellbeing
• Placemaking

Creative placemaking is vital for community cohesion, writes Tom Holley. But more than social benefits, it can generate significant economic returns too.

• Access
• Children and young people
• Education

Next week is Discover Creative Careers Week, a national government-backed industry-led initiative to inspire young people about careers in the creative industries. Here the Nationa…

• Access
• Income
• Theatre

Four years ago, Battersea Arts Centre launched a Pay What You Can scheme to widen access to live theatre. Robbie Kings has been evaluating the scheme.

• Children and young people
• Education
• Policy

As Chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver her first budget, Joe Hallgarten makes a last-minute case for increased investment in the arts in schools. 

• Health and wellbeing
• Human resources
• Management

Clore Leadership recently released ‘Imagine it Different’ – a report on a programme they undertook looking into the world of work. Jo Hunter, founder and CEO of 64 Million Artis…

• Health and wellbeing
• Participatory arts

Can creativity have an impact on the rising issue of loneliness and isolation? And if so, asks Jessica Plant of Creative Lives, how can we ensure people have access to creative opp…

• Access
• Collaboration
• Education

As the first Associate Director of Arts and Culture at the University of Southampton, and the Director of Turner Sims concert hall, Louise Coysh reflects on the civic role of unive…

• Health and wellbeing
• Research

This week a report* on the state of the creative health sector in London has been published. Here, its author Dr Rebecca Gordon-Nesbitt presents an overview of its findings an…

• Diversity
• Equality
• Music

Orchestras for All exists to fill a gap in music education. With its deep commitment to creative inclusivity, Katie Villa thinks it has a powerful impact. 

• Diversity
• Equality
• Human resources

Part of the point of art is the lens it offers us to look at the world in a different way, to converse with people and perspectives that are not our own, to learn, to disagree and…

• Cost-of-living crisis
• Equality
• Management

Without the real Living Wage, creative and cultural growth will just replicate existing inequalities, writes Lianna Etkind.

• Festivals
• Health and wellbeing
• Scotland

The Edinburgh Fringe can be an intense, overwhelming experience. It’s the heart of thousands of artists’ performance calendars but, as Bryony Nisbet shares, it can play…

• Children and young people
• Collaboration
• Education

Following their collaboration on a groundbreaking project, Sarah Bailey, Kate Houlton and Danielle Lewis-Egonu reflect on how a socially engaged approach to arts education can crea…

• Access
• Digital
• Disability

The Space has convened an Accessibility Working Group to support the sector to work in more inclusive and accessible ways. One of its first outputs has been to provide a pool of kn…