Funding & Fundraising
Funding the arts: Bad policies and the bad ideas behind them
Arts Council grants have enabled some great achievements over the decades but, as Andrew Pinnock argues, the policies and false beliefs that underlie them need addressing.
Is community ownership a viable option for visual arts?
Two Queens, an artist-run gallery in Leicester, is now facing an existential crisis. One option to overcome its precarity and secure its future, says co-director Daniel Sean Kelly,…
Fundraising: Finding connection, creating empathy
When it comes to bid writing, many grant givers demand predicted impact. But for Lucie Davies and Alex Mayer, there is profound value in artistic practices that prioritise process…
The search for new funding and business models
There has been a lot of talk about the future of UK arts funding over the summer. Fran Sanderson has been assessing various funding streams to find ways to maximise their impact.
Arts funding policy under the new government
In a period of fast change, financial pressures, despair about public service provision and political upheaval in the UK and abroad, Michelle Wright considers how policy will impac…
A fresh blueprint for funding arts organisations
Arts organisations are only too aware of the limitations of short-term funding. But, in Northern Ireland, a pioneering financial programme provides a fresh blueprint for future fun…
Five strategies to elevate your philanthropy practice
Continuing our series looking at the role of philanthropy in the arts, Tessitura’s Kate Watson and Rebecca Herberson explore whether a US model of philanthropy might provide…
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 government's Public Body Review of Arts Council England…
Making friends with philanthropy advisors
You may not have met a philanthropy advisor before, but it is a growing profession, so be ready. Emma Beeston, who’s been one for ten years, explains how they work and why th…
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 Foundation argues that the financial plight of our c…
Philanthropy in 2024: More questions than answers
As activity this year gathers pace, Michelle Wright explores the many quandaries arts organisations have to navigate in deciding where to focus their fundraising efforts.
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 Lois Stonock shares, the cultural infrastructure ne…
The race for London’s City Hall
Voters across England go to the polls next week (2 May) to elect many thousands of new councillors and 10 metro mayors – one of them being the Mayor of London. Phoebe Gardine…
Call for urgent review of arts funding
The future of the arts scene is 'terrifying', according to Ayvianna Snow, Chair of Equity's London North branch. Here, she makes the case for the UK to increase arts sp…
The Watermill: Life outside the National Portfolio
A year after losing ACE funding, Berkshire's Watermill Theatre has had some sweet successes. Executive Director and Joint Chief Executive Claire Murray charts the downs an…
Radical intervention required
The cultural sector welcomed last week’s Spring Budget but, as Lara Carmona writes, not being able to leverage public investment at the scale needed is like having your best…
Call for Chancellor to support theatre sector
Ahead of next week's Spring Budget, Claire Walker, Co-Chief Executive of Society of London Theatre & UK Theatre, is calling on the Chancellor for renewed investment to…
‘In Wales we need to be creative like never before’
Recent Welsh government budget cuts have created new fears across the creative sector about the impact on our communities, writes Graeme Farrow.
Will the restoration of Stormont benefit the arts in Northern Ireland?
With the return of devolved government to Northern Ireland, Roisín McDonough, Chief Executive of Arts Council Northern Ireland, reflects on what it might mean for the arts and cul…
Local authorities need the cultural sector’s support
With many councils across the country on the verge of bankruptcy, cultural services are under threat. Councillor Liz Green, Chair of LGA’s Culture, Tourism and Sport board, s…
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